Before the finished work, there is the gesture.
The line drawn, tentative or deliberate, the graphic choices, the corrections, the intent.
Sketches, genga, douga, cels, and visual research: this category focuses on the creative process behind Japanese animation—on what precedes the animated image and reveals how it is built. It explores the work of artists and studios through the stages, methods, and artistic decisions that shape an œuvre.
A space for those who wish to understand how animation takes form, to read drawing as a language, and to regard these materials not as mere intermediate steps, but as essential traces of creative gesture and the memory of animation.
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