'Manual for production progress in TV anime series production' released free online

It is the entrance of the title as the production side of animation, artistic director and director in the future, or lead to work as diverse as producer 'production assistant' that What does work, is finely described the manual to practice contents,

This manual is divided into five main categories: '1. Characteristics and format of Japanese animation', '2. What is production progress', '3. Basic process of animation production', '4. Animation staff', and '5. Production practice'. It consists of chapters.

The chapter ' 1. Features and formats of Japanese animation ' is 'Characteristics of Japanese animation', 'Anime format', 'Image unit of animation', and 'Revenue and ripple effect of animation'. There are 622 companies as of the year, and it mentions that the sales related to anime rights reached 2,181.4 billion yen in 2018.

The chapter ' 2. What is production progress? ' is ' What is production progress?', 'Ability required for production progress', 'Progress of production progress', 'Importance of confidentiality', and 'Thorough reporting/contact/consultation'. It consists of terms. It describes the general background and practical abilities required for a position called production progress, and what kind of career advancement patterns are there.

The chapter ' 3. Basic process of animation production' has 3 items, 'Basic process of animation production', 'Glossary for basic process' and 'Tools for managing animation production'. It explains how the process goes from the planning of the work to the release, and what kind of production process is used to manage the production.

The chapter “ 4. Staff related to animation ” is “Production-related work”, “Scenario relations”, “Director, storyboard, directing”, “Setting”, “Animator”, “Finishing, special effects, shooting, etc. 'Background)' 'Acoustic' and the explanation of what role they play in the work is given for each section.

In ' 5. Production Practice ', about half of the manual volume is divided to explain the practice of production progress. It can be said that just arranging subheadings in a row is a difficult task.
・How to set up a schedule
・Work flow of production progress
・Staging (staging meetings)
・Design supervision (meeting by director)
・How to collect original man
・Working (drawing discussion)
・Layout and rough original image collection
・Check layout and rough original picture
・Collection and check of original drawings
・Coordination with video inspection
・Video ordering
・Background strike (background discussion)
・Color printing (color matching)
・Finishing process
・Color specification/cell inspection adjustment
・Shooting (shooting meeting)
・Shooting
・Rush check
・Edit
・Post-recording
·dubbing
・Retake work
・Original set
・V edition (video editing)
・What to do after completion

This manual is a manual of the production process, based on the data of ' Lecture book on production process in animation production ' written by Kazuya Masumoto of Trigger Co., Ltd.

As a book based on his experience as a production process, Mr. Masumoto has published ' Animation for work! Trigger style animation production progress reader ', so 'I want to be involved in animation as a production side, not as an animator'. If you are thinking, please read this as well.