Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! (2020) s01e03 Episode Script
Let's Accomplish Something!
1
How's it look?
A little crooked on the right.
Too far.
There! Perfect!
Now that is quite the sight.
It looks good!
Studio
Eizouken!
Film
Film
What if we had the logo walk by at the
beginning of every project, like this?
I love it!
We don't even have a project yet.
Oh, there you are, Kanamori—
Didn't I tell you two not
to get ahead of yourselves?
But since we've got a meeting place—
Film
It just looks like a random
sign that says "film."
A good design is about paying attention
to the minute details that—
More importantly
We need to fix up the building
and then get to some actual work.
Because otherwise, our little
group is going to be broken up.
Hang on! The eizouken
only just came together!
Do you think we have
all the time in the world?
After a certain someone
spilled the beans about our
anime production to a teacher?
No way I thought you
convinced him to back down!
Are you getting enough
oxygen to your brain?
My arguments were all just to get
him to back off for the time being.
If he thinks about it calmly,
he'll realize that we don't have a case.
My point being, if you don't
want to take that sign down,
Film
we need to accomplish something.
Film
Episode 3 Let's Accomplish Something!
Keep
Your
Hands
Off
Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
It's time to begin the briefing
for our repairs of the club room.
A lack of suitable seriousness
will not be tolerated!
Okay!
Kanamori, if you could get us started.
The phrase "pure profit" speaks to the
long-held dream of doing business
without any initial costs,
but in reality, doing anything without
incurring costs is next to impossible!
We've been able to obtain an animation desk
and fans from the school for free,
but even those aren't usable
without additional elbow grease.
The greatest example of which
is this decrepit club room!
To wit: if we do not repair the
holes in the walls and roof,
our crucial equipment runs
the risk of water damage—
That's a alpine black swallowtail!
Catch it!
Wow, a butterfly!
Butterfly, flutter butter fly fly!
I have to say, the two of you are doing
an incredible job of staying serious.
Uh at this point I'd like
to remind you all that we,
previously, came upon the
sizable sum of 30,000 yen!
We did!
The footage of my fall from the second floor
managed to sell for 30,000
as accident footage.
And if you'll look here, this is
all that remains of those 30,000.
It has been nearly exhausted in
service of the roof and wall repairs.
A moment of silence for our
late comrade, the 30,000 yen!
Silence!
Dearly departed 30,000 yen,
please send a large group
of your comrades to my pocket.
I guess 30,000 yen is a lot of money?
That's about as much as I got for
allowance when I was in third grade.
Raccoon dog!
Row row woof, it's a raccoon dog!
It's a sign!
Asakusa, we should start
a festival! It'd be great!
Row row woof, it's a raccoon dog!
Get serious!
We are finishing these repairs today!
Any idiot who wastes further time
will be punished without mercy,
so keep that in mind!
R-Roger that.
Film
Well, I'll handle the external holes,
so the inside's all yours, Kanamori.
Please take this seriously, Asakusa.
But of course!
I have my doubts about that.
You say that, but Asakusa is pretty cool.
Gross. What brought that on? And how, exactly?
I have a big problem with people who
start a conversation by praising someone.
That sounds like you!
But repairing the walls
seems like a lot of work.
Isn't it impressive that
she volunteered to do it?
She's only doing it because she wants to.
Asakusa is self-interested in that way.
You mean she enjoys helping people?
She isn't considering the fact
that the work might be difficult.
Getting to play with a drill is fun to her,
and that gets her motivated.
So it's more like our interests aligned!
That what she's like.
Think about grade school.
One student always rushed to
the broom closet when clean-up time came.
They didn't really want to help clean.
They wanted to play with
the coolest-looking broom.
That's a great example!
I guess there wouldn't be any
motor noise, since space is a vacuum.
The effects make for a stronger impact,
but I think I'll deliberately
go with muted sound.
There!
Would liquid paint float off
before actually drying in space?
That calls for electrostatic powder coating!
