Yoyogi Animation School

Yoyogi Animation School is Japan's largest animation school. Considering the fact that Japan is the place that started video games and where the best video games are made, Yoyogi just might turn out to be the world's best animation school.

Head Advisor for the Yoyogi Animation School is Luna H. Mitani. He works in the field of neo-surrealist painting and pen and ink drawing. He made the CD covers for world famous musicians such as Prince, The Platters, The Yardbirds, George Benson, Dizzy Gillespie, John Coltrane, Wayne Henderson, Chet Baker.

Consider the high reputation of Yoyogi Animation School, it's quite understandable why the admission requirements are so high. The first one is graduation from junior high school(third year of secondary school) in Japan. Obviously, candidates must be ale to fully understand Japanese ese language. YAI admits qualified persons without regard to sex, race or national or ethnic origin; however, YAI is primarily reserves the right to deny applications of persons suffering physical handicap which may be obstacle occupationly.

At Yoyogi Animation School, there is an evening and a week-end course. Yoyogi Animation Academy has 12 campuses in the main cities in Japan, with 860 students majoring in animation. Every campus has its own feature and environment. Also, courses installed are different.

The Yoyogi Animation School also offers courses in sound, video game design and special effects.

Oya Gakuen, chair of Yoyogi's parent body, explains the following: "We offer a variety of classes to stay in business. With so many schools teaching animation production, it is difficult to keep track of the actual number of schools. The Yoyogi chairman boasts that 90 percent of the school's graduates find employment, but "only about 40 to 50 percent of those who enter the school find jobs as animators."

But have in mind that when it comes to learning manga style, there is no school anywhere in the world, not even Japan, that teaches this style. The instructors at Yoyogi Animation School in Japan push you to develop your own style, regardless of influence. You may develop an anime art style because the projects you work on are in that style but nobody teaches just the style.

What you must understand is that before even applying, you must make sure that's right for you and that you have the required talents and drawing skills. Things like drawing eyes or bodies are not taught at Yoyogi Animation School. There is no instruction on how to draw eyes or mouths or bodies in an anime style because everybody does it differently. It's something you need to develop yourself from being immersed in it and studying the work of others.

There are a lot of available jobs for those who have successfully graduated form Yoyogi Animation school. Learn softwares, especially Autodesk Maya, and you will be good at it. Your salary can only get higher if you learn more and more each day. And don't forge there are a lot of tutorials on the Internet.

The official website of Yoyogi Animation School is http://yoani.jp/e/.