Celsys

We mainly produce animation like TV commercials and opening sequences for games and TV animation, but we also get jobs where we are only involved in character design, and we also do jobs like set design for TV shows. We work with a wide range of media.

We have many designers working for us and they all have a wide range of skills to draw from. One thing that makes us distinct is that we have many jobs where we can make use of our idiosyncrasies from the planning stage onward.

(Ms. Satake, Producer)

 

We use CLIP STUDIO PAINT in all processes for producing the materials before the special effects are added.
Separate people are in charge of the original images, moving images and finishing touches, and they each work according to their own specifications on the timeline, using functions like the onion skin and light table functions.

There were many fans of the City Hunter comic and TV animation series, and they each had their own image of characters like Ryo and Kaori, so we all worked together to make Ryo and Kaori cool enough to live up to the fans' expectations.

(Ms. Sakina)

Since so many staff members work on projects like this, it's difficult to put everyone's work together if different tools are used.
So we appreciated being able to give instructions for the whole job with one tool.

CLIP STUDIO PAINT makes it easy to get a team together because as long as you can draw, you can use this software, even if you've never done digital production before.
Our staff mastered it in one day.

It was also easy on our budget, as many graphics and animation tools are expensive.(laughs)

Kamikaze Douga is all about expression, so I would like to switch even more of our processes to CLIP STUDIO PAINT in future as this is a program that will allow us to achieve that.

(Ms. Satake, Producer)

 

First, you need to have the physical stamina.(laughs)
Don't go in thinking about how long the project is; break it down into small parts. One cut, then another.
While animation is great in a different way from still images, it's still awe-inspiring to watch good still images move.

There have been a lot of posts in places like pixiv's moving pictures category lately. I think that may be the best way to start - create short works and put them out there for people to see.

(Ms. Umeki, Mr. Yoshibe and Ms. Sakina)