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one of North America's largest anime conventions, anime expo Among all the highly anticipated project announcements, one Japanese event stood out instagram, cyberpunk edge runners is the newest production by animation studio trigger and when the show's director appeared on screen fans went crazy trigger. They are just the kind of studio that they will just take risks and they will just do whatever the **** they want. They just defy all conventions and they just like make the most balls of walls, Absolutely crazy fashion, insane anime that I've ever seen and I love it. I really like it because there's a lot of action and I love the comedy of it and the animation is really good. The animation quality, the, the storylines like the craziness off the wall and depth and character designs trigger is known for creating original works packed with creativity. Anime fans have gravitated to the studio's unique worldview with stories, characters and settings built from scratch. Audiences also love how the visuals prioritize flair and appearance in ways unique to japanese anime. These three directors formed the core of triggers creative process. We take a look at some thrilling and surprising actions. Teams learn about immediacy. Hiroyuki is meticulously crafted storyboards, see the best of the best animation effects. Find out the secret behind Yoshinori joo's explosions, access the secret effect archives of a charismatic animator, witness an exciting and heroic battle and learn how Amamiya Akira implements themes into a scene, join and discover trigger secrets to creativity. The anime studio trigger triggers headquarters are in Tokyo original characters greet you at the entrance personalized desks stand out employees like to work surrounded by things they love. 2022 marks the 11th year for the studio where talented animators make up more than half of its total staff. Their ongoing challenge is to pursue quality animation and movement that can captivate the viewer. Otsuka Masahiko runs the company of more than 100 staff. After building a career at studios like Studio Ghibli and Dine ax. He found a trigger in 2011 with some coworkers. A work was a bullet. We want to be the trigger that launches it. This is where the studio's name came from and their fan base continues to spread worldwide. I'm a big fan of amazing feel that there's a really good personal touch when he does all these projects. I can really feel him putting his all into every every work he does. It builds up and builds up and builds up until you get to that big climax you get all the action, you know very very high intense. The first name that comes to mind when thinking of trigger is founding member immediacy. Hiroyuki. He constantly challenges himself to find new ways of expression for Kill La Kill. He combined a graphic novel touch with three D. C. G. Creating a new style of animation right? For pro mayor in May, she expressed flashy and frenetic action unlike anything seen before. Okay Showy and flamboyant character designs are another characteristic of his style. In his latest work is an anime for a streaming service, cyberpunk edge runners. It's based on a popular game by a polish developer set in the near future. The original anime occurs in the same world as the video game and almost nothing left over for food trigger. Was able to build a completely original story by creating characters not found in the actual game. The year is 2077. Cyborg body modification is now a normal part of society. Poverty stricken protagonist David turns to the underworld for work using a high tech cyborg part acquired by chance. David and his team work their way up. This is my first noir anime. He set aside his typical high octane style to pursue reality. The series will have an age restriction with scenes depicting intense violence. Maybe she is well known for his focus on story boarding. Let's unravel the essence of his animation through the storyboards. For his work a storyboard is like a visual works blueprint, which assistant directors created under supervision. The parts marked in red are what maybe she added while reviewing the storyboard. She used to work as an animator so his animation directions are easy to follow the heroine lucy makes her first appearance in the second episode. They made sure to give her a cool and mysterious feel this here. David. No, no, no 20 no, no. The second episode also features flashy action more typically found in works by Emily. She He created a storyboard to clearly plan out the exciting 22nd scene animated background significantly up the difficulty. Maybe she increased the scenes effectiveness by taking out fine details and focusing on the sense of speed through character movement and lighting. Maybe she says story boarding can greatly influence the quality of the work. He's a with cyberpunk edge runners. He challenged himself to create new ways to express light. The produced he used rim lighting. Rim lighting is a form of lighting used in visual projects to emphasize a subject's three dimensionality separate from the main light rim lights are used like back lights. Maybe she recreated this in anime. Green and pink lights surround the characters. The illumination helps the characters stand out, giving the visuals a dramatic flair. Using rim lights was first proposed by Yoshinori Yo character designer and chief animation director. He worked on the battle scenes for