Super Animator: Yutaka Nakamura (中村豊)
Nakamura began to stand out as a Mechanical Animator and Mechanical Animation Director in Tekkaman Blade, taking some influence from Masami Oobari, later he joined Sunrise where he actively participated. He made a breakthrough in Character Action Animation because he used to watch live action movies to learn how movement should be represented, taking influence from Hong Kong movies and the exaggerated reactions when someone gets hit.
Between Escaflowne (Movie) and Cowboy Bebop The Movie, he joined Bones with an exclusive contract, participating mainly in studio projects, but sometimes leaving to participate in outside projects in secret using a pseudonym. Since his participation in Cowboy Bebop, he was given some creative freedom, working on the storyboard of his own sequences, which he kept when he joined Bones.
His involvement with Rahxephon allowed him to develop his mechanical style into something very similar to his Character Action Animation, also implementing many aspects of cinematography and slowly began to move out of his conservative style, being the basis for his next style; Animation focused on the movement of the characters, addition of many interesting planes to change the perception of the action scenes and many effects.
His style changed drastically during Concrete Revolutio (2015), as movement took a backseat and he began to focus more on spectacular effects. He gained the fame of being the “Grandmaster Battle Animator” due to his high abilities in action animation.
He implements many Impact Frames, in which he adds different interesting details such as the skeleton of the characters, outlines, etc. all usually done from dirty pencil strokes.
He has very high capabilities when it comes to handling depth in Background Animation, giving surprisingly dynamic scenes that show a great understanding of what is moving.
When there is accelerated movement in the foreground, he often uses smears consisting of thick, dirty lines, followed by literally returning to the drawing as a blur without outline, and then returning to thick, dirty lines, finally recovering the shape.
Regarding the cinematography, he usually uses a set of planes constantly to give more dynamism to the change of cut, the planes he uses are represented in quite interesting and even complicated perspectives, all following an impressive dynamism that makes his scenes very characteristic.
Music: Welcome to The Black Parade by My Chemical Romance
List:
00:00 – Revolutionary Girl Utena #01
00:12 – Cowboy Bebop The Movie (Original: Hisashi Eguchi; Completely redrawn by Action AD Yutaka Nakamura)
00:31 – Neon Genesis Evangelion #24
00:38 – The Vision of Escaflowne #26
00:40 – The Vision of Escaflowne OP
00:43 – Sword of the Stranger
00:53 – Space Dandy #13
01:03 – RahXephon #07
01:25 – Mob Psycho 100 III #06
01:29 – Cowboy Bebop #09
01:43 – Soul Eater #01
02:07 – Towa no Quon #01
02:17 – Star Driver #01
02:24 – Mob Psycho 100 III #06
02:34 – Dragon Ball Z Movie 5
02:40 – Kekkai Sensen #01
02:47 – The Vision of Escaflowne #26
02:50 – Fullmetal Alchemist Movie 1
02:55 – One Punch Man #12
03:17 – Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood OP2
03:23 – Sword of the Stranger
03:31 – Cowboy Bebop The Movie
03:45 – Cowboy Bebop The Movie (Original: Hisashi Eguchi; Completely redrawn by Action AD Yutaka Nakamura)
03:54 – Captain Earth #25
04:14 – Star Driver The Movie
04:25 – Great Sky Demon Dragon Gaiking #13
04:31 – Soul Eater #11
04:37 – Ghost Slayers Ayashi: Inferno #05
04:46 – Cowboy Bebop The Movie
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List:
00:00 – 少女革命ウテナ #01
00:12 – カウボーイビバップ 天国の扉 (原画 – 江口寿志; 中村豊氏による完全書き下ろし)
00:31 – 新世紀エヴァンゲリオン #24
00:38 – 天空のエスカフローネ #26
00:40 – 天空のエスカフローネ OP
00:43 – ストレンヂア -無皇刃譚-
00:53 – スペース☆ダンディ #13
01:03 – ラーゼフォン #07
01:25 – モブサイコ100 III #06
01:29 – カウボーイビバップ #09
01:43 – ソウルイーター #01
02:07 – トワノクオン 第1章 泡沫の花弁 #01
02:17 – 輝きのタクト #01
02:24 – モブサイコ100 III #06
02:34 – ドラゴンボールZ とびっきりの最強対最強
02:40 – 血界戦線 #01
02:47 – 天空のエスカフローネ #26
02:50 – 劇場版 鋼の錬金術師 シャンバラを征く者
02:55 – ワンパンマン #12
03:17 – 鋼の錬金術師 FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST OP2
03:23 – ストレンヂア -無皇刃譚-
03:31 – カウボーイビバップ 天国の扉
03:45 – カウボーイビバップ 天国の扉 (原画 – 江口寿志; 中村豊氏による完全書き下ろし)
03:54 – キャプテン・アース #25
04:14 – スタードライバー THE MOVIE
04:25 – ガイキング Legend of Daiku-Maryu #13
04:31 – ソウルイーター #11
04:37 – 天保異聞 妖奇士 奇士神曲 #05
04:46 – カウボーイビバップ 天国の扉
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What is Sakuga?
Sakuga (作画) literally means drawing.
It is not something specific like “super spectacular animation”, but the term is used to define a well animated sequence and that’s it, good animation.
Animation is fundamentally movement, so a sequence with good movement is already good animation, the effects and uses of cinematography are only added to the base.
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