Cowboy answers your questions about the Japanese Animation Industry
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- Опубликовано: 8 июл 2024
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I've always expected you to bring us some insider knowledge from the industry itself, but I sure did not expect to get beautiful local sceneries to boot~
Thanks for your answers... A lot of us up coming animators needed to hear such comforting answers....👍
As an Art Director in Japan, at least for my industry I work in. I generally find the language for companies is dependent on whether it's a domestic company or foreign.
How long did it take you to become an art director? And is it as fun as it sounds? And is it application or invitation based? Hope you don't mind the questions, I really want to direct someday too
@@KevinMcLean surely it will take years to become an art director. or atleast some years of experience in the art field itself until someone trusted you to handle that job.
@@KevinMcLeanits really hard, you might need 10+ years of experience, since the directors correct the final part of every keyframe
I read some time ago about japanese visas and that it is illegal to go with a tourist visa and look for work, if they catch you doing that they kick you out of the country, maybe even ban. Second if you change your visa from one type to another you still need to leave the country and re-enter it. What did you do ?
I always hope i can find a channel like this but a manga version...but ITs okay cause now IM diving into animation...
This is very reassuring for me to watch... I just graduated from a traditional art school and I'm worried about my portfolio and whether it'll suit the animation industry. Thank you so much for sharing!
Thanks for answering our questions Dong 😊. That scenery is amazing! Must be great for references & inspiration.
Thank you so much for this video. There are so many students and even professionals that need this kind of info.
This video was tremendously insightful! I am glad to be a subscriber. Another amazing video, @Dong Chang! Thank you for sharing.
This is so useful, thanks for sharing!
This was really good Thank You!
Thank you for making these amazing video, help me understand more about this industry.
Great video. This is one of my favorite channels on RUclips. You and MKBHD. I watch every single video you put out from start to end. Great content all the time.
Thanks for this. It is really helpful.
I absolutely love your channel, thank you for your hard work, is there a chance you make a fire animation tutorial and how to approach it ?
This is the kind of information that I needed to know.
Not that I was planning on it, but it would be cool.
This is so cool and so in line with my dream! 😭🔥 Thank you, this is so helpful and awesome to hear!
This video addressed some of my biggest anxieties surrounding entering the Japanese animation industry, thank you!
lol really nice to finally put a face to the voice. I'm probably not going to be an animator in Japan, but I sure would love to migrate to Japan someday. Cheers!
Awesome channel keep it up!
5:08 Oh hey! That's my question I asked a couple months back! Thank you for answering.
How can i ask him something? Just comment here or dm anything?
@@kani-licious Well, this comment was from a video that's 7 months old. I didn't even know he was going to do a Q and A. I'm guessing you just ask a question under any video and he'll collect it for his next Q and A.
Thanks for answering my question! 😁
super concise !
Love how my two dream studios (Kyoani and Trigger) are across the country from everything else XD
Thank you so much sir..😊
Thank you, cowboy!!
Brilliant
Thank you Dong! That was very informative
I want to work for Kyoto Animation! I emailed Kyoani back in 2018 and I was surprised they even replied backto me several times knowing that Japanese wasn't my first language and live in the USA. I was interested in their novel contest before they stopped doing due to the arson attack. I want to go to their school or try to apply for work. I just need a little bit more practice in aniamtion before applying for Kyoani. If I can, I would go to their school since its in the evening and perform at Universal Studio during the day.
and last question. how many frames could you draw every single day in your job?
Mr.Chang, i don't know if you hear this often... but i love you. ahah The guys bellow me love you too but they are just too afraid to admit.
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Hi, I know this is an old video but I still hope you can answer this question.
I do heard that some studio requirement are high in Japan to apply for job, and that's especially Ufotable and Kyoto Animation studio. I would like to know, what is the actual requirement to work in Kyoani studio? And what's their minimum standard?
Do you have a tip when copying animation from a video reference with different body proportion?
see you guys in 5 years
this is reaally informative! thank you! (like from Kyrgyzstan )
I want to know does background layout artist have a different wage than a regular animator?
