Sakuga pt.1 - Intro, & Nakamura: Grandmaster Fight Animator

Presenter Colin Groesbeck shows you a new way to appreciate the anime you watch.

This was a panel at Anime Central 2011 called "That Scene was Awesome: Japan's Iron Animators (Sakuga Anime)".

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[TheMetalicShadow]

Does anyone know if there is such a thing as "American Anime" like Naruto or something.

[te2rx]

@TheMetalicShadow Shows like The Boondocks and Avatar are animated off-shore, like a lot of "American" animation, as well as US-funded/commissioned works like Afro Samurai and The Animatrix. Artist & character designer Yoshitaka Amano once had his designs & storyboard animated as a Canada-France-US co-production called "1001 Nights"... it's not like Naruto though. Americans have also worked in the Japanese industry as animators, like Jamie Vickers (at MadHouse) who is considered "sakuga".

[TheMetalicShadow]

what does it take to become a Animator?

[te2rx]

@TheMetalicShadow Persistence in the face of tedium, and a trained ability to conceptualize and draw things rapidly. That's speaking as a non-professional who studied 2D and 3D, but never got into it as a career due to the amount of work it takes to create just mere seconds of product. If you like to draw all day every day nonstop in a variety of styles, and have a mind for the dissection of motion, you might "have what it takes".

[Thegateoftruth1]

Yutaka Nakamura is one of my all time favorite animators..he is simply amazing!

He isn't working as often as he was back in 2008..last thing I saw from him was his little part at the end of episode one of Star Driver..I would love to see back in the spotlight.

[5ArmedSkeleton]

So few people! I'm shocked, I was expecting, if not, a whole lot more interest in animation. I suppose it's rather early for that, since sakugas have hitten the surface only recently, but it's still a sorry sight. I hope there'll be more interest in the near future. I'd like to see a whole room packed for lectures like this. Animators should be treated like rockstars, they deserve to be.

[Mariuspersem]

Obviously Japanese people haven't heard about teamwork, also I think Disney and Pixar are better when it comes to humor. Japanese animes often has this boob-humor and sexual misunderstandings, witch I just facepalm everytime i see it.

[naruto52222222222222]

Studio Pierrot has a lots of disappointing animes and tends to be really lazy with their animations but one thing they are great for is the talking scenes because that's what they're good for if you want a better animation studio take a look at Gainax and Madhouse they are really great but underrated compared Toei Animation and Studio Pierrot in my opinion

[GabinRevolution]

@TheMetalicShadow Inspiration....but inspiration from the BEST, not the swiftest.

[getgot1]

@te2rx Where do you work at? Your an animator

[KHdarkRoxas]

@neilworms1 jaja no, no es un tipo "esta chido" = "is cool" or "is great" is very common but not if it appears in the dictionary

[neilworms1]

@KHdarkRoxas ¿Como es Chido? ¿Es un "typo", o tiene una palabra deferente?  (lo siento, mi español no es buena)

[NikeRTST]

this gave my future light ^-^ ty very much

[bloop42]

Fantastic series of vids, I've taken an interest in sakuga recently and this is a really nice and concise intro to it.

[neilworms1]

@BruceLeedar I kind of agree too, but by using the name Sakuga we got the attention of one of the ACEN staffers who was a fan of those videos online, without that guy we may not have had a panel. Its a strange conundrum.

[KHdarkRoxas]

Esta chido lo que presentaron