Every Anime Production is Connected: From Land of the Lustrous to Leviathan – All the News and Reviews from Anime Expo 2025

return Animation Expo 2025, animation Studio Orange Share a behind-the-scenes observation of how they make anime. Leaded by a speaker Yoshihiro Watanabeproducer orangethe group shared the material for the upcoming anime series Leviathanand some interesting sequences about how they make anime.

Not in the bat right away, because Watanabe shows vision lsomeone in the crowd shouted a question to him. “I answered this in every routine, but it wasn’t our decision yet. Creatively speaking, many animators who work on the show are no longer with us. Once we make a decision, we’d be happy to do that.”

He continues to participate in another series orange Already engaged Wild beast and Trigun Stampede. He briefly introduced CEO and CG Director of Orange, , , , , Eiji Inomoto. “If you’ve seen Phos do this, it’s Eiji Inomoto This is done to make the character animate. He is Wild beast“Since its founding, orangeTwenty years of history include shows, shorts, music videos and CG parts. “We have already worked on a lot Mecha Performance Code geassbut we didn’t work Gundam For some reason,” Watanabe said.

keep going Wild beastWatanabe talks about how they develop the emotions of animals. “We want to create a natural feeling, but also want to carry a sexy body.” He has specific details on the types of muscles that humans, wolves and dogs have. Comparing facial structures, there are more similarities between dogs and wolves. Watanabe wanted to eliminate the assumption that sequels were easy, as they already had the same CG model. However, there are many models and changes as well as new characters.

“Even with the first season of rigs, we’ll add more controllers to help provide a wider range of expressions.” In addition, each new story has a “new life, new story, new place, new friends and new team.” All the work in developing the sequel involves many factors that create the world, including minimal details, such as a stool. Two to three minutes Wild beast He showed the room “six months of work for six people.”

Turn LeviathanWatanabe welcomes Justin Leach (Executive producer Qubic pictures) Go to the stage. Leach’s resume spans many years, his belt is impressive, and he comes to the stage to introduce it Leviathanbackground. According to the panel, Leach has been in development for five years and Watanabe has been in development for three years. The two speakers showcase some early production art and model tables when inferring the story and introduce the crowd to the rich world Leviathan.

Watanabe further explained how orangeThe genealogy of l Helps development Leviathan. At the time, they had no technology to comfortably attract the character’s mouth. Apart from the hand-painted mouth, the entire character is presented in 3D. To show a broader expression, orange A tool called Automorph was developed, which facilitates this process.

Of course, talented animators created these emoticons first. At the same time, there are still limitations, which is why some camera angles are not shown in the shooting. These tools are not perfect and are being developed. exist Leviathanthe model tools were more developed at that time. However, animators still need to shoot to fix any issues or add notes to make the expression look more natural.

Overall, each project orange Connected. Some elements will be passed on to their later performances. from Trigun Stampede arrive LeviathanThere will be more in it Trigun Stargaze That’s not here Stamped Because of the work done Leviathan. Unfortunately, no Stargaze. Watanabe left a photo of the animation director Shunsuke Aoki Carry a box. “They are doing something Trigon Now. Imagine what he is holding? ”