How Beastars Was Made

[@Fursonified]

A lot of people have been asking for the models and softwares so here you go: 3DS max (I got free version for 30-days, plus students can get it for 3 years): www.autodesk.com/products/3ds-max/overview?support=ADVANCED&plc=3DSMAX&term=1-YEAR&quantity=1 Legoshi fan made models (Can't get original from show): gumroad.com/zoidberg656#gZyaT 2nd fan made model (Cheaper): www.cgtrader.com/3d-models/character/fantasy/legosi-beastars PSOFT Pencil+ (Toon shading plugin for 3ds Max): www.psoft.co.jp/en/product/pencil/3dsmax/ This twitter post shows most softwares: twitter.com/ethorodison/status/1206051532778676224 Also, check the description of my video for most Sources of Information :)

[@NileForce2214]

If you could get an episode project file and it's dependencies and assets you must set the facial animations to 300%-500% and the body animations to 0% (I am aware it is tracked but all the percentage does is exaggerating the tracking data or the opposite.

[@carmena.gonzalezrios8372]

6:28 and 7:50 which page/source is that?

[@Fursonified]

So there is a book Orange Studio made called the Making of Beastars. I don't have the book, but eBay listings for it contains some of the pages.

[@flatroadkill]

@@Fursonified #legoshismokes

[@Fursonified]

@@flatroadkill #Legoshismokes

[@faceless3239]

This dude bought all this 3D modeling software just to make legoshi do horrific cartwheels. I love it.

[@Fursonified]

Luckily I'm a student so I get the software for free! (For a limited time). I did buy the models though. Also, I do love the horrific cartwheels

[@christopher4227]

@@Fursonified E

[@faceless3239]

@Jesus Christ stay mad jesus. stay mad my friend

[@monkeu2536]

The use of 2d and 3D is amazing

[@Tarrabyte]

"bought"

[@youhavelostankleprivileges5636]

the animation in Beastars is incredible and it really nice to look at its cool to see what makes it what it is

[@angrykrabs9968]

And the story as well.

[@witchunz]

damn I feel like I have power 1000th like

[@kuaikukia]

Agree. And the attention of detail is just amazing

[@GINSHOTGUN]

I agree, and the story is really awesome too

[@datlesbianrat6441]

It gave me a video game vibe but still amazing

[@misspinkpunkykat]

If Haru and Louie had a baby, it would probably be a a jackalope.

[@TheRedTigon]

oh my god you’re right-

[@the_cat_switch_blade]

WOW that's so smart

[@arifwibisana2723]

What is jackalope?

[@trashfur1656]

@@arifwibisana2723 a rabbit with deer antlers

[@blueluinor6597]

@@TheRedTigon oh hey there

[@alyssanewsome317]

Fun fact - foxes lack muscles in their face that allows wolves and dogs to snarl. Foxes cannot curl their lips the same way, and just kinda gape their mouths and cough when they're angry

[@Fursonified]

Interesting, I didn't know that

[@littlemissemila1818]

Woo ah I didn’t know that

[@protonjones54]

what does the fox say?

[@somebeingnamedjen3434]

The 'smoking Legosi' joke is so funny to me because there ACTUALLY IS a drawing of him smoking, from Paru's debut manga Beast Complex

[@Fursonified]

Haha, amazing!

[@godsclown4419]

I gotta see it!!

[@robloxmanface1]

SomeBeingNamedJen oh my god Legoshi smoked

[@guz977]

@@somebeingnamedjen3434 Tnx mate Do you have more chapters? #legoshismokes

[@somebeingnamedjen3434]

@@guz977 I got it through the Beastars discord. There's a link to it in the Beastars subreddit. #legosismokes

[@Joshua-gi6xd]

I am still disappointed that many people dont want to watch Beastars because it is a "furry anime" and it is 3D

[@mgsgamer8340]

I mean, who wouldn’t watch an anime where the creator is using a chicken head for anonymity?

[@wizdum4957]

Good tbh. Whenever something gets popular people just ruin it.

