Anime Discovery
Anime Discovery
This is a discovery course for people interested in anime and manga. We partner with well-known Japanese vocational schools with first-rate teachers to give students a taste of basic skills in drawing, animation, and figure creation. Certificates will be issued. Please contact us for details.
Course Content (12 lessons)
| 1. | Human Anatomy | anatomical structure: bones and muscles |
|---|---|---|
| 2. | Basic Body Structure | head |
| Structure Application | drawing the complete body | |
| 3. | History of Animation | the history of world and Japanese TV animation |
| Production Process | the production process of animations | |
| 4. | Anime A | inbetweening: bowing |
| 5. | Anime B | inbetweening: walking |
| 6. | Manga Production | production process/ reproduction |
| 7. | Manga Sketching | 4-panel-comic |
| 8. | Illustration / Digital | ClipStudio basics |
| 9. | Illustration / Digital | create illustrations with ClipStudio |
| 10. | Figure A | create head |
| Figure B | create body | |
| 11. | Figure / Digital | modeling with Zbrush |
| 12. | Field Trip | Ghibli Museum or Fujiko F. Fujio Museum |
※1-3 are conducted in our classrooms and 4-12 are outside the school.
Requirements
- Participants must be a current student enrolled in a Standard Japanese course.
- Participants must have Japanese proficiency above N4 level. All classes are conducted in Japanese only.
- Classes are held outside regular class hours. Participants must maintain satisfactory attendance in their Japanese classes.
