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applejuice · 2011-03-08, 05:13

Only thing that Shaft really need to fix is crazy schedule and staff-pressure. Last months, they suddenly started recruiting animators and producers, I guess this was the reason. Producer one now seems to be filled, but they are still recruiting more animators.

They already have facility to do 2 project at once. The problem is the number of staffs/key animators, which was NEVER fixed since Team Shinbo's joining.

However, one of the major reason is their animation style. Unlike anyone think, Shaft's direction takes quite a lot of effort in order to animate, due to their unusual obsession towards BG art in particular; one BG arts are only to be used for less than a second and they are giving full effort to every single of them. Camera-panning scenes are generally much trickier and harder than normal animation (except sakuga sequences).

Edited; On the side note, when they are animating Bakemonogatari and Zan Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, they were drawing key-animations like 'A DAY BEFORE' episode's airing. Nevertheless, they successfullyactually managed to finish both series on timeexcept the web-cast, with Bakemonogatari's huge success. At least, Shaft does much more consistent animations (even with this impossible schedule) than another certain A studio which ruined adaptation of BL game legend and SD studio which does horrible animation all the time.

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applejuice I kill you Graphic Designer Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: In your brain	Only thing that Shaft really need to fix is crazy schedule and staff-pressure. Last months, they suddenly started recruiting animators and producers, I guess this was the reason. Producer one now seems to be filled, but they are still recruiting more animators. They already have facility to do 2 project at once. The problem is the number of staffs/key animators, which was NEVER fixed since Team Shinbo's joining. However, one of the major reason is their animation style. Unlike anyone think, Shaft's direction takes quite a lot of effort in order to animate, due to their unusual obsession towards BG art in particular; one BG arts are only to be used for less than a second and they are giving full effort to every single of them. Camera-panning scenes are generally much trickier and harder than normal animation (except sakuga sequences). Edited; On the side note, when they are animating Bakemonogatari and Zan Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, they were drawing key-animations like 'A DAY BEFORE' episode's airing. Nevertheless, they successfullyactually managed to finish both series on timeexcept the web-cast, with Bakemonogatari's huge success. At least, Shaft does much more consistent animations (even with this impossible schedule) than another certain A studio which ruined adaptation of BL game legend and SD studio which does horrible animation all the time. __________________ If anyone attacks Shaft I will be there to defend it to death.