Takeone Animation Studio: Inspiring Pinoys through arts

Are you ready to get busy with animation?

Summer is just around the corner and it simply means vacation for many students. And what a better way to spend those hot and exciting days than to indulge in worthwhile activities and learn something new in sports, entertainment, music or animation. Yes! You read it right! Animation!

If you are into Japanese and Western style animation and beyond, then Takeone Animation Studio is the animation studio for you! Located at Unit 6C Monzon Street, Vista Verde Executive Village, Phase 9A in Cainta, Rizal, Takeone Animation Studio has been in the industry for 18 years now and continues to provide services to animation production companies, advertising agencies, and other clients for animated films, animated TV series, TV commercials, corporate and other audio-visual presentations.

   Eric Tansingco (2nd from right), proprietor/manager of Takeone Animation Studio.

“We have been a sub-contractor of Japanese animation company in the Philippines for 15 years. We also have a pool of talents who conduct industry standard Japanese animation training and workshops for interested individuals as well as for persons with disability (PWDs),” said Eric Emmanuel Tansingco, proprietor/manager of Takeone Animation Studio, during an interview recently.

This summer, Takeone Animation Studio will offer art activities for kids ages 8-12 years old to get busy in drawing and painting, arts and crafts, and origami. “For five days, the arts classes will be held from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. The enrollment fee of P3,000.00 is inclusive of all materials and snacks.”

For those who want to take animation seriously, Takeone Animation Studio offers services such as storyboard, character design, layout, key animation, background, clean-up and in-between, digital ink and paint, compositing, editing, manga production, training/workshops, and consultation.

Over the years, Takeone Animation Studio has been involved in high-profile projects with other popular animation companies such as Toei Animation Philippines, Inc.; 3ditionale Animation Studio, DQ Animation Studio, Fil-Cartoons Studio, Inc; Holy Cow Animation, Kingdom Anemasia Pentamedia, India; Top Draw Animation, Top Peg Animation, and JingJok Films.

Under Toei Animation Philippines, Inc., their collaborations include Gaiking, Kamisama, Lovely Complex, Marie and Gali, Flying Trapeze, Buddha, Haunted Restaurant, Digimon X-Ros Wars, Saint Seiya, Precure Max, Precure Splash Star, Yes Precure, Precure All Star, Precure Gogo, Dragonball, Maihamu, Beet the Vandal Buster, Powerpuff Girls, Gashbelle, Kitarou, Bikkuriman, Bo-Bobo, Onepiece, Nadja Negibozu No Asataro, History Grandprix, Yotsuya, and Fight for the Ring.

Takeone Animation Studio also offers 2D Industry Standard Japanese Animation training. This training program focuses on the capability building of entry level animation for 2D Manuat/Traditional Japanese Animation.

Participants of the training program will be selected from any school or institutions, PWDs, alumni, graduates or undergraduates, out-of-school youths, who have the talent and interest to be employed in the animation industry are also welcomed.

“At the end of the training program, Takeone Animation Studio will absorb qualified participants,” said Tansingco. “At the end of the training period, participants are expected to learn the process of in-betweening and the techniques of cleaning-up. The output of the participants are expected to pass the standard of the industry.”

In choosing the applicants, they should be: graduate or out-of-school youth, PWD graduate and unemployed, know how to draw, knowledge in human anatomy, perspective drawing is a plus; have an interest in animation; and willing to undergo intensive training.

For more details, please contact Takeone Animation Studio at 632-5039037 (landline) and 0917-1132697 (mobile-call only). Visit its website: http://www.takeoneanimation.com.ph or email: eric@takeoneanimation.com.ph. - ROBERT REQUINTINA