the International hit Tv series, neon genesis Evangelion and director and no. Hiraki had nothing but high praise for Yoshi needs work. Still using rim lighting in an animated work was difficult even for you. So now we start school school in the kitchen. This is a memo. Yoshinori made for the animators. It included instructions to avoid overlapping rim light and solid lines as much as possible and to keep the area small animators must always be aware of each cuts light source animators then draw the detail of the rim light in and around the characters. Staff shared that concept and created an impressive variety of rim light scenes look when it comes to pursuing new animation methods. In my she is in a class of his own there's another key element of trigger anime that fans can't get enough of the scene stealing effects. Yoshinori is the artist behind them. His impressive explosion effects have come to be known as Yoshinori explosions. He layers on unique deformed images to create shapeless explosions. Let's find out his explosive secrets. Yoshinori is in charge of effects for cyberpunk edge runners. It is very unusual for the chief animation director to create the effects himself. For about five years, Yoshinori has created a variety of different effects which he keeps in an archive Flames, Bullets, beams. The total number easily passes 100. Good morning. What would you want? Yoshinaga used his archives as needed in each scene and created more when the work called for it. This is a collection of its explosion effects. The variety of explosions shows Yoshinori is versatility With only three seconds, he depicts the endless movement of flames and debris to maintain control over the subtle movements. Yoshinori draws and colors everything himself. This is an explosion that came straight from Yoshinaga imagination, a physical phenomenon recreated with rich color and a sense of power that transcends reality. The Yoshinori explosion. As we were filming, we encountered something that brought us closer to understanding trigger secrets that was Yoshino knees drawing workshop aimed at new employees. He was teaching his colleagues how to draw waving hair to make a sandwich with just four images he depicted hair waving in the wind. Yoshinori says this technique will help withdrawing human movement too. Two you got for this workshop. Yoshinaga prepared a variety of simple animations. This initiative began just a year ago. He says they are still in the exploration phase. So, but Yoshinori says that the way of thinking has also changed with the times look feeling conquered. Yoshinori who made a name for himself as an animator is focused on passing down techniques. His passion for teaching tradition began while working on his directorial debut. Little witch academia. The work tells the story of a girl entering magic school and her journey of growth while getting wrapped up in all kinds of incidents with her friends. It was a project by Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs aimed at fostering young animators. Yoshinori oversaw story direction drafts, character design and animation direction. He also took on the responsibility of mentoring new animators. Kanako Yuto was one of those who trained under Yoshinori. 10 years have passed since then and Kanako is now one of triggers leading animators working directly for Yoshinori Kaneko was responsible for supporting character designs and art for cyberpunk edge runners. Another member from trigger received an enthusiastic welcome at anime expo. Amamiya. Akira Amamiya is working on his latest film grid man universe, which fans can't wait to see at his desk. Amamiya is surrounded by his favorite figurines and plastic models. He's currently working on finishing storyboards for the film. I'll stay with the mother stories. Armenia's directorial debut was based on one of his favorite special effects dramas Grid man. The hyper agent was created in 1993. The special effects drama was localized in the U. S. And other countries with the title superhuman samurai cyber squad grid man exists in that same worldview, it follows the main character with amnesia as he transforms into the hero grid man and fights monsters across the city. Each battle between grid man and a giant monster is depicted with force. Amamiya made sure to include low angle shots over electric wires and buildings collapsing reminiscent of the original tv special effects series. The way the hero combines with the robot and other details keep fans returning to Armenia's work. Some content. There is a particular scene that Armenia put a lot of focus on the scene at the main character's high school. Amamiya put a lot of importance on music list expression, a world where the real and surreal intersect in pursuit of reality. Amenia went location scouting numerous times to find the high school setting, fans eagerly anticipate a Mimi's latest work which will surely be more than just a heroic story. As we filmed, we encountered another heartwarming scene. It was when she she shared handmade manga from elementary school. Many were based on robot anime he loved at the time. And then I work from middle school from directors to animators and new recruits. Everyone in the production process came together and discussed the works in front of them. It feels like we got a short glimpse into what makes trigger so special anime studio trigger when they shoot their next bullet, what will be their trajectory look out?