Hang on
In a vacuum with no gravity, wouldn't the
ship develop an electric charge?
Will a regular electrostatic charge be
enough for the powder to coat properly?
Ah, who cares, it's my fantasy!
No big deal if it's a little
bit more convenient for me.
That just leaves applying the heat.
Care to explain why you're doodling and
wearing a worn-out bucket on your head?
Uh, well
I was just imagining what it'd be like
to train to repair a spaceship.
A spaceship?! That sounds like a ton of fun!
I figured as much.
The walls can wait for now, so could
you at least take care of the roof?
Film
What do you have your bag?
It's a manned maneuvering unit!
I'm going, too!
There we go.
This is so high up! Awesome!
Wow, the hole is huge up close.
It's set. Do you think you'll
be able to close the hole?
It's just sticking another
panel over it! Piece of cake!
No accidents, please.
Let's commence the mission
to repair the spaceship.
I copy!
Ta-dah!
Club Room Ship Layout
Eizouken
Mess Hall
Rear Hatch
Observation Room
Not the bridge.
Captain's
cabin
Beds
Extra-large rangefinder
Not engines.
Antenna, not
aerodynamic wings
The lens changes state from liquid
to solid instantaneously,
extending the range
of the telescope
Ship's Hull
Since it's a medium-sized
space-faring vessel, it can't
fly in high atmospheric pressure
or high gravity, and it also can't
withstand atmospheric entry.
Designed with typical vertical
orientation, but because gravity
control is a pricier option, it'll
be operated in zero gravity.
A ramen bowl developed with the
intent of making ramen slurpable
even in zero gravity.
The scientific community spent 10 years
and 12 billion dollars to develop this bowl
which rectifies the issue. (79,8000 yen)
The Eizouken's Club Room Ship!
The hull! Since it's a medium-sized
space-faring vessel,
it can't fly in high atmospheric
pressure or high gravity,
and it also can't withstand
atmospheric entry.
It uses typical vertical orientation,
but since gravity control is a pricier option,
it'll be operated in zero gravity.
Classical design!
It has a bulbous bow like you'd see in a
maritime vessel for wave resistance,
but since that's pointless in space,
we'll stick the radar in there!
The frame is made of a special material
that can transmit electrical
and optical signals,
which eliminates the need for various cables!
By altering this material, you can create
optical and electric circuits inside of
the frame that function like computers!
This is the part of the vessel that
needs the most advanced technology!
And to allow for the slurping of
ramen in zero gravity, there is—
Enough!
The hole must've been caused by a debris impact.
It's pretty long.
The impact must've been at a shallow angle.
We'll use a hydraulic cutter
to remove the warped parts.
And here's the Pistol Grip Power Tool,
PGT, which needs no introduction!
I've never heard of it before.
Well, it's a battery-powered
driving tool that's been
used since the first mission
for the space telescope's—
Debris! Take cover! Now!
No way! It's hailing!
Yeowch!
The sudden rush of debris made the
club room ship's emergency lock engage!
This is bad! I have to go to the bathroom!
We don't have much oxygen left.
Hey!
Mayday, mayday! Please respond!
Yeah, yeah, this is the command room!
Is it an incident or an accident?
An accident! The ladder fell down,
and we're stuck up here!
Requesting assistance!
I need oxygen—I mean, to use the bathroom!
What in the world are they doing?
Kanamori, I have to go!
That assistance is going to take a second.
I've got a bit of situation down here, too.
Help me!
We're down to the air in our suits!
Please! We're gonna die!
Good grief.
M-Mizusaki, calm down! Take deep breaths!
We're doomed!
I'm not sure why, but please
release the emergency lock.
We've got two astronauts on the
verge of bladder rupture. Over.
Or alternatively
All right, the ladder is up! Now get down here!
K-Kanamori
The bathroom emergency is taken care—
How'd you get down?
We slid down the gutter pipe—
I ended up having to smash through a wall.
That's extra labor and expenses,
which I assure you will come at a cost.
