Creator’s File

Directory of innovative individuals who are constantly attempting
new endeavors using their own unique methods of expression.

  1. 2020
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No. 34

KAWAJIRI Masanao

KAWAJIRI Masanao

Animation director

Born in 1987, Kawajiri graduated from Osaka University of Arts.
After working in an animation studio, he founded a visual production company.
The animated feature film "Cherry and Virgin" (tentative title) is under production as his next film.

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JMAF 23rd Animation Division / Excellence Award

A Japanese Boy Who Draws

  • Animated Short Film
  • 00:20:00
Director/Screenwriter
KAWAJIRI Masanao

The life story of a man who aspires to be a manga artist is told through the growth of visuals from a child's to an adult's drawings. Experimental animation and mockumentary.

Trailer

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Creator's Q&A

Behind the Scenes

<Main character design> Shinji's character was designed by profesional manga artists and animators and Masaru's by outsider artists.

<Original drawings> Both analogue and digital illustration methods were used depending on the situation.
Analogue painting such as watercolor and Copic pens were generally used when unevenness was needed.