Hello! I am a Japanese animator working for Shaft. Ask me anything!
SZS S4 WHEN
>>139723191
kys
>>139723191
What drugs do you guys take?
Why is KyoAni much more superior to SHAFT?
do you ever wish you could just be a NEET and watch the shows rather than animate them?
Did you have to buy your own copy of Powerpoint?
Asuka and Rei?
>>139723191
how in depth do you have to study the anatomy of the neck in order to get the animating head tilts job
>>139723191
Why Mekaku City Actors exist?
>>139723191
How gay are you?
>>139723191
Why are you guys so serious about oral hygiene?
>>139723191
What did you animate?
>>139723519
>shaft
Nothing
Japanese, no good!
This English image board.
You go home!
Why am I so bald?
Have you guys upgraded to Powerpoint 2016?
>>139723251
We don't know either. Superiors decide that.
>>139723300
Yes. Being an animator is very exhausting. But I can't imagine myself working in something else.
>>139723519
I have worked on Hidamari Sketch, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, Dance in the Vampire Bund, Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko, Nisemonogatari and most recently on Nisekoi. What I do mostly are minor jobs like In-Between Animation. But I would like to participate in Key Animation someday too.
>>139723191
do you have any proof that you've worked at Shaft
>>139723855
shaft tweens are outsourced to korean gooks
nice try
>>139723908
we're gonna need a time stamp and i don't know a breif sketch or something
>>139723855
>Actually responding seriously
No one really believes you're a SHAFT monkey.
What is your favourite slideshow program?
But we must choooose to believe.
>>139724048
>>139723908
I can take a picture of my company ID. I will try to blur all the sensitive information, please give me a moment.
>>139723339
>>139723638
>>139724109
Is this a joke I do not understand?
>>139723191
Why do you suck?
KyoAni is the official /a/ studio, bring someone from KyoAni instead.
>>139723191
Are the peanuts good?
I love you, please continue doing God's work.
>>139724048
What would be the point of lying over the internet?
>>139724191
It's because of the transition screens in the Monogatari series, which resemble PowerPoint slides. Kek.
>>139724048
>Believing people would lie on the internet
No thank you I don't want to get arrested.
>>139724345
>Kek
Fuck off.
>>139723191
あの、塩ください。
>>139723191
If this by chance turns out to be real, could you tell us if there is any sense of rivalry between studios in reality? Especially between Shaft and KyoAni. Are the staff aware of the fanbases' obsession over the argument?
>>139724306
Lying over the internet isn't any different from lying outside of it, it's just easier to do.
>>139723191
Make bake better
>>139723855
Give us some of your sketches with a time stamp from you and then I'll believe you.
>>139723191
does your dad work for Nintendo?
>>139724362
>please give me salt
>>139724385
Except there's nothing to gain.
how big is your shaft
I wish this were real, I have a ton of questions I'd actually like to ask.
>>139724376
You don't have to be an animator to know that they don't care
>>139723191
Buy from madhouse Claymore license and make some OVAs please. Are you cooperating with other studios, guys?
>>139724401
this
deliver OP
Can you tell us anything about the new Madoka project?
>>139723191
If you're an animator, draw something and timestamp it.
I wont even partly believe you until then.
>>139723191
Why don't you guys actually animate anything?
>>139724520
Yes. Please do what you have to do to bring Claymore back to life.
And don't mind those that don't believe. They're missing out.
>>139724658
how exactly is an inbetweener gonna do that
>>139723855
Okay cool, do you have tumblr or blog of your work?
Also how much are you payed for In-between animation work usually?
>>139723191
Good one, there is no animators at Shaft, only Powerpoint artists.
>>139724653
>the Kanbaru fight
Oh how quickly they forget.
>>139724702
He'll find a way.
Blackmail and kidnapping are always options.
Why did you come here of all places? There are plenty of other websites you could go to which actually enjoy anime, ex: reddit.com/r/anime or neogaf.
>>139724376
A lot of us visit 2chan. We are aware of what fans think and feel. But we focus on doing our best work.
>>139724401
>>139724562
>>139724610
I apologize because I think I left my identification card at the auditorium today. What sketch would you like me to draw?
>>139724457
Our studio is not very big, but we have enough space to work （笑）
>>139724749
I apologize. I do not understand still your jokes.
