This is Science Saru’s take on the characters and style. It was so exciting to work with such a talented studio like Science Saru. I wanted them to do their own take on the characters and look. This project was such a fun collaboration, and collaborating is my favorite part of working in animation. Everyone stepping in with their best ideas to get the best results.
My artist ID for Disney XD! Written, boarded and designed by Daron Nefcy. Music by Brian H. Kim. Animated by Science Saru!
OK K.O.! Lakewood Plaza Turbo Original Short: KO
Hey! Here’s the first original short with FULL CREDITS listed under the cut!
Last year the fine folks at Cartoon Network gave us the chance to create shorts to get the word out about the OK K.O.! Game! We get to do original shorts based on a game?! What!!!! Cartoon Network fully believes in the game and the idea so doing a cartoon for it was a no-brainer!
The idea for this short came from the development process between us and the game developers at Double Stallion.
We all felt super good about the controls, the punching, the throwing and the ground-pounding all felt great. The team had the brilliant idea to add slide kicks to KO’s moveset which was awesome! I collaborated with the games’ Art Director Eric Angelillo on the ingame animation:
Slide-kicking eventually became so fun that I was doing it all the time in the game, which influenced the story for this short! (Storyboarded by Toby Jones and Stu Livingston)
In a chance of a lifetime, I got to work with one of my FAVORITE studios, Science SARU on the creation of this short. The studio is headed by Masaaki Yuasa and Eunyoung Choi who are both huge inspirations for me. I got the chance to visit the studio during my visit to Japan last year and they are doing some amazing, next-level stuff. I’m completely humbled that they wanted to work with us and I really enjoy the energetic direction of this short which was thanks to Abel Gongora and Juan Manuel Laguna. We used several of the elements from the old pilot, but as you can see, Science SARU gave the look a distinctive twist!
FULL CREDITS UNDER THE CUT!
「サイエンスSARUナイト～湯浅政明とSARUの仲間たち～」
OPEN 18:00 / START 19:00
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【出演】 湯浅政明 ほか
Science SARU flash animation
サイエンスSARUでは湯浅政明監督の新作アニメーションを制作しています。 それに伴いフラッシュアニメーターを募集中です。 手描きのようでありながら、シンプルで動いて楽しいフラッシュアニメーションを共に作りませんか？興味がある方はぜひご連絡ください。ご一緒しましょう。
Science Saru animated logo
Masaaki Yuasa comics about his youth.
Chibi Maruko-chan: My Favorite Song “Shopping Boogie”
Animated by Masaaki Yuasa
Preproduction art for Mindgame by Masaaki Yuasa. Dudes on fire. How long can this fire burn!
A glimpse at the contents of Masaaki Yuasa’s Sketchbook for Animation Projects (Amazon JP). I took pictures of some of the art work from Mind Game, Kemonozume, Cat Soup, and Crayon Shin-chan. It’s a really massive book (400 pages), and each series is printed on a different colored page to make it easier to flip to the right section!
Adventure Time Title // Adventure Time Title by Masaaki Yuasa
Stills from last Adventure Time “Food Chain” episode directed by Masaaki Yuasa (Mind Game, Ping Pong, Tatami Galaxy …).
Original opening of Adventure Time “Food Chain” episode directed by Masaaki Yuasa (Mind Game). Unfortunately not used for US broadcast. Main credits for this episode : Director, Story, Storyboard : Masaaki Yuasa Creative director : Eunyoung Choi Lead animators : Juan Manuel Laguna, Abel Gongora. Background director : Aymeric Kevin Production : Science Saru
Title designs for Mindgame by Masaaki Yuasa
ヒーローのアニメーションパートもフラッシュを使い作業、その後テクスチャーと線の表現はAEで作業です。 We had chance to make hero scenes by using Flash also texture and line effect in Aftereffect.
