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How Studio Ghibli Helped Make Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
by Danica Davidson May 13, 2021

Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon A Time cell shot at Studio Ghibli

The movie Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time was done by Hideaki Anno at Studio Khara, but it turns out Studio Ghibli had some involvement. There’s a scene in the movie that they wanted to make by drawings characters by hand and then taking pictures of cels frame-by-frame. An animation shooting table is required for this work, and Studio Khara doesn’t have one.

However, Studio Ghibli does have one, and they were willing to share with the other studio. A twitter page for Studio Khara revealed this fact, and also shared a brief video showing how it works.

SoraNews24 translated some of the replies from fans after learning this fact, including the following:

“When I saw Thrice Upon a Time in the theater, I felt like there was something nostalgic about the animation in that scene. So this was the reason!”
“Shooting animation like this is pretty much a lost art nowadays.”

Source: SoraNews24

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Danica Davidson is the author of the bestselling Manga Art for Beginners with artist Melanie Westin, and its sequel, Manga Art for Intermediates, with professional Japanese mangaka Rena Saiya. Check out her other comics and books at www.danicadavidson.com.

 

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