>>139724836
>What sketch would you like me to draw?
Draw the hidamaris.
What the fuck happened to Prism Nana?
>>139724836
>（笑）
trying too hard
>>139724836
How did you become an animator?
>>139724836
>>139724868
Agreed, if it's a sketch it must be Hidamari
>>139724836
Who are the best animators at Shaft?
>>139723191
Why are you so pretentious?
>>139724836
嘘つきｗ
How long 'til OP contradicts himself and the ruse it shattered? I have to wonder.
>>139724870
It's still going through private screenings, I think only the first two episodes are done. I had this thought on the weekend so I looked it up.
>>139724836
How long do you take to finish a cut?
>>139724836
do you have any douga with Shaft's logo on it
What do you think about the Studio's signature Head tilt? Have you ever animated a head tilt?
>>139724836
Draw karen
>>139724836
You must have some work related Emails.
Simply post a screenshot
>>139723251
Good to see this was the first reply. Priorities, /a/
Does Shinbo actually do any work? How's Sangatsu no Lion coming along?
>>139724836
>I left my identification card at the auditorium today
Are you a klutzy anime girl or something?
>>139724834
Not him, but I'd assume because in a day, the thread will essentially remove itself.
>>139724836
The jokes refer to the distinct visual direction of many Shaft shows, usually featuring quick cuts to still frames and static background shots. Some find it annoying or off-putting.
>12:15pm JST
Why aren't you at work?
>>139724917
>>139724868
>asking for a sketch of the easiest artstyle to reproduce as proof
>>139725290
Not as easy as you'd think. It's a special kind of QUALITY.
>>139724834
or pay for anime, rather
>>139725010
Do you seriously think that there's a possibility for there to be an animator left at SHAFT that hasn't once animated the head tilt?
>>139725290
That's why he's gotta draw Karen
>>139724893
I started drawing since middle school. I never imagined anything else for life, just drawing. Shaft studio announced in 2006 that they were hiring animators. I started working here in 2007.
>>139725010
As I said before, I mostly do minor jobs, so yes, I do a tiny bit of everything.
>>139725057
We don't see him very often, but I think he works hard and gives his best.
Anons, the thread is moving fast and I apologize if I cannot answer every question. I'm drawing my favorite Hidamari Sketch character also, if you can give me time, I will post a picture of her! Can you guess my favorite character?
>>139725408
>As I said before, I mostly do minor jobs, so yes, I do a tiny bit of everything.
I don't buy this.
>>139723191
honest opinion, if animating is as tedious and un-awarding for both key and in-between animators, from what i've heard mind you, then why do people wish to do it?
>>139725372
>not Tsukihi
shit taste
>replying to someone who can't even type basic moon
>>139725408
Miyako?
>>139725408
>Anons
Stopped reading right there.
>>139725408
Is shaft hiring animators now?
>>139725408
>>139725408
>Anons, the thread is moving fast and I apologize if I cannot answer every question.
Lifted wholesale from an Hiro himself. Your facade is cracking.
>>139725547
Yup, he's definitely telling the truth.
>>139723191
Cour 2 of Owari when?
Kizu Part II when?
>>139725451
Not him, but people love to draw. If you could get paid, even a little, to do something that you actually loved, wouldn't you?
>>139725547
Don't do that.
>>139725547
Not wide enough.
>>139725547
Professional animator here. Everything checks out.
>>139725517
I'm just following along because this shitstorm is epic to watch.
>>139725362
>Not as easy as you'd think
>>139725607
Don't ever fucking reply to me again unless you're contributing to this thread.
>>139725547
>posting a screencap
日本語で話せ
>>139725607
ebin
>>139725408
>I started working here in 2007.
You've been an inbetweener for nearly a decade?
>>139725610
I love how it looks angry right up until 9
>>139725408
Is it normal to work for a company for 10 years and still spend most of your time on "minor jobs"? In America it's strange if people don't get promoted out of that sort of work within 5 years.
