Japanese Animation Creators Talk

On Tuesday 25 September, I will be speaking with renowned animators Tsuneo Goda and Hirokazu Minegishi of dwarf animation studio at Cuzon Soho in an event organised by Japan Foundation London. The event is free, but booking is essential.

Tsuneo Goda is a Japanese animation creator best known for creating Domo, the lovable monster mascot of Japan’s biggest public broadcaster, NHK. Five years after the creation of Domo, Goda founded dwarf, an animation studio in Tokyo, specialising in stop-motion puppet animation and character design. Together with Hirokazu Minegishi, lead animator on Domo, they have created hundreds of characters and worked on the award winning film series Komaneko.

For this special event, both Goda and Minegishi will present their epic character and animation work, in addition to other creations, revealing their ideas and the creative process behind them. They will discuss the reason for their on-going dedication to the painstaking work of hand-crafted stop-motion animation when the world is turning more and more to CG, and how they bring their endearing and recognisable characters to life in TV series, films and music videos.

This is a fantastic opportunity for anybody who loves Japanese animation to hear two of Japan’s most popular and creative talents share their work.

Image: Mogu & Perol © dwarf