This rescue costs a week's worth of
bottled milk from the Ongyoku Bathhouse.
S-Seven hundred yen, huh
Fourteen hundred yen, actually.
I intend to drink two a day.
Film
All right!
Now to make a name for ourselves,
so we can get promoted to club status!
How are we going to do that?
Well, we're the film club, so the
smart thing to do would be to
produce something high quality
to make our case to the school.
Heavy
So heavy.
And here I thought being a club advisor
would be good for my circulation,
but my beard feels heavy, as usual.
Oh, and here.
Budget Deliberation Committee
The seasonal budgets for clubs and associations
are based on the presentations given here.
Well, good luck with that.
Let's announce a project
at that with our presentation.
If we succeed, we'll have
made a name for ourselves,
gotten promoted to a club,
and secured a budget!
It'll be three birds with one stone!
It's time to go on the attack!
Yeah!
It's essentially a place to announce
plans to the student council and teachers.
Shibahama Food
Today's
special
Here's your beef bowl!
I'll take a shoyu ramen with
with extra seaweed and nori!
The format has each team make their
presentation in the gymnasium,
which is then the basis for
their budget during that period.
Here's your shoyu ramen with
extra seaweed and nori!
Two bottles of milk, seven croquettes,
and one red bean bun with smooth paste.
Wait, we've gotta go up in front of a crowd?
That's right.
Each group has ten minutes
to make their presentation.
Our film production association is
going to be requesting 60,000 yen.
That's the maximum amount an
"association" can ask for.
So the anime should be about five minutes long?
We'll have to start with a
script and some storyboards.
Quality isn't our prime concern here.
We need to make a big impact
with the least effort possible.
Our goal is to overwhelm the
committee and secure funding,
along with a promotion to club status.
Aw, I wanna take the time to make something good.
Easily said, but we only
have 55 days to finish it.
If we go for 12 frames a second,
a five minute film means you'd
need to produce 3600 drawings.
Factor in additional work beyond animation,
and the two of you would need to work
50 days in a row non-stop, without sleep.
That being the case, we need
to begin as soon as possible.
Let's make the runtime
three minutes, then.
We can't get started if we don't have
any idea what the story is, though.
I've got a bunch of ideas
stockpiled over at my place.
End seat is first come, first serve!
Well, I get to sit on the end on the way back!
This is my trip home anyway,
so no rematch for you!
Dang it!
In Association with Tsubame Mizusaki
Huh.
I think the car's been hijacked
by ads starring you, Mizusaki.
They definitely give off a
different impression.
Can we shake your hand?
Of course.
Thank you so much!
You're very welcome.
She's switched into popular model mode.
We're big fans! Please, keep up the great work!
Shibahama South Building
This place is pretty neat!
M'home.
Gimme one sec.
Here we go.
Well, that's certainly detailed.
I looks like it'd be a lot of work to draw.
Let's avoid anything too complicated.
Exit
I like this one. It's relatively simple.
It's basically just a stack of cubes, after all.
Are we fine with using this for the location?
I like it! So, what's going to happen here?
We just need the animation.
Tank coming through!
Compact frame!
Two main guns!
And it comes with flashy
hydropneumatic suspension!
Is that flashy?
To her? Most likely.
Ta-dah! The personal defense tank!
APFSDS
Armor-piercing
fin-stabilized
discarding sabot
HEA
High-explosive
anti-tank
ammunition
Armor-Piercing
Round
Gun-launched
anti-tank missile
A trusty, fully-equipped vehicle
which provides consistent
support for our adventures!
Uses an odd caliber
of 16.873cm.
Has both rifled and
smoothbore barrels.
Length 300mm.
Able to jump up
to 1m vertically
High-end
hydropneumatic
suspension makes
low riders you'd
see in the streets
seem like kids' stuff.
Continuous tracks result in
zero relative speed with
the point of contact, which is cool!
Reaches speeds of 190 kmph,
even on rough terrain.
An older design that resembles a rice cake.
