I was talking with my friend about how disappointing it seems that animal anatomy and animal animation aren't taught much in Japan for anime productions, unlike in the Western animation industry where animal anatomy is such a vital aspect of learning the craft. If there are animals in anime, they are either one of three camps:
A: Secondary roles (Cowboy Bebob, Mononoke Hime)
B: Can transform into animals but are in their human forms 90% of the time (Wolf's Rain, Wolf Children).
C: One scene wonder (Jin Roh).
And the animes we have gotten that are centered around animal characters have been so poorly animated, like the Ginga series (Nagareboshi Gin and Densetsu Weed).
Like, seriously? Horse legs? Square bodies? Anatomy, what's that???
There are also Arashi No Yoru Ni and Gamba, but they don't always walk on all fours (Especially Gamba where they are fully anthro).
And Chirin is only a short film.
King Fang, the Call of the Wild and White Fang animes are not super well known, and those kinds are very hard to come by in the industry these days. (Also the White Fang anime relegates the title character again in favor of a boring human character because??)
It's really a shame teaching animal anatomy/animation isn't such a huge priority over there. Humans are more important, for some reason. But shouldn't you be able to animate anything and everything? Because there are many great stories that can be adapted into anime. Sadly though I think they'll just resort to using 3D animation to make things easier if anyone ever tries to create an animal anime, which just reeks of laziness. It just doesn't look good. Studio Orange? Maybe they could do it well, as their animation is pretty good on Beastars.
But, at the end of the day, you really cannot beat traditional hand-drawn animation.
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I’m vibing with Ginga a lot as of late so… can I request a Jerome sketch?
Jerome!
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gin scribble that i decided to play around with
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New Ginga series has just been announced! Ginga Densetsu: Requiem
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Ginga screenshot redraw, for fun. Kurojaki is such a good boy <3
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another weedo from last week
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i wanted to make them actually look like saluki/dane crosses (pun intended)
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Took some drawing suggestions on Instagram and wild Kyo appeared in the comments.
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