How Anime is Actually Made

[00:00] have you ever been completely blown away

[00:02] by an anime and found yourself wondering

[00:05] how on Earth such a masterpiece could

[00:07] even be created it's no secret that the

[00:09] process of making anime is intricate and

[00:11] time consuming on average it can take a

[00:13] year or more just to produce 12 episodes

[00:16] of an animous series crazy right well

[00:18] prepare your snakes because in just a

[00:19] few short minutes I'm going to take you

[00:21] on a fascinating journey and reveal the

[00:23] secrets of how anime is

[00:28] made anime production is a complex

[00:31] process that involves many specific

[00:33] parts I'll try to explain it as simply

[00:35] as possible once a series and a studio

[00:38] have been decided the main production

[00:40] staff including the director producer

[00:43] and episode director hold the meeting to

[00:45] determine who will be involved in a ra

[00:47] production this includes positions like

[00:49] character designer animation supervisor

[00:52] key frame animator INB animator CG

[00:55] director art director color selector

[00:58] sound director voice actors as artist

[01:01] and more each position may be filled

[01:03] byal people resulting in a stuff of 50

[01:06] to 100 people the production stage is

[01:08] divided into three stages the

[01:10] pre-production production and post-

[01:13] production in the pre-production stage

[01:15] the director producer story writer and

[01:18] the original author if it's not an

[01:20] original series create the scrip for

[01:22] each specific episode once the scrip is

[01:24] complete the series director or episode

[01:27] director creates the storyboard

[01:29] storyboards are crucial because they are

[01:31] sequential drawings detailing the major

[01:33] scenes of the series and include

[01:35] information about dialogue music SX and

[01:38] camera work it's the first step in

[01:40] bringing the script to life after the

[01:42] story boards is completed the character

[01:44] designer will create detailed animation

[01:46] character designs to be used as

[01:48] reference by animators during the

[01:50] production stage the character designer

[01:52] will often work closely with episode

[01:54] director and art designer to establish

[01:56] the overall visual look of the sh

[01:58] characters the art designer on the other

[02:00] hand will develop the overall visual

[02:02] look of the production by creating the

[02:04] detailed designs of location item or

[02:06] objects vehicles and the characters

[02:09] finally the color designer will set the

[02:11] main color palette to be used by the

[02:12] finishing Department to color completed

[02:15] animation prior to the use of digital

[02:17] coloring techniques the color designer

[02:19] used specific RGB color scod that were

[02:22] consistent between computers ensures

[02:24] that the anime Visual and narrative

[02:25] elements are cohesive and engaging now

[02:27] we come to the most exciting and

[02:29] challenging stage the production stage

[02:32] to make it easier to understand let's

[02:33] break it into several groups first up is

[02:35] the support groups which includes

[02:37] production manager and assistant

[02:38] production manager their role is to

[02:40] ensure that everything is on schedule

[02:42] within budget and that production

[02:43] Milestones are met they coordinate withs

[02:46] each production Department track

[02:48] progress and deliver production

[02:49] materials from one to another department

[02:52] next is the animators group within this

[02:53] group we have the key frame animators

[02:55] who are some of the most talented

[02:57] artists in this studio they create

[02:59] detailed version of the storyboard image

[03:01] or layouts they have been assigned and

[03:03] are responsible for drawing the key

[03:05] frames pyal moments within the animation

[03:07] that def find a sense motion then in

[03:09] between animators work closely with the

[03:11] key frame animators to draw the

[03:13] remaining frames needed to complete a

[03:15] sequence of Animation they trace and

[03:17] clean ups the lines of the key frames

[03:19] then draw the missing frames based on

[03:21] the timing shet fed by the key frame

[03:23] animator but we're not done yet the

[03:25] third group is just as important quality

[03:27] control group first up is the animation

[03:29] supervisor who oversees checks and

[03:31] corrects the key animators layouts and

[03:33] drawings they are the first layer of

[03:35] quality control for an episode the chief

[03:37] animation supervisor Works directly

[03:39] under the supervising director of

[03:41] animation and acts as a second layer of

[03:43] quality control correcting drawings

[03:45] before the are reviewed by the

[03:46] supervising director one of the most

[03:48] important group in this production

[03:50] process is of course the computer

[03:52] Graphics Group leted by the CG director

[03:55] they oversee and manage all aspects of

[03:57] the CG team's work ensuring visual

[03:59] consistency with the 2D animation CG

[04:01] artists create the 3D models and texture

[04:03] while CG animators brings them to life

[04:05] and compile them into scenes using

[04:07] technology another crucial group is the

[04:09] finishing Group which includes the

[04:11] background artist who create the scene

[04:13] backgrounds based on the key animators

[04:15] layout the art director supervises and

[04:17] produce background art ensuring

[04:19] consistency across all scenes while the

[04:21] color selectors add colors to each scene

[04:24] based on the main palette established by

[04:26] the color designer you still remember

[04:28] that right cuz I hope so and and finally

[04:30] the supervising director of Animation

[04:32] checks and approves all animation

[04:34] ensuring it address to the storyboards

[04:36] and character design after their

[04:38] approval we move on to the post

[04:40] production stage in the post- production

[04:42] stage the audio director and soundtrack

[04:44] composer collaborate to create a

[04:46] captivating musical score and background

[04:48] music that perfectly fits the shes

[04:50] meanwhile the sound effect engineer is

[04:52] responsible for producing all the sound

[04:54] effects necessary for the anime using a

[04:56] variet of techniques such as

[04:57] manipulating real world sounds are using

[05:00] digital sounds libas the voice actors

[05:02] then bringing the characters to Life by

[05:04] voicing over day lines matching their

[05:06] voice with the character lip movements

[05:07] and performing their lines with the

[05:09] appropriate emotion tone and delivery

[05:11] the sound mixer records their voice

[05:13] acting data in the voice acting

[05:15] recording room including voice editing

[05:17] marging voice acting recordings sound

[05:19] effects and marging soundtracks

[05:21] according to the animation director and

[05:23] audio directors Wishes the sound

[05:24] production supervisors schedules and

[05:27] arrange recording session for each of

[05:29] their project depending on how many

[05:31] recording rooms they have available in

[05:33] their studio in this post- production

[05:35] stage the Asic artist produce austing

[05:38] special appearance within the animations

[05:40] such as wine clouds lightning explosions

[05:43] and others near the end of the

[05:45] production the Director of Photography

[05:47] hands down to composite animation in

[05:49] addition to key animators layouts which

[05:51] often depict since framing Director of

[05:53] Photography provides guidance to the

[05:55] individual photographers coning like

[05:58] Direction focusing camera work to create

[06:00] the atmosphere of the sh as the pick by

[06:02] the episode storyboards for the final

[06:04] touch the video editors assembles all of

[06:06] the footage from the various stage of

[06:08] production including the key frame

[06:10] animation in between animation and

[06:12] computer Graphics animation into a

[06:14] cohesive and Visually placing final

[06:16] product they didn't conduct final

[06:18] checkups with the director and episode

[06:19] editors make necessary edits and apply

[06:22] censorship according to each television

[06:24] station codes if needed the video editor

[06:26] also works with the sound team to ensure

[06:28] that the sound effects and musics are

[06:30] properly synchronized with the animation

[06:32] ensuring that the animation is polished

[06:34] and ready for distribution to audience

[06:36] or for those who watch the series

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