It's cool how using continuous tracks
results in zero relative speed
difference with the point of contact!
It can hit 190 km/h,
even over rough terrain!
A trusty, fully-equipped vehicle which provides
consistent support for our adventures!
The turret knocks the entire
turret rig backwards
to eject the shell casing,
after which it sits back up!
The sound's a bit out of sync.
That's detail in the sound effects.
Light travels faster than sound, y'know.
Think about light—
Okay, enough.
This is great and all, but can
you draw it, Mizusaki?
Well, I've never done effects
like smoke and fire before,
so I'd have to try first.
But the kind of animation
I want to make is more like
Sliding down an incline—
And falling!
Too plain.
You know that some animation
puts a focus on realism, right?
It can be really ordinary, everyday actions
But when animated, it looks really amazing!
Isn't there something more efficient?
Some kind of animation spectacle that
would be impressive to anyone who's watching?
To me, this is the most
spectacular animation there is!
It'd cost too much for how plain it is!
You can even use limited animation, but please,
make something that's more flashy!
Animation is supposed to be about motion,
and animators are supposed
to make stuff move!
—make stuff move!
Y'know, some professional
animators will pick up a sword
and swing it around while working.
Summer Anime Special
How It's Made!
Part 3: Attention to Detail in Animation
What kind of poses happen when
you've got a sword on your hip?
How does it look when you unsheathe it?
How do the wrinkles bunch up
when you move in a hakama?
They work while studying all
those details, not just imagining them!
Being an animator is like being an actor!
But you portray more than just people
The movement of dogs and cats,
the ocean, the weather
Cars, planes, all of that
is the animators acting!
I want to draw realistic,
lifelike acting with my own hands!
I don't just want to make anime,
I want to make animation!
—to make animation!
It won't matter how flashy
the subject matter is
if the final product has
less motion than a picture book.
That won't make a good impression
with the review committee.
Technical experience
is valuable, but more than that,
hurting the artist's motivation seems unwise.
Fair enough. Let's combine the tank
with what you're trying to do, Mizusaki.
How about a schoolgirl with a
sword fighting a tank?!
You can put the focus on realistic
acting with the girl's animation!
Oh okay.
And we can balance that by
making the parts with the tank
and the explosions as over-the-top as we can.
Sounds good to me!
Should the sword be a katana?
How about a machete?
It's a bit more realistic for combat,
and you see them in action movies all the time,
but not too much in anime, I think!
I like the realism! Let's go with that!
Her hair should be able to flutter in the wind.
So cool!
Maybe I'm missing something, but how's
she going to be able to fight a tank?
What if we give her an oxygen tank and mask?
Huh?
The world she's on has low gravity!
Which means the atmosphere is thin,
and you need the mask to breathe!
But in exchange, since she came
from a world with stronger gravity,
she can jump around all over
the place, really quickly!
Since you won't have to worry about the face,
you can put your focus on the action!
Faces take quite a bit of time, after all.
I wanted to draw expressions, too.
Then how about simplifying
things for the long shots,
but then you go for detail
during the close ups?
Yeah! That should work!
Okay! Let's do that!
You're getting fired up!
I can't believe that animation
paper costs so much,
when the only thing
special about it is the holes.
Wouldn't punching holes in
regular paper be good enough?
Hello a hole puncher for animation pegs?
It's the exact three holes needed
this'll cover its own cost in no time.
So one thing we can do to make things
look flashy without extra work
is draw one explosion,
and then copy it, to make it
look like a string of blasts.
I see.
Oh, there's that thing where you build up
tension during a big attack
Cut between the tank, the girl,
the tank, and the girl,
enough that it starts to seem repetitive!
Ta-dah! A vast world!
A girl in a gas mask!
And her foe
Wouldn't it be easy to shoot
someone who's jumping around?
We can give her a cable gun, then.
And then, while firing
the cable, she climbs up a wall!
All to get in the blind spot of the tank,
since its turret can't aim high enough!
But then!
Will it all work out in the end?!
