Japan's Greatest Character Animator - Sakuga Analysis of Hiroyuki Okiura

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In this Sakuga Studies We analyse the breathtaking character animation of Shinya Ohira, Toshiyuki Inoue and Takeshi Honda - together they form my character animation dream team!
Edit: I made a mistake with the titling at 0:00 and 2:04 - It is not from ghost in a Shell, it is from Magnetic Rose. Sorry!
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Hiroyuki Okiura Sakuga MAD
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Character acting Sakuga MAD
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XXXHOLiC Movie scene
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Toshiyuki Inoue animation demo
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井上俊之 (Toshiyuki Inoue) MAD:
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本田雄 (Takeshi Honda) MAD
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Yoh Yoshinari Sakuga MAD
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@HowardWimshurst 5 жыл бұрын

0:01 and 2:05 is from the film Memories; Magnetic Rose, not Ghost in the Shell. I made the mistake when titling.

@pyotr_sky7431 5 жыл бұрын

13:31 put the speed on 1:75 looks better on your animation

@ilmaru7680 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the video! Can you advice some sourse where I can find more animators and info which scene was drawn by this or that artist? Thanks!

@capslockabc3872 5 жыл бұрын

3D animations count as references?

@pixel1646 4 жыл бұрын

@@pyotr_sky7431 ii88iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii>iiiiiiiiii>iiiiimiiimiiiiim8miimmimm

@rafaelbernardo3132 5 жыл бұрын

I'm not an animator, but this was still a joy to watch. Great work. Thank you!!

@sfvirgo 5 жыл бұрын

Right, i love to know what goes into the things im entertained by... U get a sh*t ton more enjoyment after seein how it all comes together

@user-mh6ju3pg8c 3 жыл бұрын

It's great that non-animators also watch this

@Natenics 5 жыл бұрын

One of the most inspirational channels ive ever seen easy, i love seeing your videos and having the drive to get better each time after i watch

@bobmansanches8048 5 жыл бұрын

I love this deep new found youtube love of Japanese animation that seems to have sprouted out of nowhere. thank you youtube creators for making these deeply insightful videos of a culture i'v enjoyed so much in what I thought was the dark by myself but was so wrong all this time.

@likeanuuk6612 5 жыл бұрын

where have you been the last 30 years?

@bobmansanches8048 5 жыл бұрын

@@likeanuuk6612 Under a rock it seem.

@bloodcottoncandy1514 4 жыл бұрын

@Neil Brown From what I've seen it's much harder now to find good Japanese animation by using a foreign language because the quantity of manga coming out mass produced. It's not about quality since it's quite lucrative.

@Spillerrec 4 жыл бұрын

@@bloodcottoncandy1514 From an anime perspective, the quality has stayed much the same, what really changed is the amount and availability. Especially the latter, pretty much all random crap nowadays get translated commercially and is available at most a few days after it has aired in Japan. This includes 3 minute per episode short series, some of them close to being straight up ads in disguise. There is no longer this 'popularity' filter in place anymore to filter out the bad shows. Animation quality though has gone through the roof the last 25 years. That to say, average quality has improved. Shows like Cowboy Bebob still looks amazing today, but most shows from back then sadly does not. My assumption is that digitization and other technological improvements have made animation much cheaper to produce. The hard part is not to make amazing animation. It is to do so within budget, on time, and actually turn in a profit.

@Sam-bd8bl 5 жыл бұрын

Love that bowling scene it really shows how good the animator and director is

@Szswiss 5 жыл бұрын

Your Name is literally the most beautiful movie I have seen (not counting Spider-Man into the spiderverse), every single frame in that movie is wallpaper material. I absolutely loved it. So fluent which is rare in anime. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@HowardWimshurst 5 жыл бұрын

I agree it is a work of art

@EFlame01 5 жыл бұрын

This is absolutely amazing. This is one of the few channels I see that breakdown other inspirational animators and helps others to implement their methods like character animation. Every single detail has been helpful. Another great video

@mr.beiker7594 5 жыл бұрын

I love your videos, every time I learn something new, greetings from mexico :D

@Rays_K 5 жыл бұрын

Wow I feel energize immediately. Thanks for making the video bro!

