Like what many industry veterans have pointed out in QRTs, the underlying problem in this cut lies in the storyboard. Whoever drew the storyboard clearly didn't think how difficult this shot is from the animator's perspective, even more so when you've only got inexperienced ones.
Sawako Miyamoto (宮本佐和子) is credited as the animator for Yosakoi Dance in Kōtetsujō no Kabaneri: Unato Kessen ED. Using rotoscope technique, she did a tremendous job at bringing the joyful aura of Spring Season into Mumei & co' performance.
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This scene by Yutaka Nakamura (中村豊) in Boku no Hero Academia movie made my jaw drop and left me complete speechless. I'm so glad I was able to see it in big screen last year.
Satoshi Yamaguchi (山口智) storyboarded, directed, and solo key animated the Opening Animation of upcoming smartphone game Touhou Cannonball which just opens its pre-registration. Too bad we only got to see one cut from the trailer, but the effects animation looks amazing!
Full body shot + difficult walking cycle + perspective = nightmare. And that's not considering how badly managed the project is. There's not enough time to correct everyone's mistakes. Sometimes you need a moderately easy to animate storyboard, especially when you lack manpower.
Khara is outright telling fans that Gainax has no rights and connection with people who are working on Eva franchise anymore. They're also conveying their support for the victims of the scumbag (the current head of Gainax that just got arrested for sexually harassing minors).
Hisashi Eguchi was absolutely being exploited here, not only they offered him such a low figure (60k Yen or $480/month), Sega's Sonic team also said they liked Eguchi's idea so much (Sonic's ∞ running form) and would use it in the game but offered no monetary compensation.
Mob Psycho 100 II
#05
will blow your minds. Go Hakuyu (the man behind Fate/Apocrypha
#22
greatness) served as storyboarder, episode director, and animation director and he did this episode right before moving back to Taiwan in August last year. #モブサイコ
Hiroyuki Okiura forgot to bring his tap/peg bar on his first day of Roujin Z production, and the silly memories that he shared with Satoshi Kon during those days. This is a bit too long for twitter threads, so here is the full details.
Cygames keep stealing good animator to work on Princess Connect Re:Dive, this one seems to be done by one person. The style seems to be inspired by Ishihama a bit? Although the animation is pretty short, the charming kagenashi style is very good nonetheless.
Oh lol, an ex-uf* animator resents the company so much that she puts them in twitter's mute words. Apparently, they're too harsh on women who want to take maternity leave (seems she said they didn't want her to do digital work from home too), so she ended up leaving them.
Yuta:
About Bakugo's escape scene.
At first I was unconsciously draw him flies through stratosphere. I'm glad the staff had to stop me from doing so.
😂😂😭
His animation and ikemen faces drawings are amazing as always, but I'd like to remind you that his wide-shot layouts are so aesthetically pleasing. It's easily one of his best works and my favorite scene in this episode.
Japan Fair Trade Commission has come into conclusion that Studio Signal MD is violating the law by not paying/delaying payment to the animator involved in their project. The case was reported in February last year and the result just got out this year....
@NCephery
There's been many discourses about this, most animators find this kind of shot annoying, a full body shot when it can be done with a waist up shot instead, needlessly ambiguous perspective, etc. If you have limited resources, you need to know when to cut some corners.
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So it seems Chainsaw Man base salary are 250Yen/pic for in-between, and 2500Yen/cut for cleanup. Some testimony say layout was around 2500~3000 Yen/cut, and key animation was around 5000Yen/cut. Although some animators did successfully negotiate their pays to 15k~20k Yen/cut.
Holy shit, it appears Tear Studio is in the red and just vanished. Reports said they haven't paid their animators for Fragtime movie & just ran away. Their official website cease to work
And they deleted thei twitter account
@tear_studio
too.
#fragtime
It's amazing that Sirius the Jaeger first two episodes were finished about half a year ago, with such great quality. And as expected, Masahiro Sato delievered strong action again. Yuliy's finishing attack + his jump kick to save the little girl from zombie is my favorite part.
>LRT
Haruka Inoue, WIT's talented young animator shares her experience working in Great Pretender. During the animation meeting the staff gave her the freedom to draw any race she wants. So she decided to draw a black woman. It was a rare experience & she's really happy about it.