Dun dun
Illustration by: Tsukumizu
How's it look?
A little crooked on the right.
Too far.
There! Perfect!
Now that is quite the sight.
It looks good!
Studio
Eizouken!
Film
Film
What if we had the logo walk by at the
beginning of every project, like this?
I love it!
We don't even have a project yet.
Oh, there you are, Kanamori—
Didn't I tell you two not
to get ahead of yourselves?
But since we've got a meeting place—
Film
It just looks like a random
sign that says "film."
A good design is about paying attention
to the minute details that—
More importantly
We need to fix up the building
and then get to some actual work.
Because otherwise, our little
group is going to be broken up.
Hang on! The eizouken
only just came together!
Do you think we have
all the time in the world?
After a certain someone
spilled the beans about our
anime production to a teacher?
No way I thought you
convinced him to back down!
Are you getting enough
oxygen to your brain?
My arguments were all just to get
him to back off for the time being.
If he thinks about it calmly,
he'll realize that we don't have a case.
My point being, if you don't
want to take that sign down,
Film
we need to accomplish something.
Film
Episode 3 Let's Accomplish Something!
Keep
Your
Hands
Off
Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
It's time to begin the briefing
for our repairs of the club room.
A lack of suitable seriousness
will not be tolerated!
Okay!
Kanamori, if you could get us started.
The phrase "pure profit" speaks to the
long-held dream of doing business
without any initial costs,
but in reality, doing anything without
incurring costs is next to impossible!
We've been able to obtain an animation desk
and fans from the school for free,
but even those aren't usable
without additional elbow grease.
The greatest example of which
is this decrepit club room!
To wit: if we do not repair the
holes in the walls and roof,
our crucial equipment runs
the risk of water damage—
That's a alpine black swallowtail!
Catch it!
Wow, a butterfly!
Butterfly, flutter butter fly fly!
I have to say, the two of you are doing
an incredible job of staying serious.
Uh at this point I'd like
to remind you all that we,
previously, came upon the
sizable sum of 30,000 yen!
We did!
The footage of my fall from the second floor
managed to sell for 30,000
as accident footage.
And if you'll look here, this is
all that remains of those 30,000.
It has been nearly exhausted in
service of the roof and wall repairs.
A moment of silence for our
late comrade, the 30,000 yen!
Silence!
Dearly departed 30,000 yen,
please send a large group
of your comrades to my pocket.
I guess 30,000 yen is a lot of money?
That's about as much as I got for
allowance when I was in third grade.
Raccoon dog!
Row row woof, it's a raccoon dog!
It's a sign!
Asakusa, we should start
a festival! It'd be great!
Row row woof, it's a raccoon dog!
Get serious!
We are finishing these repairs today!
Any idiot who wastes further time
will be punished without mercy,
so keep that in mind!
R-Roger that.
Film
Well, I'll handle the external holes,
so the inside's all yours, Kanamori.
Please take this seriously, Asakusa.
But of course!
I have my doubts about that.
You say that, but Asakusa is pretty cool.
Gross. What brought that on? And how, exactly?
I have a big problem with people who
start a conversation by praising someone.
That sounds like you!
But repairing the walls
seems like a lot of work.
Isn't it impressive that
she volunteered to do it?
She's only doing it because she wants to.
Asakusa is self-interested in that way.
You mean she enjoys helping people?
She isn't considering the fact
that the work might be difficult.
Getting to play with a drill is fun to her,
and that gets her motivated.
So it's more like our interests aligned!
That what she's like.
Think about grade school.
One student always rushed to
the broom closet when clean-up time came.
They didn't really want to help clean.
They wanted to play with
the coolest-looking broom.
That's a great example!
I guess there wouldn't be any
motor noise, since space is a vacuum.
The effects make for a stronger impact,
but I think I'll deliberately
go with muted sound.
There!
Would liquid paint float off
before actually drying in space?
That calls for electrostatic powder coating!
Hang on
In a vacuum with no gravity, wouldn't the
ship develop an electric charge?
