Making my own Anime..

[Andrew2489]

I got great ideas but I have one problem.. I don't know how to make my own Anime..... I can draw the pictures on the computer with Adobe but the problem is.. I don't know how to make them come to life like how other animes do it such as bleach or naruto.. How do i make an episode with sound and and movement like they do?.. What programs are used? you will be the first to get all of rights etc etc :D If i get correct info :D

[Google]

[neozf]

I wonder if this really fits in the Dev Talk board.
To be honest, you made me shudder at "bleach or naruto". Er, however for animation I would recommend using Flash. It may take some time getting used to, why not upload some examples of stuff you have drawn?

[Walrii]

Yeah, Flash may not be what REAL animators use, but its a great middle step. It's what most web based animators use. And let's face it, you're not going to be publishing your stuff on TV (at least not yet :-)), but you can show it off on the Internet to everyone.

Heck, you can even upload it to EditingArchive for us to see (remember to include a thumbnail!).

[Andrew2489]

Accually i appriciate your advice and all but I just recieved a notice today and Shonen is going to publish me in 2008 ( I recieved this notice way after i posted the topic).. I'm still at a lose on how to animate it.. I can pay whatever the price is for programs..

[combine_bob]

I saw this (http://www.e-frontier.com/article/articleview/1914/1/794?sbss=794) in a Target one day. It looks like it's for American-ish cartoons, but it sure is better than Flash for Anime. $600 cheaper too.

w00t, 100 posts! :D

[Sim9]

Welcome to The Archive; sounds like a neat project

Flash might not be a bad program to use - at least one anime series has used it as their primary tool, but it's pretty rare. I think artists used cell plates with frame by frame cameras and other physical techniques (see this store (http://www.chromacolour.com/store/digital_animation_usa.htm)), but I think there has been a movement to digital. Maybe this product (http://www.toonboom.com/main/) is what you're looking for? Combine's looks pretty promising, too (+10). I'd look into general 2D digital animation techniques on google -- the software should be the same between all genres of 2D animation, and you probably won't get many hits specific to Anime.

You may also want to consider Blender - it's free (open source) and can generate impressive cel-shaded graphics and animations. But its workflow is 3D, not 2D.

Good luck with your project! Keep us posted here.

[Andrew2489]

Thank you sim9 I finnaly got a answer I was looking for :D

[Sim9]

No problem. Let us know how it goes. When you finish, we'll be interested in reviewing it for EATV broadcast :)

[M12]

Wow your own anime? Sounds excellent. Better get ready to work very very hard though =D.