Michael Arias
@michaelarias
Award-winning filmmaker, director of “cult animé” TEKKONKINKREET 😬 映像ジャンルや国籍を超えてボーダレスに活躍し、映画『鉄コン筋クリート』で監督デビューを飾ったクリエイター😅
👍 Actually, G-1 is not the first thing I worked on that won an Oscar. Both The Abyss and Total Recall (the original) won Oscars for VFX (and I was part of the VFX crew on both of those). Just saying! 😬
Yes, #TEKKON did win the Japan Academy Prize for feature-length animation. But, for the record, I did NOT do any VFX for G-1 (though I directed and acted in a short black-and-white sequence depicting G's progress toward the Japanese mainland).
One of my best #ANIMATRIX memories was adding my screams to the walla for The Second Renaissance when working with Dane Davis and co. at Danetracks. Truly cathartic! m
Some Mahiro Maeda mecha-designs for The #ANIMATRIX The Second Renaissance. IMO Maeda gets extra credit for rendering the Wachowskis' vision in grand style while also creating a personal statement—each shot, stylish, filled with humor (or horror). #THEMATRIX #前田真宏 @lillywachowski.bsky.social
you’ve been warned - and many animation professionals sacrificed their health to test this
It's actually you, right? John "Gravedigger" Scalzi... Well, you've got the right robe anyway.
Pages of Mahiro Maeda's boards for The #ANIMATRIX The Second Renaissance Part 1. Maeda gets extra credit for rendering the Wachowskis' vision in grand style while also creating a personal statement—each shot, stylish, filled with humor (or horror). #THEMATRIX #前田真宏 @lillywachowski.bsky.social
Isn’t this the fun part? 😑 I used to use Scorcese storyboards for Taxi Driver and Raging Bull in lectures. Why would you ever ask AI to do this for you?