A long shot... but an Anime Team? Plz spare a few sec and re

[Gokuru]

I do have some questions though...
Do intend to animate by scanning the images in and using a program like premiere?
How do you intend to animate it? I've really only got vague ideas on how you would do this
Wouldn't it be easier to start with an online manga and then work up to an anime if engough interest was generated?
Is there somewhere I could go to obtain more info on this project?
How much time on a daily/weekly basis do you estimate people being asked to contribute?
How do you intend to distribute the finished project?
Are we talking about an entrie series or just a couple of OVA's?

Wow, fantastic set of questions.

1 & 2. Animating is being questioned right now. A new member of the group has a parent that does product commercials so he has very nice info on how to animate. The way things seem... we will start as a Doujin and turn it into an anime later on when we get enough funding.

3. Yes, but instead of an "Online Manga", which will already drain up the little funding we have due to buying server space, etc., we are planning of doing published Doujin manga's like how many of the succesful anime's today started. A Doujin, if attracts enough customers, will help us with fundings, and will serve as a way to prove to larger companies that we have talent and determination, and we mean business. Ways to attract customers through ad's, etc are being planned as we speak.

4. Lol, sadly, our current objective is gathering p a crew... no topic or theme is laid down. It has only been a day and a half since the project has been launched... and people are having great responses to it. If you need any info, feel free to e-mail me at syiangoku@yahoo.com

5. Dedication is what we will need more than funding because none of us are getting paid to do this till we get it done. We all share a common vision, and we need all the dedication and hard work each member can spare. I myself am even putting money from my own pocket into this whether it succeeds or fails... if no one else helps, I will get this done.

6. The finished project will be published, copy writed by the whole crew which we will come up with a Tm name once we get the crew together, and then it will be advertised... how else could u sell something? I'm sure that even people that are reading this messege board as we speak will help with this issue. I mean, they sound like they buy tons of animé and are very dedicated into the anime industry... so I'm sure at least a few would go out and buy the finished product just out of curiousty if not anything else...

7. Well.. can't really tell u this right now. This, yet again, depends on the determination of our crew. We'll get it going as far as we can as long as we can.

By the way, u'r CGing on your pictures are very nice... and a few of us can actually CG or yet again, color at all. So you are more than welcome to join us.

Yet things like Hoshi no Koe are capable of being made by one person on a home computer....

Very sad but potentially true...

[kthulhu]

I know EC wrote and drew an anime series. It was so beautiful and had so much meaning, that it went far beyond any level of human comprehension - and thus, he lost his shot at artistic immortality.

Didn't the guy who did Hoshi No Koe also do that "Her And Her Cat" one? That one was cool.

[kyosukeshin]

This actually sounds like a very intriguing proposition. While I can't draw to save my life, I'm a good writer (at least, that's what people tell me.) I actually worked with a friend on something similar to this before, it just never took off.

I'd definitely like to help however I can. Just PM me with the details and I'll get back to ya ASAP.

[Specteral_batosi]

warpwind that art and alteration work on your site is incredible

gokuru it shouldnt be hard to guess who i am so im just starting my login for this site

[Warpwind]

that art and alteration work on your site is incredible

Thankyou very much

By the way, u'r CGing on your pictures are very nice... and a few of us can actually CG or yet again, color at all. So you are more than welcome to join us.

Thanks again Hmm I've just realised there is nothing recent on my site. I need to update *sigh*

Sounds like you are intending to print/publish hardcopies. My father used to work in the printing industry and I've produced a couple of publications myself... yearbooks that sort of thing. This will still be quite expensive you realise. It would probably be cheaper to get it reproduced at a copy centre than digital printing. I assume you intend to produce a black and white A5 book with a card cover printed full or three colour(this being the cheaper option to full colour). I assume you have no idea how many pages at this stage.

There was a group I heard of that did something similar to this a year ago if you would like I could contact them (or give you their email address in a pm) and ask them how much it ended up costing them (of course the price would be Aust not US but it might give you an idea).

The yearbook I edited was 50 A4 pages with a card cover printed one side, all in black and white. There where about 100 copies. This cost us about $500 Aus, which would be about what ~$900 US.

Advertising will definetly assist in bringing down costs. I'll offer my services to design any ads that are needed.

anyway if this gets up an running count me in, in whatever capacity you require.

[Gokuru]

a black and white A5 book with a card cover printed full

I think we really might go with this... once we'rw done, getting published should be easy just for the fact that we can go to big companies and show them our accomplishment... I mean, that's how u get sponsored eh?

[Warpwind]

The yearbook I edited was 50 A4 pages with a card cover printed one side, all in black and white. There where about 100 copies. This cost us about $500 Aus, which would be about what ~$900 US.

Ack! I just realised i got the conversion backwards...
make that $250 US.

I think we really might go with this... once we'rw done, getting published should be easy just for the fact that we can go to big companies and show them our accomplishment... I mean, that's how u get sponsored eh?

yeah it's how you get sponsored... but I'm betting larger companies wouldn't be interested for the most part until you have an established fanbase or have shown you can sell X amount of copies.

It would be easier to get sponsoring from local anime stores/clubs (where you should be intending to sell them) to get the money to produce the first copies and then tackle the big companies once you are established.

Before we start working on the project it might be an idea to look around your area and see what kind of printing options you can come up with and what the cost will be. Also what kind of format the copiers/printers want it in ie. hardcopy, pdf, quark express document etc...

[Savia]

I'm a writer with access to a very creative and dedicated world-planner and mapmaker, and an artist. See here for my writing, here for a (admittedly poorer than his usual) example of Jiieden's attention to detail, and here for Nightmare's art. I cannot vouch for their willingness to at least try to do something on this project, but I can for mine own.

And the writings thread linked is old, and be aware that if you post on it, you are necroposting.

[Dead_Pool]

Holy shit have you ever seen what they do to make anime or cartoons in general, lots of work, lots of resources, I looked into this a few years ago tuff tuff tuff, are you rich ? cause that would help really it would, even with the computer assisted drawnings and what not its not an easy task

Yet things like Hoshi no Koe are capable of being made by one person on a home computer....

All well and good, but most of us here have to work and pay bills, and can' t sit infront of of a comp all day making anime, which would be great to do I would love it, but I can barely find time to make AMV's let alone hundreds of thousands of frames of animation.

[OmniStrata]

Doujin? [keep my away or I guaruntee you'll end up with a wyld hentai...]

However, an anime? My art tech is suitable for Character Design, HOWEVER, I can't really "animate". [draw characters in motion sequences...]

I have an eye for detail but no patience. You need people who don't necessarily have to be "ace" artists, but patient enough to draw rapid fire... [many cels, duh...]

You're going to need:

Storyboarder
Director
Character Designer [my request ^_^]
Inbetweeners [maybe 10 if you're VERY lucky]
GOOD CG painters... [I think it's harder than it looks, but I"m not that good at it so...]