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wargraymonzx
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 Hi my name is Raven and the reason why I registered on this site is because I wanna ask everybody if is there any chance for me to be an animator and the problem is I dont really have like a good financial support and as a guy with dreams I'm, workin this out of my own...
Me like all of you loves manga but aside from that I also draw alot of characters that I imagine of and i also have a story in mind but I haven't wrote it yet. I have five main characters in it and some extra characters it also tells about the dimention that I had ever think of...well every bodys sayin if I believe I can do it... But I think if I'd be given the chance to be educated more about animation, I'm fully confident that I'll be at my fullest level, and I can even finaly bring my characters to life and show every body about my story. If every body out there might have something to say about this post...pls send it to this Email [email protected] Thanks for reading this message... 
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fighterholic
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You could probably ask Answerman how you could get into animating, but instead of having your question go possibly unanswered, you should browse older Answerman columns, because they have the exact same type of questions that you might have about getting into animation. |
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Nagisa
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 Posts: 6128 Location: Atlanta-ish, Jawjuh |
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Best way to get into animation is to major in animation in college, basically. But don't expect that this will get you a free ticket to being a high-profile director for Toei or KyoAni, though, as it's infinitely difficult for a foreign individual to even get full Japanese citizenship, much less a job any higher than minimum wage slave labor. If you work at it, and your ideas are good, you might be able to succeed in the local animation market, but trying to break your way into the Japanese arena is honestly more trouble than it's worth.
Alternatively, if you're dead set on doing manga, you could always try to get into Tokyopop's or Seven Seas' "manga" thing of having foreign artists produce manga-inspired comics. |
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ruro niko
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Name: Friends call me Niko
Sex: Male Blood Type: Red Location: Tennessee Marital Status: Single Age: 21 Ethnicity: Scott Irish and some German, I believe Religion: non-churchgoing and not very strict Christian Pets: Nope Drink/Smoke: Hate smoking and I don't really drink Likes: Comics, anime, games, internet, giant robots, sleep Dislikes: Smoking, getting up early Favorite anime: Genshiken, Trigun, Please Teacher!, Yakitate!! Japan, Gurren Lagann, most Gundam I've seen that don't have SEED in the title Favorite Books: Ones with pretty pictures and word bubbles Favorite TV shows/Movies: A lot Favorite Sites: My anime club's site MTAC's site myspace lifejournal and of course, wikipedia Job: College student with occasional summer work Hobbies: Mindlessly wandering the internet, helping run a club, hanging out with friends Favorite Quotes: "Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely." -Auguste Rodin "Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our irritations and resentments slip away, and a sunny spirit takes their place." -Mark Twain "Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies." -Tim Robbins, The Shawshank Redemption "I don't know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve." -Bilbo Baggins, Lord of the Rings “The thing about a hero, is even when it doesn't look like there's a light at the end of the tunnel, he's going to keep digging, he's going to keep trying to do right and make up for what's gone before, just because that's who he is." -Joss Whedon |
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ShiroAkuma
Posts: 34 Location: Kinston, NC |
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Name: Jamie
Sex:Male Blood Type: A positive Location: Kinston, NC Marital Status: Single Age: 24 Ethnicity: I have no clue what so ever being an adopted bastard. Religion: None, but I do believe in some kind of higher power/being. Pets: One dog name Bigfoot. Drink/Smoke: Nope, yet I look like I do. Likes: Sexy women, the smell of high octane racing fuel and honesty. Dislikes: BS in any form, liers and theives, ignorance and lack of intelligence. Favorite anime: Inital D, Tenchi Muyo!, Akira, Gankutsuou, Master Keaton and many, many more. Favorite Manga (Light novels): Gunsmith Cats, Hyper Police, BECK, Monster, Emma and Vagabond. Favorite Books: The Count of Monte Cristo, Sherlock Holmes, The Three Musketeers and Edgar Allen Poe's collected works. Favorite game: Currently Guitar Hero. Favorite TV shows/Movies: Catch Me If You Can(not that Leonardo DiCaprio movie) Escape from NY/LA, Evil Dead 1 & 2, Army of Darkness, House, My Name Is Earl, Shark, Top Gear, Courage the Cowardly Dog and a whole lotta other cool and great shows and movies. Favorite Drink: Read above, I don't drink. Non-Alcoholic Drink: Dr. Pepper. Favorite Foods: Pizza, Bojangles chicken, Burgers, Spaghetti and other fine Italian food, Pringles chips, Steak dinners and breakfast food in general. Favorite Sites: animeOnline.com before it died, finalgear.com, clubgp.com, 2kmc.mymonte/discussion/index, good number of sites I can't list here, ctrlaltdel-online.com, coopstuff.com/index and zzperformance.com. Favorite Sport (to watch): Automotive racing. Favorite Sport (to play): Automotive racing. Favorite Music: Mostly rock & roll. Job: Owner of H & H Perfomance Dyno. Hobbies: Anime, Manga, Comics, Gaming, collectiiong what I see fit and cars(more of a lifestyle really). Fun facts about ShiroAkuma: Has two tattoos with plans for more, actually a nice guy despite his appearance, has insomnia, wears a 9 year old pair of cowboy boots, owns too many blades and owns a ton of anime on DVD. Favorite Quotes: "Nothing is Impossible, just Improbable." Pictures: The pic I would be using as an avatar if I could get it smaller than 8kb without it looking awful. Oh and also the guy behind the name. My 2000 Monte Carlo SS My 1998 Chevy Truck Anime Collection[/b] |
