A Study of One Piece Animation

[Kaizoku]

Thank you, goty^^. And the Pirates Docking 6? Who was that? :D

And can someone tell me some other scenes which Tomita animated?

[Crossword]

Tomita did the Big Emperor transformation sequence too, that's why the two scenes were reminiscent of each other.

Let's see, off the top of my head, here are a number of other Tomita scenes:
- Various parts of Zoro vs. Kuma in 377, such as Kuma firing his laser and Shishi Sonson
- Luffy vs. Minotaurus
- The Tonkachi Rifle sequence during the second encounter with Minotaurus
- Luffy futilely attacking Kuma in 405 and the disappearances of at least Franky and Nami
- Luffy's nightmare flashback to Kuma vanishing the crew during the first set of ''Where are they now?'' episodes
- Jimbei talking to Luffy at the beginning of the second set of ''Where are they now?'' episodes
- The Impel Down montage in Kaze wo Sagashite
- Ivankov snapping Sadie's back
- Sadie whipping the Demon Beasts back into action after she recovers

[Kaizoku]

- Luffy vs. Minotaurus
- The Tonkachi Rifle sequence during the second encounter with Minotaurus

Eh? I thought this two scenes were done by Shida?! Ah, I can't distinguish between Tomita, Shida and Inoue xD What about the Wax-Champion-Luffy? I thought the Big Emperor and Wax-Luffy is from the same animator oO. I'm very confused but thank you Crossword.

[goty]

The Luffy vs Minotaurus was Naotoshi Shida i guess...but iirc Tomita did a scene with Sadi and Magellan in the same episode.

Makes you wonder why they gave Tomita so many scenes featuring Sadi-chan, when most of them (if not all) weren't supposed to be anything special...

[Crossword]

Hm, I seem to remember XMURAD including those scenes in the Tomita AMV he made a while back, but since they've been nuked I can't exactly double-check.

[goty]

So were all the main scenes in 433 done by Tomita? I remember Murad himself saying the Tonkachi Rifle would be Shida's..

[Crossword]

I remember the way Buggy, Mr. 3, and Mr. 2 being drawn resembling the Candle Champion scenes (clothes shading), but now that I think about it, the way the wax formed and Luffy while launching the attack did kinda look like the Gigant Stamp scene.

Pretty sure Tomita did the first fight with Minotaurus, though.

[goty]

Yeah, the Gigant Stamp (which is Shida's, no doubt) was my reference. Guess we'll have to wait for Murad to clarify.

[XMURADX]

Shida only worked on 450 in the ID arc. The rest of the flashy stuff are for Tomita.

They give animators the scenes they like to animate, Like Tomita loves to animate female characters and Transformations. Shida is mainly action.

I need to re-upload some of my videos, but I'm trying to make them a little bit better.

Man, I wonder if Tomita will work next week or the week after.

BTW, I found more big animators in movie 10. And final scene was done by Seiya Numata.

- The Impel Down montage in Kaze wo Sagashite

Sorry, that's a mistake from my part. That scene was for Shida. Tomita have done the reaction of Nami and Franky to the big turtle, and he have done the scene with Luffy on the bird.

[SakugaSaga]

They give animators the scenes they like to animate, Like Tomita loves to animate female characters and Transformations. Shida is mainly action.
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BTW, I found more big animators in movie 10. And final scene was done by Seiya Numata.

Now THAT explains everything. Like the way Sadi-chan was animated before Iva snapped her back

I haven't watched Strong World yet, but I'm looking forward to Seiya Numata's scene as well as Tate, Shida, and others.

[XMURADX]

Man, another Awesome Kenji Kuroyanagi scene in 468. Luffy Vs. Smoker was very well done. I think he also did part of Jimbey Vs. Moria.

About 467, G3 scene was done by Hiromi Ishigami. I have been following her for a while, but her last scene blew me away.

[Sean D. Capitan]

What else Hiromi Ishigami did? I've found very similar with G3 from Strong World.

[XMURADX]

What else Hiromi Ishigami did? I've found very similar with G3 from Strong World.

I don't know what she did in strong world, but she was definitely credited.

She also worked in these episodes, I think this is some of her scenes...
420 = 17:44 - 17:50?
429 = Luffy Vs. Largo in the jungle
439 = 13:52 - 14:50
448 = 12:50 - 13-22
455 = Usopp eating ramin?

[o-chan]

I don't know what she did in strong world, but she was definitely credited.

She also worked in these episodes, I think this is some of her scenes...
420 = 17:44 - 17:50?
429 = Luffy Vs. Largo in the jungle
439 = 13:52 - 14:50
448 = 12:50 - 13-22
455 = Usopp eating ramin?

So after a quick hook-up to my external HD I see this individual is usually paired with Naoki Tate.

O-chan

[Joe]

Any word on when Inoue will ever do an episode again?

[Crossword]

Nope .

[o-chan]

Any word on when Inoue will ever do an episode again?

I'd thought I would take a moment to comment on this. Back when I started this thread Inoue WAS one of my favorite animators in the series because of how his style resembled Oda's. But I have to be honest with you guys that ever since the post-Strawhat Separation episodes brought it a bunch of new animation directors as well as those involved with Strong World, I don't really miss him that much.

I really like a lot of the animators who are handling the Marineford arc and I like how the newer movement is focusing on how the animation is done as opposed to copying the style of the manga.

O-chan

[XMURADX]

I think he will do chapter 574, and probably an episode from the upcoming schedule.

[Crossword]

I don't really care whose team comes up next (unless it's Deguchi, I guess) as long as they maintain the level of animation quality that we've been getting since the action started. That's not to say I wouldn't welcome the big guns, of course.

Now, looking ahead...

Spoiler:

It's definitely going to be interesting to see how the anime handles the post-timeskip material, like will it be treated like another series like Dragon Ball Z, will there be a completely new musical score, an influx of new staff members, and I am looking forward to seeing how the new designs come out in animated form. I don't know if I should do any new caps when the time comes or not, since no one really changes that much, but that's still like a year away.

I am tempted to simply mirror my caps of Sanji and scribble on a mustache and beard like in the cartoons, though.

I'm disappointed that the next OVA/movie/special/whatever with Toriko is in 3D. Overall I find traditional animation so much more interesting than CGI.

[XMURADX]

I don't really care whose team comes up next (unless it's Deguchi, I guess) as long as they maintain the level of animation quality that we've been getting since the action started. That's not to say I wouldn't welcome the big guns, of course.

I see you started to think like me. XD
Although I still care about the big guns doing the really important episodes.

Anyway, I'm hoping Tate for 470 since he is next on the rota.
472 will probably be Deguchi since it's a talking episode, and Toei have been giving him the talking episodes lately.
471 might be Nakatani, and 473 better be someone good, Like Katsumi.

I'm extremely looking forward to 470 and 473. I hope Toei won't disappoint us.

I'm disappointed that the next OVA/movie/special/whatever with Toriko is in 3D. Overall I find traditional animation so much more interesting than CGI.

Well, same here, but I wouldn't say I'm disappointed yet, since I wanted to see them in 3D anyway like an OVA, but didn't expect a movie to be honest. Plus I have the thought that Toei are actually working on a 2D movie for 2012, and the 3D is done by another studio just to fill the gap. Since I don't think Toei studio does any 3D.

Anyway, 2D>>>3D.