A guide to drawing Japanese animation. Step-by-step? Christopher Hart demonstrates how to draw anime characters from a wide selection of styles: high-tech cyber punks who live in the world of the future; teen characters with troubled relationships at school? home and on the street; and mighty monsters? fantasy warriors and giant robots. Aspiring animators will find chapters on anime's special effects; the role of storyboarding in anime; sketching and the art of character design; and a mini-course in perspective. Examples and exercises are included. The book concludes with interviews with Scott Frazier? an American anime director working in Japan? and Mahiro Meada? a Japanese animation director.Paperback | 144 pages213.36 x 276.86 x 10.16mm | 476.27g37438Watson-Guptill PublicationsNew York? United StatesEnglish