@luks303 5 жыл бұрын

Its good to have you back, your channel helps me a lot when Im animating

@ghostie7790 5 жыл бұрын

What a great analysis. Thanks Howard. Missed you! Hope you know that these are super helpful.

@lacroixcamille6075 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot for your video, very inspiring indeed, very good references from animators I didn't know about for most of them ^^ I like this format, welcome back ! :)

@madjidchouarbi3921 5 жыл бұрын

Great explanations of Okiura style. You've got an accurate vision of the art of animation. watching your channel is always a delight.

@peterbrooke7146 5 жыл бұрын

First video of yours I've seen and wow amazing not only did you do do a great analysis but also and example animation wow! Amazing work!

@mavhunter8753 5 жыл бұрын

You have no idea, how useful this has been for me! A thousand thanks to you!!

@TheInsaneum 5 жыл бұрын

I love your analysis series! Im alwasy so happy when I see one pop up.

@gonfdez9796 5 жыл бұрын

This is really good content, thank you for sharing!

@jadedbeyond 5 жыл бұрын

@prar7450 5 жыл бұрын

thank you so much for such an insightful video!

@killemwifkindness 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I'm a student learning animation and your vids are really inspiring, those tips are very helpful for my self-study. I always feel encouraged after watching your vids and hoping to get better in my skills. What you do is a contribution more than you imagined!

@nvwest 5 жыл бұрын

I think my ‘plan to watch’ list has grown way too much after simply watching this video I’m not interested in animating myself, but I love watching videos like these to better appreciate the art

@illfaptothis333 5 жыл бұрын

disneys greats knew how to channel style in such an elegant way... they had a very clear image.

@LaserSharkbear 5 жыл бұрын

Great analysis! I hadn't realized how much of my favorite anime Okiura was responsible for

@10Suh 5 жыл бұрын

i really loved that video, very inspiring! plz do more about the other japanese animators! keep up the good work! as an junior animator in 2D/3D, i love seeing those kinds of videos. It reminds me why i love animation so much

@pacificcatto5420 5 жыл бұрын

That actually helped me to understand what i'm doing wrong, you're a legend

@S4LeagueTBKing 5 жыл бұрын

I always love your work and personal views in these videos

@otakupinclubwherepassionbe1345 5 жыл бұрын

I truly love your animation and your environment designing style...

@funkyjedi 5 жыл бұрын

Most Excellent! keep up the good work!

@dummybabby2438 5 жыл бұрын

The way ya animate really give in a lot, very cool and neat!!

@bodosergewilfried4519 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing Howard... I am very impressed by your analysis.

@jonphipps7438 5 жыл бұрын

welcome back!! Great video! Very informative

@yetifighter21 5 жыл бұрын

I love these videos that you do. Keep it up man!

@LlamaFreak 5 жыл бұрын

Can we get an analysis on Howard Wimshurst? He's definitely gonna be a master someday. :)

@HowardWimshurst 5 жыл бұрын

aww shucks you know the right thing to say XD

@user-mh6ju3pg8c 3 жыл бұрын

Haha...it's worth it! Really exciting!!

@DavidGonzalez-tv2lf 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this video.

@prsm3 5 жыл бұрын

Love those analysis!

@IbisFernandez 5 жыл бұрын

Very inspirational. Thank you!

@kvh1928 5 жыл бұрын

Inspiring. Thank you! Very clear.

@Azuniite 5 жыл бұрын

great video!

@Lottus9 5 жыл бұрын

Also really inspiring video, your animation turned out great!

