A modern samurai encounters a huge tentacle. They fight. Armed with a sliver of downtime, we decided to make something for ourselves. We wanted to push our cel character animation in a character-driven piece—in this case, a story about a dreamer who battles to the death with his lunch. Cel animation works its way into most of our projects, but we've never relied on it as the sole animation method through the entirety of a piece. Tako Faito was a chance to do it! Check out the pass breakdown here: https://vimeo.com/136742260 And more behind the scenes here: https://www.behance.net/gallery/27933643/TAKO-FAITO- Creative & Story: Henrique Barone, Rafael Mayani, Jay Grandin, Jorge Canedo Estrada Producer: Cory Philpott Illustration: Rafael Mayani Cel Animation: Henrique Barone Animation Cleanup: Rafael Mayani Compositing: Matt James Music & Sound Design: CypherAudio

The making of Tako Faito! You can see the full video here: https://vimeo.com/136740927 And more behind the scenes here: https://www.behance.net/gallery/27933643/TAKO-FAITO-