Conference Room 1-A, Tokyo Animation Studios.
"How about the designs of the background, characters, and others? Show what you guys got?" Theo asked suddenly as he looked at the animators from the art departnt.
Even though Theo had given them the most important designs, he left the designs of the secondary characters and backgrounds to his employees.
These secondary designs took ti to complete as they involved many things like designs of monsters, cities, clothes, forests, and others.
If Theo did that alone it would take months for him to complete, even with his enhanced physique and intellect, but if he gave the task to his employees, they would be able to speed up the production, and Theo hired these animators exactly for that.
To facilitate his life, if he didn't use their expertise, he would be throwing out money down the drain.
"Boss, we have finished designing half of the monsters. We already passed these designs to the in-between and keyfra departnts." Brianna replied with a confident voice.
Her team was the one responsible for designing the monsters' visuals, so she knew what she was talking about.
They had to speed up these designs productions because the in-between and keyfra departnts needed these designs to draw the fras, without them, they wouldn't be able to produce the ani.
"Boss, we finished the background designs of the first three episodes. We already passed to the in-between and keyfra departnts. We are currently working on the designs for the fourth episode." Bruno chid in when Brianna finished talking.
The background design departnt could be seen as one of the most important departnts in ani production.
Without a pleasant and nicely drawn background, the audience would feel that the characters were misplaced in the scene.
Especially for an ani like the [Sword Art Online] Ani.
As a virtual reality ga genre ani, the background departnt had to produce amazing sights that the normal world couldn't give.
But they were lucky because of Theo's designs for the Aircrad (SAO Virtual World), they were able to progress much faster, they just needed to supplent so things.
The job that would take months for them to complete only took them less than a month to complete, but the extra number of background designers also helped to accelerate the procedures.
They just needed to follow Theo's designs and they would be able to finish these background designs in ti.
Theo nodded and asked them a few questions.
He paid extra attention to the art departnt because they were the creative brain of his studio, they were responsible for the visuals of his anis.
Even though their work was a little diminished because Theo would design the principal features of the anis, their work was still important because they would design the secondary features.
As it was said before, the visuals of the secondary design took more ti to complete than the principal visuals, that's why Theo designed the most important visuals and left the rest for them.
It may seem like their work was not important, but they were extrely essential as they would have to understand and follow designs and implent their own views based on his designs.
It was a delicate and complicated job.
Especially because Theo planned to start the production of a Studio Ghibli movie next year.
Studio Ghibli movies had amazing visuals, they were beautiful animations that depended heavily on the art departnt.
Theo wouldn't be able to design everything in the movie, so he would need talented art designers to help him.
That's why he paid extra attention to the art departnt as he inquired them.
Theo asked about their styles, their issues, their opinions, and many other things.
Just by his questions, the team leaders were able to notice that he was extrely knowledgeable in art and designs.
He seed like a veteran animator, but that was not possible because he seed so young!
They could only sigh in admiration as they observed their boss.
Soon after, it was the composition departnt's turn to be inquired by Theo.
This departnt was extrely important because they were the ones who transford the fras drawn by the in-between and keyfra departnts into an animation.
They were the ones who brought the ani into life, they were also the ones with the most potential to beco animation directors.
That was because they were the ones who 'fild' the scenes, so they needed directing skills to do their job.
"Boss, we only fild one episode. It's ready to be edited and added to the voiceovers and sound effects. We are currently working on the second episode, we predict that we will be able to finish it next week." Aidan replied when Theo asked.
Differently from other departnts that were divided into several teams working on different things, the composition departnt teams worked together to 'film' the scenes.
That's why Aidan beca the symbolic 'leader' of the composition departnt, as the only one who was able to earn the supervisor job, the other animators of the departnt saw how talented he was, so they accepted his instructions.
That's why they were able to finish their task so quickly.
That's right!
Finishing 2 episodes in a month were extrely fast because their work was extrely complicated.
They had to pay attention to so many things as they put together their fras, so it was normal for them to finish 2 episodes while the others were already working on the third episode.
Theo let out a happy smile when he heard Aidan's explanation, he was satisfied with the man, Theo could see that Aidan would beco an exceptional animation director soday.
Theo asked them so other questions just like he did with the other departnts.
Soon after, it was the Sound Studio Departnt.
There were only 3 team leaders from this departnt.
Emina, Kanai, and Oichi.
The three of them had only been in the studio for weeks, but they have already beco friends with everyone.
It was the first ti that Theo was seeing them since they were hired, so the three of them were a little nervous as the silver-haired man looked at them with interest.
"I assu you three are the new people, right? My na is Theodore Gray, I'm the Animation Director of the [Sword Art Online] Ani." Theo introduced himself as he smiled at the three of them.
"Nice to et you, boss. My na is Kido Emina, and I'm a sound engineer."
"My na is Isaki Oichi, and I'm also a sound engineer."
"My na is Isaki Kanai, and I'm also a sound engineer."
The three of them introduced themselves to the handso silver-haired man.
"How's work since you guys arrived?" Theo asked calmly as he looked at them.
"Boss, we already finished producing the sound effects for two episodes. But the thing is that we will need the voiceovers from the voice actors and the soundtrack to properly finish the sound effects." Kanai explained.
Theo nodded when he heard that, he already expected an answer like that.
"You don't have to worry about the voice actors. I don't know if Ryoko told you guys, but we are opening a Branch Studio in Sakura City to work with the voice actors from there. This branch studio will be responsible for recording the voiceovers of the voice actors." Theo explained with a light smile.
The animators were a little shocked when they heard that.
They wouldn't even imagine that the studio would suddenly open a branch studio in Sakura City.
And the most amazing thing was that this branch studio would only work with the voice actors!
How extravagant was that?
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