User blog comment:Miskos3/Fairy Tail Chapter 334: Sin and Sacrifice, Review/@comment-4829046-20130607123320/@comment-7418318-20130607130756

This effect has been done sooooooo many times both in anime and movies/series with real people, it's hard to say who did it first.

I bet if you looked hard enough you'd find something similar in old black and white movies.