NoaIzumiReview: Anime, Concept to Reality
December 23rd 2008 16:45
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Ever wanted to produce your own anime? Watch this documentary, and maybe you can! Using software available on the market today, artist Terrence Walker makes his own anime features, and takes you through the process in Anime: Concept to Reality.
Yes, a documentary on making anime, who’d a thunk it? It’s kind of unusual even beyond that, since the first two parts are samples of Walker’s work, while the rest of it is how he did it. The animes (well, not animes exactly. Call them “animated features with a Japanese influence.”) are pretty well done, considering that it was a one man job. It’s hard to judge them since they’re each parts of a larger series, but I have to admit that they did impress me. The animation is pretty well done, if clunky once in a while, while the story is interesting and fairly well paced, as far as I can tell. What surprised me most was the voice work. Seeing the episodes, you would swear that he brought in different people for the voices, but he did them all himself (including a couple of female voices) using a voice modulator.
While I wish he went into a little more detail, Walker takes you through the entire process, from original idea to finished product. Even if you have no intention of making your own anime, it is still kind of exciting to watch the whole creative process, although those who are not that much into computers may find parts of it boring.
Great moments: A twenty minute feature on the making of a single 10-second shot.
Summary: An interesting documentary, worth watching even if you’re not a big animation fan. Grade: B plus
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