>>139725645
Don't talk to me or my wife's son ever again
Ｈｉ Ｉ ａｍ Ｙｕｎｏ． Ｈｉ ａｍ ｆｒｏｍ Ｊａｐａｎ．
Ｙｏｕｒ ｓｉｔｅ ｉｓ ｃｕｔｅ． Ｍａｎｙ ｍａｎｙ ｃｕｔｅ ｐｈｏｔｏ． Ｉ ａｍ ｉｎ ｙｏｕｒ ｓｉｔｅ ｆｏｒ ｍａｎｙ ｍａｎｙ ｔｉｍｅ， ｂｕｔ Ｉ ｎｏ ｕｎｄｅｒｓｔａｎｄｏ ａｌｌ．
Ｗｈａｔ ｙｏｕ ｔａｌｋ？ Ｗｈａｔ ｉｓ ｔｈｅ ｆａｖｏｒｉｔｅ ｄｉｓｃｕｓｓｉｏｎ ｙｏｕ ｓａｙ ｐｌｅａｓｅ？
Ｓｏｒｒｙ ｆｏｒ ｍｙ ｑｕｅｓｔｉｏｎ． Ｂｙｅ ｂｙｅ Ａｍｅｒｉｃａ．
Ｙｕｎｏ．
>>139725665
Everyone in shaft is an inbetweener since most of the keyframers and animation directors are mercenary freelancers that come and go.
why there is no animation in shaft works, just stiff images?
>>139725610
This is new tech.
>>139725665
Not every studio is as inclined to progress as KyoAni, where inbetweeners can become their star director.
Do Japanese Studios look at 4chan often? If they don't, why?
Do they care about 4chan's seiyuu opinions? They have a weekly thread that discusses seiyuu.
>>139725798
Why are you typing like that?
>>139723191
Tell me about Akiyuki Shinbo! Why does he tilt their heads?
>this whole thread
>>139723855
>Japanese animator
>good English
>>139725842
To get a dynamic angle that entails a strong reaction from a simple action.
If you had to pick a different studio, which one would you pick?
>>139724836
Draw Shinbou cosplaying as Shinobu
>>139725842
Sayaka's is still my favorite head tilt.
>>139725610
How I do guys?
>>139725939
No one cares. Go blog about it on reddit.
>>139725939
>implying we care what your favorite head tilt from the five japanese animes you've watched is
Kill yourself.
>>139723191
>I am a Japanese
Is your D small?
>>139725943
Your top is too low so it looks like she has a hole in her head.
>>139725408
Thanks your work in the industry. I want you to know I appreciate you, even if no one else does.
>>139723191
>How underpaid are you?
>Can you afford a home?
>How many hours do you work?
>>139725610
check my Yunocchi, senpai
Sorosoro jikan ja nai
>>139726162
Underrated post.
>>139725842
He has a neck fetish, and longs to see exposed necks.
To even get a job at Shaft, you have to show Shinbo your neck, or no job.
>>139725586
but then i have two work 2 jobs(animating included) to fully support myself, if all i had is a bachelor in arts
>>139726148
C-cute
>>139725408
If you really worked at Shaft you wouldn't have missed my 塩、ください reference. Positively fraudulent.
>>139725711
Gomenasai, my name is Yuno-cchi.
I’m a 15 year old Japanese art student (絵師 for you gaijins).
I train with my enpitsu every day, this superior writing utensil can sketch clean through steel because it is sharpened over a thousand times, and is vastly superior to any other pencil on earth. I earned my enpitsu license two years ago, and I have been getting better every day.
I own several kimonos, which I wear around town. town. I want to get used to wearing them before I commit sukiyaki, so I can fit in easier.
Wish me luck in /a/!
>>139726162
>>>/v/139724285
Underrated post
>>139726196
No, no! You got it all wrong! I want you to
>underrated post
the post number 139724285!
>>139726229
>implying
All tripshits come from reddit, that's why they tripfag here, they have a need to feel special.
>>139725909
maybe if animators knew how to do proper faces, we wouldn't need extreme body contortions to know how they were reacting
>>139726259
Oh, my God! How could this even happen, what a misunderstanding! Please! I meant post number 139724285 in this same board, in this same thread!
>>139726229
You should make one, you'd fit in better there.
How the fuck do you people draw such straight lines?
>>139724285
Overrated post.
>>139726229
Fuck off faggot this isnt a SAO thread
>>139726296
Obviously they know how to do proper faces.
It's the extremeness that is their style. It's like cubism and expressionism do. They can properly draw but they are trying to convey a message through changing their style.
>>139726317
139724285
>>139726339
With my hands.
