Thank you for watching! I'm sorry to say that it would be highly unlikely for an anime studio be interested in an original script from an outsider unless you 1) Are fluent in Japanese and extremely knowledgeable about anime, manga, and the Japanese 4 act film structure. Or 2) You are a highly decorated, experienced, or award-winning screenplay writer from another country.
You can probably do it if you're really entrepreneurial. I plan to write a light-novel, self-publish it on Amazon Kindle. Market it and hopefully earn some money to finance paid arts for the novel. Then sell merch of my own novels, which can hopefully earn more money to finance a webcomic. Since I already have experience with paid artworks, I can hopefully make a somewhat decent webcomic and if that does well then I will fund animated trailers or shorts for my novel and comic, which give me experience in managing a team for animating. If it's viable, then I will fund yet again for a short 30-minute Anime Film and if that works and depending on how successful, I will fund my own Anime. That's what I hope though, there's no guarantee in life but you got to try to know.
So is there any software out there to create my own anime? Aside from all that you pointed out, I'm tired of roadblocks and rules. I just want to tell a story....
There's plenty of software used in the industry to help with the creation of 2D and 3D animation. But I wouldn't fool yourself into thinking that just having the right software will get you from A to Z. It still takes mastering the basics of drawing and the art of storyboarding, and the craft of animation that's needed. Also, if you want to just tell a story, the artforms of screenplay and novel only require that you can type (and also understand the lifelong journey of being a writer!). I wish you luck, friend!
@@SurvivingAnimation Thank you very much for responding! I already have two audiobooks out of my story, I have just been aching to tell it visually. I would like live action but have been uncertain of getting a hold of, and knowing how to use special effects software without it looking cheesy. There is also the inherent issue of rounding up talent. Thank you again.
Hey Eric! Just to give it thought I told a friend regardless of drawings and art, you need make stories,like scripts or ect... Because in my opinion it seems to be the backbone in the field of anything even in anime. Innovative concepts of stories that buldge through obstacles for the protagonist or any of them. I like your recommendations on that term, to make stories is quite feasible
Hey there and thanks for watching! Generally, I agree with your spirit! And you are correct, story is the backbone! But I will also say it depends on the person and their aspirations. For example, an artist who wants to dedicate their career to the art of storyboarding, doesn't need to make original stories. Neither does a Character Designer, Animation Director, Background Artist, Producer, Video Editor, After Effects specialist, or Animator. Animation has many jobs, roles, and careers - many of which do not involve being a Writer.
This video was very well produced. Not that the other videos weren't any good, they were! It's just this one had a more "pizzazz" lol Here's a question not related to anime. If someone had the money to make a 10 minute short of there series (like some of the pilots I see some of there on RU-vid) where do you suggest putting it? RU-vid, Vimeo or another video platform?
Appreciated the comment, dude! I actually tried a different camera this time and also since the subject matter is complicated, I figured it best to express with graphics. Thanks for noticing! As for your question, it depends on the goal. If the goal is get revenue return from the short itself, unfortunately none of the options are very good. Single shorts in general have a very difficult time recouping costs. But if the point is to get noticed, then it depends on the channel of the platform. In other words, if you launch on a RU-vid platform with only 100 subs, then it might not rise above the noise. But if you put it on a Vimeo channel that's already followed by a decent-sized, but industry specific audience then you might be able to generate business and get noticed. Does that make sense?
@@SurvivingAnimation Marvel has a Animation branch known as Marvel Animation, So I. Was wondering how Does things work over there how would I pitch to Marvel Animation
@@saturdaymorningcartoons9963 Unfortunately, Marvel does not have an open pitching opportunity. The brands for all of their characters are managed with an internal process that revolves around coordination with films, games, and current comic titles. The only reason they reach out to outside talent would be if you're already experienced in the field and they would like you to help them work on a project they have already imagined.
Nice video and some good points made. Definitely try to solve the distribution problem before anything else which can be confusing and enlightening once you find out that you don't need permission from a network anymore. And then...just do it! Like Bakshi said in his now legendary Comicon speech: " All you need is an animator and a box (referring to a computer)". A far cry from the days of cels and Oxberry cameras...
If I publish a long running comic book series that becomes popular in the states and i wanted to have it turned into an animated series without me being the show producer/creator in order to focus solely on comic production of the story what would i have to do? And what is the ideal method of going about that in the States? Because the way Japan turns long running manga into anime seems rather straight foward where a mangaka just needs to focus on producing manga and getting popular enough for their publishers to take it and turn it into an anime greatly boosting that manga's sales. I'm starting to think that shonen jump really is the only way to have your work published and potentially have an animated adaptation without having to deal with pitching and running the show. Which really sucks because manga has become so popular that its transformed into a universal medium for some very powerful and cool original stories to be told through. Its too bad our animation infrastructure doesnt have the kind of system japan does when it comes to turning manga into anime.