@ryux7063 5 жыл бұрын

This was a very informative and well made video. I'm glad you shed some light on the type of animation that's least popular among anime fans(character acting). However I would suggest using multiple videos as reference as opposed to directly referencing from a single footage. That way you can see the different personalities in even the most subtle of movements.

@bravecore9418 5 жыл бұрын

I agree with your opinion and I really enjoyed the video. Thank you for bringing this information, this is very relevant.

@mekaelbayati8040 5 жыл бұрын

I love the animation work of this guy, he really does some of the best work!!

@whkgames6676 5 жыл бұрын

Omg..this is acctualy a good movie recomendation as well Thx bro!

@shulleon582 5 жыл бұрын

I really am immersed in your videos, it really brings a lot to me when thinking about animation, how one scene can portray so much. Toshiyuki Sato is pretty good at character animation too...

@NelsonStJames 5 жыл бұрын

Wow, KZfaq's algorithm must really be off, if it took me this long to find your channel. Great stuff!

@TitlePending 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you, this totally relates to the game animations I was thinking about.

@imalawn6548 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing as usual

@AnimatedStruggle 5 жыл бұрын

I'm glad I found you! Great Channel! Very Informative. Keep up the great work!

@HowardWimshurst 5 жыл бұрын

thank you man

@Retrobrio 5 жыл бұрын

Brilliant video mate

@averymartin1327 5 жыл бұрын

I always love picking up the subtle little changes to a character's expression.

@echo9596 5 жыл бұрын

Nice video I needed this video.

@RD-ej3qh 5 жыл бұрын

楽しい動画でした！ありがとう😊

@resikek1207 5 жыл бұрын

Your content is so rad!

@StepBaum 5 жыл бұрын

great vid, learned something new :)

@nosirve9458 5 жыл бұрын

I think it will be really cool if you do a top of the best animation movies!! I love your videos, Regards from spain.

@infinite0monkeys 5 жыл бұрын

Really cool growing channel! I'd focus on improving mic quality but you have a good professional vibe growing.

@roadsign289 5 жыл бұрын

YEESS!! MY FAV ANIMATOR GETS AN ANALYSIS!

@KryatLore 5 жыл бұрын

Dude, such a cool analysis! I am getting ready to start learning animation and these pointers will definitely come in handy! There is a big mistake at the 2:00 minute mark, though. You credited the source as "Ghost in the Shell". In fact it is the short "Magnetic Rose" from the "Memories" anthology.

@HowardWimshurst 5 жыл бұрын

thanks, my mistake with the titling

@yes.6892 5 жыл бұрын

One word. Beautiful.

@RMAnimations 5 жыл бұрын

very helpful and inspiring.

@Kiwikick238 5 жыл бұрын

I love seeing subtle changes In expressions in like humans are so hard wired for reading emotion on faces so we notice every little thing and it’s awesome seeing that detail put into animation. A slight eyebrow raise to show curiosity, eyes creasing in a smile, corners of the mouth fighting back a frown when crying. They all so minor to make whole amazing expressions filled with life

@just_a_copy 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@mythvision8615 5 жыл бұрын

True, one of the toughest parts of animation is expression...my favorite character artist is Kawajiri, his artistic detail in Bloodlust was astounding!

@jolo1767 5 жыл бұрын

Wait, that's not Ghost in the Shell tho, its Memories: Magnetic Rose? 2:04

@HowardWimshurst 5 жыл бұрын

my mistake with the titling, sorry!

@inersdraco 5 жыл бұрын

Oh, I wasn’t mistaken

@lylehimself9287 5 жыл бұрын

about to say that

@madrugaiden2317 5 жыл бұрын

the guy does look like Batou tho

@bookwormmaddy 5 жыл бұрын

Woo welcome back!

@Angelbeats. 5 жыл бұрын

Great!

@role963 5 жыл бұрын

Great video Senpai, keep it up,,!!

