Drawing Anime Swordplay Is Difficult
Published on January 01, 0001
Future animators out there, take note. Making hand-drawn animation is not easy. But in a video that made the rounds online in w88 Japan, famed Japanese animator, Yasuo Otsuka, who has worked at Toei Animation and Studio Ghibli, explained his method to add some clarity to the process.
https://kotaku.com/becoming-a-japanese-animator-is-hard-1679652036 Taking the swordsman character, Goemon, from the Lupin the Third animation series, Otsuka explained how he would animate the character drawing and swinging his sword. It’s a single instant that would appear for maybe 
a second, if that, during an episode, but Otsuka broke it down in depth, drawing from scratch – something one rarely gets to see.
It’s all pretty fascinating and definitely worth checking out if you’re a fan of animation at all. (subtitles huc by Toshi Nakamura) Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan, Korea, China and beyond. Tune in every morning from 4am to HUC99 
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