Mitsuo Iso (磯 光雄, Iso Mitsuo, born 1966 in Aichi, Japan) is a
Japanese animation animator, director, and screenwriter.His work
mainly includes key animation starting in the late 1980s. Iso is known
for his offbeat key animation in the prologue of Gundam 0080, large
portions of Asuka's battle in The End of Evangelion and the first half
of Ghost in the Shell's tank battle. He also did some design work and
worked on visual effects for Blood: The Last Vampire and RahXephon.
Iso has co-written an episode of Neon Genesis Evangelion ("Liliputian
Hitcher") and wrote, directed, and largely animated the RahXephon
episode "The Children's Night". He wrote and directed the 2007 TV
series DennÅ Coil. In 2016, it was announced he would be involved in
the French-Japanese animated feature film Les Pirates de la
Réunion.Mitsuo Iso is known for his jerky yet detailed animation,
full of dense sophisticated motion. He refers to his own style as
"full limited". In traditional animation, animation with a drawing
count below one drawing every two frames (or "on twos") is considered
limited animation. Mixing twos, threes and fours in a balanced form of
timing, Iso draws every keyframe without passing his work to an
in-betweener, allowing him full control to create the most detailed
motion possible with a balanced and efficient number of drawings,
hence the term "full limited".
Japanese animation animator, director, and screenwriter.His work
mainly includes key animation starting in the late 1980s. Iso is known
for his offbeat key animation in the prologue of Gundam 0080, large
portions of Asuka's battle in The End of Evangelion and the first half
of Ghost in the Shell's tank battle. He also did some design work and
worked on visual effects for Blood: The Last Vampire and RahXephon.
Iso has co-written an episode of Neon Genesis Evangelion ("Liliputian
Hitcher") and wrote, directed, and largely animated the RahXephon
episode "The Children's Night". He wrote and directed the 2007 TV
series DennÅ Coil. In 2016, it was announced he would be involved in
the French-Japanese animated feature film Les Pirates de la
Réunion.Mitsuo Iso is known for his jerky yet detailed animation,
full of dense sophisticated motion. He refers to his own style as
"full limited". In traditional animation, animation with a drawing
count below one drawing every two frames (or "on twos") is considered
limited animation. Mixing twos, threes and fours in a balanced form of
timing, Iso draws every keyframe without passing his work to an
in-betweener, allowing him full control to create the most detailed
motion possible with a balanced and efficient number of drawings,
hence the term "full limited".
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