@OwnnOfficial 5 жыл бұрын

He's my favorite animator ever ✨ I love realistic animation....

@luisespadin 5 жыл бұрын

Good job...more analysis please.

@FarQuZeDesigns 4 жыл бұрын

Brother, you‘re awesome :)

@derrick.916 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very cool

@desrtsku 2 жыл бұрын

Okiura and Inoue are definitely my favourite animators. Their character animations are really something else.

@kingofbel6499 5 жыл бұрын

I've been trying to become an animator for a couple months now and I realized how hard creating a smooth and decent animation is. Let alone a full 2 hours movie. I dont know exactly how those amazing japanese animators become so good at making their animations look so full of life, but if I can guess I would say it took them a lot of observing and study of how real humans behave in natural situations. That's something I lack. Before getting into animating I never even once thought about studying how people and objects move in my daily life. Now I try to observe any chance I get.

@Capybaracoffee 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for teach us everything that my animation school in Beijing for some reason is not teaching . Cheers

@timetravelnews258 5 жыл бұрын

You definitely know your stuff cuz I was just talkin about hiroyuki as like one of the best facial expression illustrators ever

@MitchellHammond 5 жыл бұрын

0:01 and 2:05 is from the film Memories, not Ghost in the Shell.

@goobag123 5 жыл бұрын

Mitchell Hammond they have similar looking characters, but I'm surprised he made this mistake on a detailed research video

@apuntes8883 5 жыл бұрын

It became into global drawing techniques

@HowardWimshurst 5 жыл бұрын

my mistake with the titling, sorry

@HowardWimshurst 5 жыл бұрын

@@goobag123 I'm only human dude, there are lots of titles I had to annotate and I do this work all on my own.

@ianzhang975 5 жыл бұрын

reference footage is very usefull. i especially like it. it fast and real. insted of having to animate it in 3d

@fecchitheillustrator7063 5 жыл бұрын

I didn't know that xxxholic had such a great movie.. such a shame to not knowing or forgetting considering i love xxxholic. Going to watch your examples definitely!! thank you so much

@LamboJ20 5 жыл бұрын

Your video was very well researched and thought-of, I really liked how much you seem to know about animation and how much you're interested in helping people understand it a little bit better. :) My only real problem with the video was the production. There was way too much white noise in your narrations, and it was pretty evident you were reading a script when you switched to a live view of you. Nothing wrong with reading or having a script, I'm just saying you should probably memorize it and look directly at the camera. Otherwise there's no real point in recording yourself if you don't want to have direct contact with the audience.

@Lukz243 5 жыл бұрын

Oh, thanks for presenting these animators, especially for the fact I'm more interested in the japanese animation, although I recognize there are great animators in the Occident -couldn't find a better word-, like James Baxter for example

@optimusprime5446 5 жыл бұрын

Why would you upload NOOOOW?? It's 2am and I need to wake up at 6am for church *WHYYYYYY*

@studioRAISU 5 жыл бұрын

Optimus Prime bless

@afuckingturtle1489 5 жыл бұрын

Bless

@optimusprime5446 5 жыл бұрын

Awh, bless y'all too

@allesmaze8710 5 жыл бұрын

exciting

@maymay5600 5 жыл бұрын

man i remember seeing kimi wa your name in 2016 when yuri on ice was big, i didn't watch it though cause when 2016 was ending and 2017 came about, the movie fucking blew up fast! remember this was back in 2016

@skrillz_14th 5 жыл бұрын

Damn! Look at that strut!

@user-ur7jl1fx4c 5 жыл бұрын

this video is good for animation but i akso can see these principles being used for comic creation as well! thank you

@dreamingblue3939 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, helpful for any kind of art that tells a story and has characters, really. I watched it as an artist and writer and found it very interesting. :)

@Bizzozeron 5 жыл бұрын

This concept of learning realism to then naturally extend it or intentionally break away from it is taught to art students in high schools, who often gravitate toward cartoons or anime and begrudgingly cooperate with all the realistic painting lessons or art studies; If you don't respect what you're representing, you will fail to understand what makes representing it compelling. It's interesting hearing someone realize this when they are older after grappling with the concept from the other end. To make this realization yourself and to have it come from within is a very strong and special moment in an artists life.

