Top Japanese animation experts grace SAC

The Sharjah Animation Conference (SAC) 2025 continued its strong momentum with a standout session, “Animating Full Scenes with Comix Wave: Seamlessly Blend Characters and Composites,” led by renowned Japanese studio ComixWave, best known for its work on Makoto Shinkai's visually poetic films like Your Name and Weathering with You.

- Gulf Today, Staff Reporter

The session saw speakers - Tomomi Kimpara, Tsuyoshi Nishimura and Ryosuke Tsuda - walk participants through the stages of building a complete animated sequence, highlighting how lighting, texture, and perspective unify character and environment into one cohesive frame.

Explaining the meticulous craft behind smooth animation, Kimpara emphasised the importance of “nakawari” - the in-between animation that smooths out motion between major poses and the time sheet.