Thanks for watching! The process for this is actually pretty straight-forward. If you have a long running comic book series, the publisher usually gets contacted by either a producer or a broadcaster interested in adapting it into animation. As the original author, you would typically get some kind of payment/royalty based on the animation that gets made as well as benefit from the uptick in sales from your comic. The US differs in Japan mostly because the amount of comics we consume is much much less than Japan and our market is a little more geared to the 'direct market' of older fans. But there are plenty of kids graphic novels and books being turned into animation! Hope that helps!
@@SurvivingAnimation thanks for your response i really appreciate it! It makes sense why we differ with japan since we dont consume as much comics as they do it doesnt make a very good testing ground for stories unless it blows up as a comic like tmnt did. Thanks for clearing that up it looks like focusing on making a bombshell comic and getting it published by the right company is whats best to focus on for me! Hope you a ton of success with the channel i think its very resourceful for creatives
Great video!! I took some advice from you awhile back and I have a group to help me with this story I have but I'm not an animator can you let me know who I can pitch it to?? All I have so far is federator studios
Crunchyroll has also recently launched an originals division that seems to be focused on looking for new properties 'made by fans for fans.' You should investigate!
CrunchyRoll Originals are specifically not going to be anime. They're all made by Americans and only in some cases do they use Japanese animators. Most use American production with Korean overseas shipping (like most TV action cartoons made by Americans).
That's not a simple question to answer! But to help you get the basic idea, animation usually goes from script to design to voice recording to storyboard to animation to to coloring, compositing, and sound design. So, all of these jobs have to be done. There are many people that can do it all alone! But if there's something you can't do, then you need to bring on someone who can. Does that help you?
It does! But then, let's imagine some passionate creator makes for argument's sake a 20mn cartoon pilot, doing everything on low budget with a few friends as voices actors but does the script, storyboard, character design, backround art and animation ALL by himself, can he present this as a project demo to a company and get his serie produced? Will the company help to provide team members to work on the project? Or is it the other way around, and with the company's funding, he can start hiring new team members to work with him? How does it work?
There's cases of it working both ways. Actually, the first episode of Beavis & Butt-head back in the 90s was a short film called 'Frog Baseball' that Mike Judge did with his family in their garage! But once MTV bought it, they of course staffed up and at one point I think there were 50-75 people working on the show. I don't think you need 20 min. Probably, the project will get interest from someone so long as there's a story and fun characters (like the first test animations for Rick & Morty). Once a company buys (in the traditional US model), they'll bring all of their funds and expertise to bear to make the animation possible on time and on budget.
I see. Also, I noticed that for example in Gravity Falls that the character designs and certain plot elements had changed between the original pilot - which Alex Hirsch had done on his behalf, and the final pilot episode officially aired. I assume those were corrections done once the project was funded, but then I wonder - once your project is bought, how much freedom do ou have on the project? How important is your word in the direction that takes the cartoon? If the network disapproves of any element - like a character design or a plot element, who has the final word?
There are almost no barriers to making manga. Just do it! You can find lots of publishing solutions (independent and professional). Although, I'm not a super expert in the world of comics and manga, I think Webtoons is doing a great job helping out independents. Research it!
@@SurvivingAnimation I know..but I have lots of cons when it comes to wedtoons like: How to upload my manga? How to make it like no other? How many people use it? And do I really earn money from it? I never was a fan of wedtoons..bc to be honest, it is ruining to old times when u draw or write down stories and then people will come in the library and read it now they're on their phones constantly reading things on their phone that could be easily drawn or write about on paper. which is kind of sad because I always wanted to draw my manga like they did back then because I wanted to actually earn my money from making my manga. but with webtoons, they don't do that instead they will literally just let you use it and show it but you don't earn money from doing that specially the ones that get like millions of people to see it.
Research them! They're just a google search away and you can also comb news articles to see what they've publicly said about their originals efforts. Even better, if they attend or host an anime convention near you... See who's there and talk to them in person! Good luck to you!
Uh CR is a distributer, not a producer. Even then they will only partener with big shots like webtoons. They are the exact group of people you don't want to pitch an idea to.
Recently Netflix has a documentary called "Enter the Anime", and there is an American anime producer/director living in Japan who talks about this. I like your final point, make it! Or better, take what you like, and funnel it into your own, new thing! Let's be in the coats, and not on the coat tails.