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Dark_Fairy22
 Posts: 4 Location: Alabama |
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Name: Kimberly
Sex: Female Location: Alabama Marital Status: single...and looking for whoevr wondering Age: 22 Religion: not sure Drink/Smoke: yes i drink, i smoke alot Likes: Anime,writing,hanging with friends Dislikes:not-so-nice-people Favorite anime: Oh My Goddess, " Vampire Hunter D:Bloodlust, Fatal Fury,love hina, any of them really Favorite game:roleplaying games Favorite Food:i'm not really picky i hate onions Favorite drink: dr pepper, |
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Deltakiral
 Posts: 3338 Location: Glendora, CA (Avatar Hei from Darker than BLACK) |
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Aren't all of us single folk always looking? 
Really? Maybe its because I am from Southern California and there was a era where everyone was wearing Chuck Taylor. |
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cool3865
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yea its like that here in Austin, TX almost everyone is wearing Chucks or now Vans
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Cloe
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Basically, yeah, follow Nagi's advice. I majored in animation in college and, in addition, completed a short independent film as my thesis, which performed reasonably well in last year's festival circuit. You basically have two outlets open to you, once you complete your BFA (well, three, really). The first is to join the industry the traditional way, by joining an animation studio. Another path is independent animation; you can apply for artist grants and make your own animated films while building up your reputation at film festivals. Either way, you'll want to complete as much freelance work as you can while you're in school and build up a decent resume so you'll be able to support yourself after graduation. I've had a taste of both options, since I have an animated film in circulation a la festivals (and another independent project in the works) but I'm also working full-time as an animation supervisor at a studio here in Los Angeles (our funding, incidentally, comes from Japan and China and the director, Kayoko Tsuchiya is Japanese, which means I get to draw and animate anime-style characters all day). I'm pretty happy where I am now, considering that--just like you--I took an interest in studying animation through anime. Also, you might want to consider a graduate degree (I'm not getting one, but my fiance, also an animator, is currently working on his). The schools most celebrated for their animation/film programs are NYU and CalArts--I recommend the latter. I attended MCAD in Minneapolis, which also has a great animation program (but the school itself is more renowned for its graphic design program). If funds are an issue, there's always student loans, grants, and scholarships. I should mention that my best friend Victor, who graduated a year behind me at MCAD, will have his thesis film distributed in Japan through Studio 4°C. His film will be included on this DVD. So, yeah, it's not an easy task by any means, but it's not totally impossible to achieve your dreams. Good luck! |
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Nickle4aPickle
 Posts: 5 Location: New York, USA |
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Mmm... I guess it couldn't hurt to do this.
Name: I'm not revealing my real name, but people on-line know me as Gen (short for Genevieve) Talcott. Age: 19 B-Day: 3-18 Favorite anime/manga: Ouran High School Host Club, DNAngel, Fruits Basket, Love Hina, & many others Favorite music types: Japanese Rock, Japanese Pop, Jazz Favorite music acts: HYDE, L'Arc~en~Ciel, An Cafe, Miyavi, T.M. Revolution, Glay, Ayumi Hamasaki, angela, globe, Home Made Kazoku, KOTOKO, Weird Al Pictures: (All cosplays, BTW) ~ Me as Sakura from Tsubasa ~ Me as Yuri Sakazaki from King of Fighters ~Me as Haruhi Fujioka from Ouran High School Host Club ~Me as Axel from Kingdom Hearts 2 (my own original Raver version) (Random note: Wow, I just realized that I'm not wearing my glasses in any of these pics.  I'm blind as a bat without them. XDDD)
~Ok, here's one with my glasses. 
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Pacific Pikachu
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Name: Kristin
Sex: Female Blood Type: O+ Location: Nevada City, CA (Little foothill town between Sacramento and Lake Tahoe). Marital Status: Single Age: 19. Ethnicity: A mutt of basically everything in Europe. Religion: Agnostic. Pets: Two dogs, two cats, a horse, two cockatiels, a parrotlet, three guinea pigs, thirty-four chickens (all with names ), two ducks, and a pheasant. Plus I do wildlife rehabilitation, so I'll usually have between five and twenty-five wild birds at any given time.
