The magic of Studio Trigger’s You Yoshinari’s work. Love this guy’s stuff!

The magic of Studio Trigger’s You Yoshinari’s work. Love this guy’s stuff!

Concept art of Ryuuko in action by Hiroyuki Imaishi (first 3) and You Yoshinari (last one). I hope Imaishi pulls a Gurren-Lagann and works as animation director and key animator on the final episode because his Ryuuko is super-cool.

You Yoshinari pt 2 ANIMATION

As with his still art, his blend of childish and adult themes carry on into his key animations, he can easily switch between them, or mix them together for something unique.

His visual effects (smoke and explosions) have a distinct feel to them, they always seem to bubble up and form on top of each other, almost like popcorn that doesn’t stop popping. It can create for a very interesting light show.

In the top right he showcases some of his amazing weight blending ability, he’s not the most realistic at it, but the way he times his key frames can give you a really good sense of the scale and power of a scene.

The top left has probably my favourite animation style, morphing characters into shapes and objects, he isn’t the first to do this, but the detail and flow he gives it makes it such a joy to watch.

Little Witch Academia is so gorgeously animated oh my god. It’s part of the “Young Animator Training Project”, which was basically the Japanese government paying new animators to train under masters and make amazing things. The animation director for this one was the ineffable You Yoshinari.