How its made anime

How It’s Made: Anime

By: Nicholas Federico

Planning• Planning is the essential first step in producing anime,

this stage of creation involves choosing a target audience, and overall marketing strategy.

Character Design

• In the Character Design stage the designer effectively stalks environments for models or actual subjects for the character art in the animation.

Layout

The first thing done after a key animator has been given the characters is the layout of the shot in the show, or movie.

Key animation

The next step after the layout has been approved and or corrected by the animation director is for the key animator to draw the key animation.

Timesheet

determines when and where the drawing or character will be in the timeline.

In-between

After the drawings of the key animator have been checked by the director and the animation directors, the next step is for the animation to be in-betweened by the in-betweener.

Image Boarding

Creation of drawings and sketches of characters these images are not intended for use in the production.

Cel-painting

Then the cels end up to the studio 7, where they are being colored by hand.

Post Production

The filming of the animation cels, the sound production such as foleys, music, sound effects and dialogue are usually been done in separate production companies outside the animation production company.

Production of a Title

Before an anime show or movie is released a name is developed this is the last step in the creation process

Copyright Business

Bibliography

• Websites For Information:

– http://www.mugi-mugi.net/2012/10/how-to-anime

• Title: How to Anime-A Guide to Animation