My plan is to find work in japan to get visa and skills so i can apply to a studio after a few years. I have 2 and a half years experience studying in japan full time and have been learning digital drawing as a hobby using csp, would you advise this plan or can i do something better?
Also isnt it illegal to apply jobs on a tourist visa?
It is. Not sure if he skipped some things between the visa and applying to jobs but yeah, go with a work visa. Or go first with a tourist visa, leave, then come back with a work one.
@@rmslefttoe9024 idk why i made this cringe comment a long time ago. ive made it to japan but the dream of working in the anime industry is dead because the type of work you can do is restricted to the type of visa you have for a limited amount of time only. plus im not a fan of the working conditions and no one would hire some random third worlder whose skill amounts to being a hobbyist anyway.
Even if you have your bachelors degree it’s still All about being confident, stepping up, and being independent.
Interesting
Do studios accept animators who can only do layouts? I'm still working on my drawing skills and I'm not confident enough to do inbetweens and tiedowns.
0:37 I figured there was further context to this rumor and I'm glad to know that there was more to it than how it seemed on the surface. Of course I think animators should get paid a fair wage, I'm just saying that I'm glad it isn't as horrible of a work environment as I initially thought!
How is the workload of being an animator in Japan?
I want advices on how to stop comparing yourself to other artist. Whenever i see other artist with good drawings it always discourage me and make me think will i'll be able to be as good as them . Whenever i draw i would stop mid way cause i feel like my drawing is just too bad.
Hiya! If I can give my input as a fellow artist, try to see it as “If they can draw that, that means I could do it too someday!”. Everyone starts off with a low skill level, but it’s just practice (some studies can help a lot too) that make you improve! Keep at it!! You’ll definitely without fail reach the level you wish to achieve because that’s the beauty of art :D There’s no room to regress in skill so long as you keep going :]💗
Something I like to do from time to time too is try looking back at your old art from years ago, you’ll see the improvement clear as day xD Good luck!!!
See you in space Cowboy
Woah. How can I make freelance anime from outside of Japan while being at a studio?
Very informative video , thank you! 🔥Well, no less important: this is a portfolio , what should it be ? What kind of work should it include? It seems to me that not one anime studio will take a person without a portfolio, especially if he is a foreigner. I mean to work in the studio and not freelance.
5:58 the drawings are exported into jpegs? how did they remove the white background?
He’s an animator, so he does the key frames on paper. After the drawings are scanned and imported into the computer they are redrawn by a Clean-Up artist digitally. When I used to worked at Toei, we used the Retas pro system with Pencil-man for Clean-up and In-betweening. There are CU drawings still done on paper at that time. The Clean Lines are drawn on one side, shading is done at the back. The Scanner can read them both and the different line colors. I believe the lines where Rasterized by Retas pro but i’m not totally sure. It really depends on the Studio and what Software they’re using.
@@inisipisTV hi, i have a question, what is the resolution that anime studios work (clean lineart, colorized, composition)? and if are below that 1080p how the studios upscale? thanks
@@theELchiguiro A lot of animation companies will use software that will digitally smooth out the drawings which are often aliased (as opposed to anti-aliased). So even though they work on a lower resolution, they're essentially upscaled. Background art and things are scanned in at a higher resolution often or produced digitally in a higher resolution for clarity sake, panning, etc. Hope that helps!
"i heard that animators in japan make around 300 to 400 USD monthly, that seems really low"
Me, in Brazil were 300USD is equivalent to more than a minimal salary and 400 is almost the same as 2 salaries: true, but... ouch
Eyyy face reveal
wheres the mohawk
Kuya Kim ano na?
dang dude your portfolio pic looks like a scuffed version of you
Прими меня на работу
Hi
My name is Ben smith I born in Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City
I wanted to see Japan studios
Me just realising that Japanese animators make more than the average business man here in Nigeria
Texan or Mexican?
You're delusional if you think you'd make "multiple times more" in canada. Animators aren't paid that well in north america either.