Drink/Smoke: Don't drink or smoke--never will. (Addiction runs in the family.) Likes: Anime (obviously), manga, AMVs, cosplay, animals, wildlife rehabilitation, writing, drawing, reading, philosophy, playing Pokémon, The Office (US), whitewater rafting, and writing aimless, non-angsty posts in my LiveJournal. Dislikes: Chemistry, being a Science major, hot weather, intolerant people, organized religion. Favorite anime: Pokémon, Cowboy Bebop, Wolf's Rain, Gankutsuou, Mushishi, Haruhi, Honey & Clover, RahXephon, Last Exile, Haibane Renmei, Beck, Bokurano, Darker than Black, FLCL, Fullmetal Alchemist, Gunslinger Girl, Kino's Journey, anything by Satoshi Kon and Miyazaki. (Among others, but I don't want this list to get unmanageably long.) Favorite Manga (Light novels): 20th Century Boys and Monster, hands-down. Favorite Books: The Last Unicorn, Watership Down, The Plague Dogs, Lord of the Flies, Ender's Game, The Power of One, others. Favorite game: All the Pokémon games, and Bust a Move. Those are all I play, other than the very occasional bout of MarioKart. Favorite TV shows/Movies: Pan's Labyrinth, Densha Otoko, The Office (US), Fluke, Watership Down, The Plague Dogs, and Big Fish. Favorite Drink: I've never had alcohol, so I can't say. Non-Alcoholic Drink: Fruit smoothies, green tea, chai latte. Favorite Foods: Pasta, berries, popsicles, ice cream. Favorite Sites: AnimeNewsNetwork, LiveJournal communities, Cosplay.com, Fandom Wank @ JournalFen, Wikipedia, Bulbapedia (think: Pokémon wiki), Ebay, lots of Japanese fanart sites. Favorite Sport (to watch): I don't really watch sports, other than the Triple Crown horse races every year. Favorite Sport (to play): Not much of a sport person... I do like whitewater rafting, badminton, and horseback riding, though. Favorite Music: Yoko Kanno, Yoko Kanno, Yoko Kanno, Maaya Sakamoto, Yoko Kanno, The Pillows, Spitz, Suga Shikao, YOKO KANNO, er...I primarily listen to anime OSTs and I dabble in J-pop and J-rock. Job: Full-time college student, hoping to be an avian/wildlife/exotics veterinarian. Hobbies: Rehabbing wildlife, writing, reading, drawing, cosplay, sleeping, trading and battling Pokémon over wifi, going to anime conventions, collecting exotic poultry. Fun facts about PacificPikachu: - PacificPikachu has double-jointed fingers. - PacificPikachu has a little shrine to Suzumiya Haruhi in her room.
- PacificPikachu has performed mouth-to-beak on a drowned chicken--and it worked! - PacificPikachu hasn't worn pants in twelve years now, despite living where it snows. She prefers shorts above anything. - PacificPikachu cosplays primarily animal/mascot characters from anime. She's not a furry, though. - PacificPikachu is a vegetarian. Pictures: None at the moment! I may update when I find some cosplay pictures of myself. I'd love to show off my Teto costume. 
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LuckySleven
 Posts: 426 Location: Refer to page 2 |
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I see your wearing chucks. Anyways nice pics~
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Redbeard 101
Oscar the Grouch
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Welcome to ANN Nickle4aPickle, Dark_Fairy22, ShiroAkuma, and ruro niko. As new posters let me be the first to welcome you all here. Hopefully you'll continue posting and enjoy yourselves here at ANN. As is customary I must now also give you your free mystery welcome bags. ::hands them all a welcome bag:: Today your bags will contain such wonderful gifts as a handful of unpoped popcorn kernels, a handful of red mulch, 3 eyelashes from a cyclops, and the short hand from a clock. While enjoying these gifts ponder these Words of Wisdom; After twelve years of therapy my psychiatrist said something that brought tears to my eyes. He said, "No hablo ingles."
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jetz
 Posts: 2148 Location: Manila, Philippines |
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Hey Psycho, since I can't come up with witty comments and clever gimmicks like you, maybe you can give me the welcome bags and I'll pass them on to the newbies. I am your assistant /sidekick/slave after all
Welcome Newbies! |
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ShiroAkuma
Posts: 34 Location: Kinston, NC |
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::hands the welome bag back::
I called the theater and they're a little irked on how slack you've gotten on popping the popcorn. I got up with Ms. McKinsen and she isn't none too happy about you taking that red mulch she was going to use for her flowers. I also called the Cyclops. He's pretty pissed you snuck into his home while he was sleeping to yank out his eyelashes. Said something about an eye for an eye, or something along those lines. I'm keeping the short hand from the clock. It may come in handy. I called Imigration and they deported your psychiatrist. |
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