@cocon8287 5 жыл бұрын

It did inspired me ! I want to do because it looks extremely hard :D

@avtpro 5 жыл бұрын

I was just watching Ponyo and noticing the subtle movement or overlap like her eating noodles or falling asleep. I thought this video would be more about that. I really appreciate this topic because it is very overlooked. I am beginning to think Ponyo is one of the best animation I have ever seen, story-wise, animation-wise and the general vision. I don't know the name of the Mizayaki's exact animator who did Ponyo, but I hope to learn more about his subtle style, even in a simple thoughtful stare that uses the hair or swells the head. Mind you, I was not a Mizaki fan even thought I have most of Studio Ghibili's DVDs including EarthSea by his son, Goro. (I am missing a couple DVDs like Kiki). I would like to better understand their slow timing. More so fast to slow, Ease-in/Ease Out. Run to walk to sped up again and how when some of their chararcter run for a 3/4 view it seems slow and some, like Ponyo running on water seems really fast. Anyway, thanks for approaching this. BTW, since I work with 3D ragdoll simulators, I separate reverse joint physics from human gestures like in GITS's Innocence. It's the physics of a robot/doll joint instead of human. However, I'm very interested in how they oppose one slow moving character in combat to emphasis or direct the eye towards the other. It's that suspended, slow, momentary reversed actions that's very intriguing to me. Thanks.

@mobi8046 5 жыл бұрын

Cant wait for Inoue. Hes one my fav animators overall.

@PyritedGoodes 5 жыл бұрын

That hug at 0.27 got me

@maymay5600 5 жыл бұрын

GUYS, I JUST SAW HANK HILL JUST NOW AT 6:36!!! NO JOKE, HE'S IN THE ANIME!!

@obliviify 5 жыл бұрын

That's probably his half-brother, Shinichiro Hill.

@gian.4388 5 жыл бұрын

2:22 YES! From the beginning of the video I was wondering if he also worked on Jin Roh, since I recognized the same style (his faces definetly stand out) from the movies you shown at the beginning :"

@estebansalami6274 5 жыл бұрын

u r awesome

@milesmungo 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Howard, for this and all of your other videos. Are you going to do any further analysis of Spiderverse?

@HowardWimshurst 5 жыл бұрын

thanks! nope, I'm done with spiderverse and moving onto other topics

@kittycat7139 5 жыл бұрын

really wanna get into animation after watching this. i just have this weird obsession with emotions and such in humans, would be great fun to animate that personally

@favouradesoji4556 5 жыл бұрын

love

@Cernunnnos 5 жыл бұрын

There's a lot of Kabuki theatre mixed in with his eye for detail. He knows when to over-exaggerate an expression, or hold a position that little bit past what would be natural. The life in his backgrounds always astounded me. Especially in GitS and Akira.

@HowardWimshurst 5 жыл бұрын

It's rare that I hear someone acknowledge the impact kabuki theatre has on anime and Japanese media as a whole, nice one!

@Cernunnnos 5 жыл бұрын

@@HowardWimshurst yea, it does seem to get overlooked tbh. Whenever I've watched something by either Hayao Miyazaki or Hiroyuki Okiura, it's one of the first things I notice. They both love to really hone in on that very Japanese, overly expressive physical comedy that just screams kabuki. Especially in facial expressions. And they're both absolutely phenomenal character animators with a great eye for movement, framing and detail. Two of my all time favourite animators, full stop.

@illfaptothis333 5 жыл бұрын

the problem with hyperrealistic animation is just that theres too many frames to geek over. it would take forever to truly enjoy as a fan. thats it