Will a regular electrostatic charge be
enough for the powder to coat properly?
Ah, who cares, it's my fantasy!
No big deal if it's a little
bit more convenient for me.
That just leaves applying the heat.
Care to explain why you're doodling and
wearing a worn-out bucket on your head?
Uh, well
I was just imagining what it'd be like
to train to repair a spaceship.
A spaceship?! That sounds like a ton of fun!
I figured as much.
The walls can wait for now, so could
you at least take care of the roof?
Film
What do you have your bag?
It's a manned maneuvering unit!
I'm going, too!
There we go.
This is so high up! Awesome!
Wow, the hole is huge up close.
It's set. Do you think you'll
be able to close the hole?
It's just sticking another
panel over it! Piece of cake!
No accidents, please.
Let's commence the mission
to repair the spaceship.
I copy!
Ta-dah!
Club Room Ship Layout
Eizouken
Mess Hall
Rear Hatch
Observation Room
Not the bridge.
Captain's
cabin
Beds
Extra-large rangefinder
Not engines.
Antenna, not
aerodynamic wings
The lens changes state from liquid
to solid instantaneously,
extending the range
of the telescope
Ship's Hull
Since it's a medium-sized
space-faring vessel, it can't
fly in high atmospheric pressure
or high gravity, and it also can't
withstand atmospheric entry.
Designed with typical vertical
orientation, but because gravity
control is a pricier option, it'll
be operated in zero gravity.
A ramen bowl developed with the
intent of making ramen slurpable
even in zero gravity.
The scientific community spent 10 years
and 12 billion dollars to develop this bowl
which rectifies the issue. (79,8000 yen)
The Eizouken's Club Room Ship!
The hull! Since it's a medium-sized
space-faring vessel,
it can't fly in high atmospheric
pressure or high gravity,
and it also can't withstand
atmospheric entry.
It uses typical vertical orientation,
but since gravity control is a pricier option,
it'll be operated in zero gravity.
Classical design!
It has a bulbous bow like you'd see in a
maritime vessel for wave resistance,
but since that's pointless in space,
we'll stick the radar in there!
The frame is made of a special material
that can transmit electrical
and optical signals,
which eliminates the need for various cables!
By altering this material, you can create
optical and electric circuits inside of
the frame that function like computers!
This is the part of the vessel that
needs the most advanced technology!
And to allow for the slurping of
ramen in zero gravity, there is—
Enough!
The hole must've been caused by a debris impact.
It's pretty long.
The impact must've been at a shallow angle.
We'll use a hydraulic cutter
to remove the warped parts.
And here's the Pistol Grip Power Tool,
PGT, which needs no introduction!
I've never heard of it before.
Well, it's a battery-powered
driving tool that's been
used since the first mission
for the space telescope's—
Debris! Take cover! Now!
No way! It's hailing!
Yeowch!
The sudden rush of debris made the
club room ship's emergency lock engage!
This is bad! I have to go to the bathroom!
We don't have much oxygen left.
Hey!
Mayday, mayday! Please respond!
Yeah, yeah, this is the command room!
Is it an incident or an accident?
An accident! The ladder fell down,
and we're stuck up here!
Requesting assistance!
I need oxygen—I mean, to use the bathroom!
What in the world are they doing?
Kanamori, I have to go!
That assistance is going to take a second.
I've got a bit of situation down here, too.
Help me!
We're down to the air in our suits!
Please! We're gonna die!
Good grief.
M-Mizusaki, calm down! Take deep breaths!
We're doomed!
I'm not sure why, but please
release the emergency lock.
We've got two astronauts on the
verge of bladder rupture. Over.
Or alternatively
All right, the ladder is up! Now get down here!
K-Kanamori
The bathroom emergency is taken care—
How'd you get down?
We slid down the gutter pipe—
I ended up having to smash through a wall.
That's extra labor and expenses,
which I assure you will come at a cost.
This rescue costs a week's worth of
bottled milk from the Ongyoku Bathhouse.