>>139726252
>I train with my enpitsu every day, this superior writing utensil can sketch clean through steel because it is sharpened over a thousand times, and is vastly superior to any other pencil on earth. I earned my enpitsu license two years ago, and I have been getting better every day.
>I own several kimonos, which I wear around town. town. I want to get used to wearing them before I commit sukiyaki, so I can fit in easier.
You have amused me sir.
>>139726381
>They can properly draw
really? are you sure?
>>139726365
No, this is now a Madoka thread! Post Madokas!
>>139726357
No! No! Why did you do this!? It's the other way around! Please delete your post!
>>139726383
Aaaaaah! I mean reply to post number 139724285 saying
>underrated post
please!
>>139726381
>responding to bait
He's going to bait you again, and this time I want you to ignore it like a good boy.
>>139726453
Fuck off and kill yourself. I do not mean this in an endearing way.
>>139726381
Ever shaft animator is a master of power point.
>>139723280
Because kyoanus is running like an actual studio instead of a revolving door of freelancers and shareholder directors.
>>139725408
アニメーターさん頑張れ! もし本当のアニメーターだったらね
>>139726535
Oh haha I get it because of the slideshow joke. Geez anonymous#139726535 you're so funny I literally fell off my chair because I couldn't and I cannot stop laughing!
>>139726588
ok ill try
>>139726588
Yes.
>>139726669
>famm
Fuck off.
クソスレ
自殺してください
>>139726594
I rather like it myself
>>139726540
I love how some people keep trying to push this idea that apparently only a small handful of studios are actually studios because of a made-up definition.
>>139726718
Fuck off.
Thank you so much for your hard work!
>>139726710
>クソスレ
自殺してください
no
>>139726754
Cute.
>>139726754
>太い女の好み
w
>>139726754
Good taste animator-san.
>>139726719
>for tax purposes we've incorporated for myself and my fellow monetary stakeholders
>everyone else is a temp
Sounds like a studio to me and not an LLC~
>>139726754
It's great.
>>139726754
>こんには
Why did SHAFT become Aniplex's bitch and turn into another soulless corporate whore?
>>139726754
Show it on SHAFT paper or fuck off.
>>139726834
Where did you get this idea that studios and LLCs were mutually exclusive?
>>139726923
>yfw Shaft is really working on Umineko
>>139726754
Please draw Karen next.
>>139726834
Yes, good job, you've identified that a studio is a corporate entity and that those exist for business/legal reasons.
>>139726754
>animator for 10 years
>still this shit at drawing
I hope, for your own sake, that this is just a ruse.
>>139726754
Dang, that's nice.
>>139726754
>>139726754
ヒロさん is cute, いい趣味だ。
だが夏目のほうが best girl.
>>139726754
>こんには
これは、何を読む?
>>139726923
He's an inbetweener though.
Inbetweeners only use plain paper with no logo.
>>139726994
My man
>>139726834
>~
Fuck off.
still no answer for the powerpoint questions
>>139726754
How about a new shaft power point frame, or abstract art?
How many times did Shinbo make you suck him off?
>>139726754
>Konniwa
What did he mean by this?
>>139726754
>animator
>took this long to draw
>it's still trash
>>139727058
What kind of plain paper? There's some brand in Japan right?
So we can safely say that OP is full of shit.
>>139727151
>Konniwa
Konniha? Is there any rule for when は is ha and when it's wa? わ seems to always be wa.
>>139726754
>こんには
>>139727154
>>139727028
We've been over this, shaft artists don't need to draw characters. Koreans and computers do that.
Then just need to create abstract art, and interesting power point slides.
>>139727194
It's wa when used as a particle.
>>139726754
Something lewd?
>>139727194
>今日は
>>139727151
I think it's how babbies pronounce konnichiwa. It's supposed to be "cute-sounding"
"animator" could you draw hiro shitposting on 4chan
>>139726754
That's pretty picture.
>>139727194
は is "wa" only when used as a grammar particle
This guys english is too good how am I supposed to believe him.
>>139727011
Except that's not what a studio is, a studio is a collection of artists, or else a literal building.
Guess which definition anime "studios" fit.
Enjoy your gook freelancers.
![o0800054311825423557[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/VkMReh6.jpg "o0800054311825423557[1].jpg")
>>139727174
Ones that have frames and logo are layout paper.
http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00A9RY0P0/
>>139726754
Could someone please translate the runes on this for the rest of us EOP scum? Much appreciated.
