By This time, I had a recording session with animation director Matsuura. Through our conversation, his passion and philosophy for creation were deeply conveyed. I would like to delve further into his history, the way of thinking he has cultivated, and the background and production process of his independent work, “火づくり”.
Naoki Matsuura
Naoki MatsuuraActive as an animation director, director, and animation creator. Member of the Japan Animation AssociationBorn in Tokyo in 1982, currently residing in Kanagawa.Graduated from Musashino Art University, Department of Visual Communication in 2006. After working in production management at Polyphony Pictures, Production I.G, ROBOT, and others, he became independent.He
Asobizukuri
Akihiro Yamamoto (Asobizukuri)Born in 1998After graduating from high school, he joined an animation company as an animator. Due to a lack of skills, he was fired after about a year. Later, he met Shimoda on Twitter and started creating independent animation together, but their first project fell through. During this
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