S-Seven hundred yen, huh
Fourteen hundred yen, actually.
I intend to drink two a day.
Film
All right!
Now to make a name for ourselves,
so we can get promoted to club status!
How are we going to do that?
Well, we're the film club, so the
smart thing to do would be to
produce something high quality
to make our case to the school.
Heavy
So heavy.
And here I thought being a club advisor
would be good for my circulation,
but my beard feels heavy, as usual.
Oh, and here.
Budget Deliberation Committee
The seasonal budgets for clubs and associations
are based on the presentations given here.
Well, good luck with that.
Let's announce a project
at that with our presentation.
If we succeed, we'll have
made a name for ourselves,
gotten promoted to a club,
and secured a budget!
It'll be three birds with one stone!
It's time to go on the attack!
Yeah!
It's essentially a place to announce
plans to the student council and teachers.
Shibahama Food
Today's
special
Here's your beef bowl!
I'll take a shoyu ramen with
with extra seaweed and nori!
The format has each team make their
presentation in the gymnasium,
which is then the basis for
their budget during that period.
Here's your shoyu ramen with
extra seaweed and nori!
Two bottles of milk, seven croquettes,
and one red bean bun with smooth paste.
Wait, we've gotta go up in front of a crowd?
That's right.
Each group has ten minutes
to make their presentation.
Our film production association is
going to be requesting 60,000 yen.
That's the maximum amount an
"association" can ask for.
So the anime should be about five minutes long?
We'll have to start with a
script and some storyboards.
Quality isn't our prime concern here.
We need to make a big impact
with the least effort possible.
Our goal is to overwhelm the
committee and secure funding,
along with a promotion to club status.
Aw, I wanna take the time to make something good.
Easily said, but we only
have 55 days to finish it.
If we go for 12 frames a second,
a five minute film means you'd
need to produce 3600 drawings.
Factor in additional work beyond animation,
and the two of you would need to work
50 days in a row non-stop, without sleep.
That being the case, we need
to begin as soon as possible.
Let's make the runtime
three minutes, then.
We can't get started if we don't have
any idea what the story is, though.
I've got a bunch of ideas
stockpiled over at my place.
End seat is first come, first serve!
Well, I get to sit on the end on the way back!
This is my trip home anyway,
so no rematch for you!
Dang it!
In Association with Tsubame Mizusaki
Huh.
I think the car's been hijacked
by ads starring you, Mizusaki.
They definitely give off a
different impression.
Can we shake your hand?
Of course.
Thank you so much!
You're very welcome.
She's switched into popular model mode.
We're big fans! Please, keep up the great work!
Shibahama South Building
This place is pretty neat!
M'home.
Gimme one sec.
Here we go.
Well, that's certainly detailed.
I looks like it'd be a lot of work to draw.
Let's avoid anything too complicated.
Exit
I like this one. It's relatively simple.
It's basically just a stack of cubes, after all.
Are we fine with using this for the location?
I like it! So, what's going to happen here?
We just need the animation.
Tank coming through!
Compact frame!
Two main guns!
And it comes with flashy
hydropneumatic suspension!
Is that flashy?
To her? Most likely.
Ta-dah! The personal defense tank!
APFSDS
Armor-piercing
fin-stabilized
discarding sabot
HEA
High-explosive
anti-tank
ammunition
Armor-Piercing
Round
Gun-launched
anti-tank missile
A trusty, fully-equipped vehicle
which provides consistent
support for our adventures!
Uses an odd caliber
of 16.873cm.
Has both rifled and
smoothbore barrels.
Length 300mm.
Able to jump up
to 1m vertically
High-end
hydropneumatic
suspension makes
low riders you'd
see in the streets
seem like kids' stuff.
Continuous tracks result in
zero relative speed with
the point of contact, which is cool!
Reaches speeds of 190 kmph,
even on rough terrain.
An older design that resembles a rice cake.
It's cool how using continuous tracks
results in zero relative speed
difference with the point of contact!