>>139727393
Read the thread.
>>139727364
>>139727364
>that's not what a studio is
>2 a film or television production company.
Oxford says fuck you.
>>139727391
>diomedea
>>139727364
>>139727362
Well, since the Japs don't hire halfbreeds, maybe OP was born in Japan and then moved to America as a child and then came back in his teens.
>>139726754
Good enough for me. Let's assume he's legit.
Is there something written here? What does it say? S-Sorry for not knowing moonrunes /a/
>>139727469
>Japs don't hire halfbreeds
thank god for that, if not every anime will be western pandering like trigger
>>139727419
Oh I see.
As for OP, I'm still waiting for that magic employee ID materialize.
>>139727516
>フリフリ
>>139727516
The pleasure of being cummed inside.
If you draw Yotsuba doing the Shaft pose, I'll believe anything you say
Can I get a job maybe?
>>139727614
I heard McDonald's needs more employees.
>>139723191
Which studio is the most elite in japan?
What is your favorite show that you have worked on?
>>139723191
What do you like to do when you're not animating, animator-san?
>>139727601
>telling animator-san to do more work in the middle of the day
Probably had to get back to work now. Or do Shaft employees get vacations?
>>139727643
Pixar.
>>139726339
Roughly sketch them in first. Use light strokes and "build" the line instead of just connecting point A and point B with one thick stroke
>>139727707
Or just git gud.
>>139727614
>>139727640
>>139727393
>tripfag
>can't even read kana
Get out already
>>139726754
Really cute.
>>139723191
We know shaft won't be changing as long as monogatari exist. The future of shaft is secured. So is there another milk cow like monogatari series that shaft would present after monogatari ended?
>>139725610
i did it
>>139727674
Pixar is studio from taiwan f*king newfag.
Did we scare him off?
>>139727819
Well they are getting the Fate/Extra anime, but I doubt Type Moon will leave ufotable for good any time soon.
>>139727516
It means that she's a free slut.
![[HT] Hidamari Sketch x 365 01 (720p,Blu-ray,AAC) [E67DBC9B].mkv_snapshot_08.28_[2016.02.10_11.42.05].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/9Zjsimw.jpg "[HT] Hidamari Sketch x 365 01 (720p,Blu-ray,AAC) [E67DBC9B].mkv_snapshot_08.28_[2016.02.10_11.42.05].jpg")
ゆの大好き
>>139723191
When will you adapt Keit-ai?
A boy falls in love with a girl.
Unable to confess, he is gifted by a deus ex machina with the girl's phone number. Never minding the strange area code, he immediately calls her, and is overjoyed to find out that she has a crush on him as well.
But, the next day, when he recounts the previous day's confessions to the girl, she only looks at him with a perplexed expression. After some investigation, he finds out that the girl he called is not the same girl he fell in love with. In fact, she doesn't exist in this universe at all. She is the girl's alternate universe counterpart, who has fallen in love with the MC's own AU self, who too is blissfully unaware of her crush.
Hijinks ensue as the two strike up a deal to give each other their darkest, most private secrets in order to equip the other with the weapons they need to conquer the heart of their other selves. While the two chase their respective loved ones, DRAMA ensues as they begin to fall in love with each other instead and question the NATURE of LOVE.
OP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NShEKYoPXw
ED 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIX9aoN7g4o
ED 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZHiGLt7g8E
PV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcVGDV67L-g
EP 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_rz1bluG_k
>>139727932
>implying he ever existed
good night dumb americans I am animator of madhouse for 10 year ask me anything
>>139727614
If you ever git gud.
>>139728002
>dumb americans
on that you're absolutely right
>>139727934
I agree
Damn that was a pretty short break. How many hours do animators work a day?
>>139728092
all of them
Will you or someone take a chance on something that isn't dependent on otaku sales and tell a compelling, well animated story without using cute girls as a crutch
New Madoka movie when??
>>139728092
>>139728116
Someone post the pics of animators sleeping in their studio.
>>139728146
Dark Souls by Shaft
>>139728146
Sure. Right after the world becomes a utopian society were money has no meaning or value.
>>139726754
Best girl. s5 when?
>>139728146
Cute girls make everything better. Go away.
>this thread
top autism
did op stopped pretending?
