Amicus - my first job as a director in Japan

A spot I directed while working at Animation Cafe in Tokyo. Along with boarding and designing the characters, I was responsible for most animation, modelling, rigging, compositing and special effects. One solid month of work for a tight twenty four. Credits below:

Render: Shoma Mizutani
Painting and Art Direction: Shintaro Koike
Animation: Ken Tanaka
Additional Modelling: Yoshihito Hiroshige
Animation: Airi Kikuchi
Production Management: Makoto Yura
Produced by: Taiyo Sato at Animation Cafe

Incidentally, the client Amicus can help artists who want to find work in Japan

https://amicus.tokyo/

Final character lineup

This design didn't make the cut

Another design destined for the dustbun

Painting by the very talented Shintaro Koike