6/21/2023 0 Comments Break mymind animationThey were looking for support on episode 68 of My Hero Academia. It’s not the case in France you won’t see it here as companies compete with one another and don’t share resources during production. Studios help each other out a lot in Japan. When you go those three months to join Eddie at Yapiko, did he start by giving you in-betweens? How did your training go?īenjamin Faure: Back then, Studio Bones had reached out to Yapiko. Since I’d kept my apartment in France, I had to pay rent for my apartment in France and Japan! I was working at a steady pace during that time. I was aware it was going to be hard I knew what to expect! On the side, I was still working for France on the weekends. For three months, I worked from 9:30 a.m. So you worked at Studio Yapiko with the Frenchies?īenjamin Faure: Exactly. The stars were aligned, and I was free to go to Japan! (laughs) I left on January 4th and stayed for three months, during which I worked and learned. I had just finished working on The Grinch and was supposed to work on Sing 2, but there was a shift in the schedule. He contacted me by mail and asked if I was free in January. Eddie followed his promise, and I am still grateful to this day. I was happy, but I was holding back my joy because when it comes to work, you never know if people will keep their promises or not! But despite that, I was still super hyped and wished it’d work out. He said he’d email me the following month so we could work things out. I still needed to organize a bit November didn’t seem the right time for me. I met him in September, and he told me I could come in November. Even today, I’ve still got so much to learn. Even just a character that talks was enough for me. I didn’t feel the need to do action sakuga cuts where everything is blowing up. That’s why getting involved in the field felt awesome, whatever the cut I was given. Having your name in a series’ credits, it’s quite a feeling.īenjamin Faure: Totally! I was born in the 90s, back when anime and manga culture was booming in France, so it’s always been a huge passion of mine. I was very happy, and honestly, back then, even if I only animated a cut of a flapping mouth, I wouldn’t ask for more it’d already be amazing. He answered it was not a problem it could work out. So, of course, I was straightforward with him and told him I never did 2D animation. You’ll always have your basics and drawing skills, but you must adapt and relearn the technique. It’s as if you knew how to draw with a pencil, and tomorrow, you’re told you need to do graffiti. In theory, animation principles are the same whether it’s 2D or 3D, but still, the technique differs. I showed him my Instagram and my 3D demo reel. In fact, I had never done 2D animation, although I have always drawn. Eddie made me that offer, and I was motivated, but I warned him I do not do 2D animation. It had already started a bit, production assistants who would contact people through Twitter.īenjamin Faure: Today, it’s very common! But back then, it was still rather rare. The fact that Eddie made me that offer was totally unexpected for me And since I don’t speak Japanese, I hadn’t thought for a second I could work in this industry. These days with Twitter, it’s much more accessible, but 4, 5 years ago, it was still complicated. He asked me if I’d be interested, and, as an anime fan, my eyes started sparkling like stars. Eddie showed me the process of the projects he was currently working on and told me he was looking for animators. It’s also where I met Ken Arto, Yann Le Gall, Eddie, and many others that belonged to the studio at the time. At that moment, it was purely out of curiosity and passion. I contacted him to ask if it was possible to visit the studio. Years had passed, and I knew he was working in Japan at Studio Yapiko. I remembered that back when I was working at Illumination Mac Guff, Mehdi Aouichaoui did an internship there when he still did a bit of 3D. I thought to myself, “Hey, why not try to visit Japanese animation studios?” But without any pretenses. It was my first trip there, and I had a free day during my trip. From what I understood, it is thanks to Eddie Mehong that you first worked on anime.Ĭan you tell us how it happened? How you met Eddie, and how he led you this way?īenjamin Faure: In 2018, I went to Japan as a tourist. You’re an animator you work on anime at studio MAPPA, but to begin with, you first studied 3D animation.
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