I hope you watched and enjoyed the 2020 anime film "Mind Reader"
The story is about a student named Yoshi He possesses a supernatural ability that allows him to read his classmates' minds and steal their answers during exams. His arch-rival is the top student. (Hito)He possesses an extraordinary ability to memorize complex information and problems within one hour, which made his classmate jealous of him, because he is a mind reader.
And of course, we can't forget the math teacher, who knows the abilities of these two students and constantly tries to put them through rigorous tests, posing the most difficult questions that no one can solve. His main goal is to see them fail, even just once. The teacher doesn't like anyone to get past his questions, especially those with exceptional abilities. And then, he surprises everyone with the next day's exam… So, who will pass?
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During the lockdown, I said to myself: Instead of spending time on social media, why don't you make a film? Especially since I have free time, and I actually decided to make a short anime film, as I do every year.
The first step in any project is the idea. I adapted the idea for the mind reader from a manga my sister designed ten years ago, and I then turned it into a... Digital Manga. Since the story is beautiful, I decided to adapt it into a film, because, as you well know, I'm not good at writing! Then I turned it into ScenarioEspecially since I have the original story from the manga, and I got through this stage easily, as everything was ready up to this point, but I modified the ending a lot, as this is the only part that I wrote in my Mind Reader movie.
The second step is StoryboardThis is a very important stage, without which I might not have been able to complete any anime film from A to Z. In this stage, I drew the required scenes based on the script, and the drawing was random, and one should not focus too much, because the most important thing is to lay out the main outlines of the scenes only in our film, Mind Reader.
The third step is Backgrounds. I spent three days drawing it, drawing inspiration from many school scenes in anime, and with the help of a program Clip Studio Paint I was able to add seats and chairs, which were using technology. 3DThis made the work easier for me.
All I did in the Mind Reader movie was draw a little bit of some books, pens, and other things, and change the colors of the seats, the floor, and the windows.
It is worth mentioning that I do not like drawing backgrounds, as they require time and concentration, so I did not pay much attention to them because they are not my specialty.
Sometimes I summarize and hastily finish the previous things in the mind reader, just to get to the point. Animation Phase.
The fourth step was Animation — My playground, of course! Before that, I was able to prepare and draw the main characters with skin, hair and eye colors, and the school clothes were uniform, as the school uniform issue was resolved!
The biggest challenge for me in Mind Reader was that I chose a difficult school movie, which meant there were many characters here and there, and I found myself involved with all of them. But I tried to get around the problem, and I had no choice but to risk leaving out the extra characters and focusing more on the two main characters and the teacher, while making slight movements of the students who appear in the scene, such as the hand that writes or moving facial features, so as not to exert more effort than required.
The fifth step was the most difficult, and it was DubbingI won't hide from you that it was the most stressful moment, because I didn't know where I would get voice actors for the characters. At first, I couldn't find anyone, but then I met the team. D-FamilyWe collaborated on the Arabic dubbing of the film, while I oversaw its Japanese dubbing through independent Japanese artists. My aim was to form a specialized team in Animation someday.
Exclusive news: I'm working on a new animation project, and here are the first details.
The Mind Reader film is about Japanese characters, but in the near future, we will produce works with an Arab setting.
And now, I will leave you with images from the movie Mind Reader, which are theStoryboard The background and part of the scenario.
My team and I will continue to deliver the best and work on many anime, including series, movies and short clips, so stay tuned, and hopefully we will meet again soon, God willing.