It can hit 190 km/h,
even over rough terrain!
A trusty, fully-equipped vehicle which provides
consistent support for our adventures!
The turret knocks the entire
turret rig backwards
to eject the shell casing,
after which it sits back up!
The sound's a bit out of sync.
That's detail in the sound effects.
Light travels faster than sound, y'know.
Think about light—
Okay, enough.
This is great and all, but can
you draw it, Mizusaki?
Well, I've never done effects
like smoke and fire before,
so I'd have to try first.
But the kind of animation
I want to make is more like
Sliding down an incline—
And falling!
Too plain.
You know that some animation
puts a focus on realism, right?
It can be really ordinary, everyday actions
But when animated, it looks really amazing!
Isn't there something more efficient?
Some kind of animation spectacle that
would be impressive to anyone who's watching?
To me, this is the most
spectacular animation there is!
It'd cost too much for how plain it is!
You can even use limited animation, but please,
make something that's more flashy!
Animation is supposed to be about motion,
and animators are supposed
to make stuff move!
—make stuff move!
Y'know, some professional
animators will pick up a sword
and swing it around while working.
Summer Anime Special
How It's Made!
Part 3: Attention to Detail in Animation
What kind of poses happen when
you've got a sword on your hip?
How does it look when you unsheathe it?
How do the wrinkles bunch up
when you move in a hakama?
They work while studying all
those details, not just imagining them!
Being an animator is like being an actor!
But you portray more than just people
The movement of dogs and cats,
the ocean, the weather
Cars, planes, all of that
is the animators acting!
I want to draw realistic,
lifelike acting with my own hands!
I don't just want to make anime,
I want to make animation!
—to make animation!
It won't matter how flashy
the subject matter is
if the final product has
less motion than a picture book.
That won't make a good impression
with the review committee.
Technical experience
is valuable, but more than that,
hurting the artist's motivation seems unwise.
Fair enough. Let's combine the tank
with what you're trying to do, Mizusaki.
How about a schoolgirl with a
sword fighting a tank?!
You can put the focus on realistic
acting with the girl's animation!
Oh okay.
And we can balance that by
making the parts with the tank
and the explosions as over-the-top as we can.
Sounds good to me!
Should the sword be a katana?
How about a machete?
It's a bit more realistic for combat,
and you see them in action movies all the time,
but not too much in anime, I think!
I like the realism! Let's go with that!
Her hair should be able to flutter in the wind.
So cool!
Maybe I'm missing something, but how's
she going to be able to fight a tank?
What if we give her an oxygen tank and mask?
Huh?
The world she's on has low gravity!
Which means the atmosphere is thin,
and you need the mask to breathe!
But in exchange, since she came
from a world with stronger gravity,
she can jump around all over
the place, really quickly!
Since you won't have to worry about the face,
you can put your focus on the action!
Faces take quite a bit of time, after all.
I wanted to draw expressions, too.
Then how about simplifying
things for the long shots,
but then you go for detail
during the close ups?
Yeah! That should work!
Okay! Let's do that!
You're getting fired up!
I can't believe that animation
paper costs so much,
when the only thing
special about it is the holes.
Wouldn't punching holes in
regular paper be good enough?
Hello a hole puncher for animation pegs?
It's the exact three holes needed
this'll cover its own cost in no time.
So one thing we can do to make things
look flashy without extra work
is draw one explosion,
and then copy it, to make it
look like a string of blasts.
I see.
Oh, there's that thing where you build up
tension during a big attack
Cut between the tank, the girl,
the tank, and the girl,
enough that it starts to seem repetitive!
Ta-dah! A vast world!
A girl in a gas mask!
And her foe
Wouldn't it be easy to shoot
someone who's jumping around?
We can give her a cable gun, then.
And then, while firing
the cable, she climbs up a wall!
All to get in the blind spot of the tank,
since its turret can't aim high enough!
But then!
Will it all work out in the end?!
Dun dun
Illustration by: Tsukumizu