[@katsukisleftcoochielip]

I was actually pretty reluctant before watching Beastars, but I'm a sucker for beautiful animation so I said "Fuck it, I'm watching." And ended up watching the entire thing in a day

[@huskee341]

@@katsukisleftcoochielip Same tho

[@burntrice4418]

@@wizdum4957 but still.. :/

[@rebecatirolli5557]

One thing that i hate is people saying “it’s just some furry sh**” but they don’t know how difficult it was to make this beautiful anime

[@kira6520]

I heard aboutmanother "furry" anime, its in 2 animation but form my friend i heard its interesting, but i just cant find it- welp its name isn"Odd Taxi"

[@Chill_Bell]

Bro was inspired from zootopia lol

[@djsjjsjajskdojfbebskao]

lmao its unique pieces of media like these that actually show how narrowminded most people are

[@Linkolink_X3]

@@Chill_Bellit actually exists before zootopia 👁️

[@happydabs189]

Bro I was one of those people until I watched it😭😭

[@Mucrush]

That motion capture picture, where the guy stands on the table, was posted after season 2 had been announcened and, if I remember correctly, had them ask if people could guess what the project was. I am pretty sure myself that that is from the recording to season 2, mainly because that is what they are working on right now, but also due to the posture the guy is having looking a lot like the way Legoshi's posture is too.

[@Fursonified]

Pretty sure you are right

[@TobeWaffles]

dang, this is better than school XD edit: i didn't realize i would start a conversation o-o

[@reaksmeypak4755]

Is it for people who hate school like me lol

[@bozenaz1399]

Yes

[@bozenaz1399]

@@reaksmeypak4755 no

[@MahouShoujo-Studios]

@@reaksmeypak4755 How do you hate school? I love it. Honestly am getting bored of summer and ready to go back. (Corana virus is cancelling everything).

[@seishinchan4043]

AMVC One word: stress

[@rehsa_.9359]

WHY DOESNT THIS HAVE MORE VIEWS???? I like learned s much in this video and I'm so so happy I did. Beastars is the first thing that I love so passionately and to know the effort put into it and just all this information makes me so happy.

[@LinkEX]

Seconded. Multiple times throughout the video I thought: "wow, Studio Orange used an unconventional but smart approach here." This covered various aspects that I would never have considered. Kind of a pity that despite all that love people still largely resent any shortcomings compared to 2D animation, without seeing all the effort and unique values. Also I kept wondering how OP just figured all of that out as he casually rummaged through the net, haha.

[@HighlandHellboy]

Beastars was already awesome, but this just enhances the experience! Now Legoshi better smoke in S2 and the cigarette better have its own motion capture! #LEGOSHISMOKES

[@Fursonified]

I agree, Legoshi has been hiding this side of him for too long

[@acid_teeth]

Wild Side? More like Smoke Side

[@tinx713]

Only manga readers know if Legoshi smokes or not

[@spellsnare]

@@tinx713 SPOILER he not smoke well for where im i tome 9 SPOILER END in tome 9 legoshi did find the real killer who murdered tem

[@skyshale]

@@spellsnare it was bill wasn't it It has to be bill

[@TheHachisuNoHana]

Just wanted to point out something about the voice acting: having the voice actors record before the animation is actually the standard for most of the world(doesn't matter if its 2D or 3D). Japan is one of the few places that do it after. I definitely agree that them doing it before for this helped with the overall story, though.

[@ALLTHEDRUGSFORCREATIVITY]

Stop Legoshi’s smoking everywhere today just but donating 3 pounds a week-

[@tangypumatm3562]

Egg sandwich***

[@dustonpage1280]

Sad wolf bois*

[@shastaweston]

save the wolf bois with egg sandwiches

[@SonicHaXD]

Watching this video describing the anime in detail is just so beautiful~~ Also, learning 3DS max just for this video is super fking awesome XD

[@Fursonified]

Yeah messing around with Legoshi was pretty fun. Geat to see you here. Your videos are really good!

[@Jonathan-tw4xm]

@@Fursonified please do more

[@old_shupshe]

In 2D animation it's more common to record the audio first. Then the animation can be tailored to the feeling of the voice. It's only really crappy or cheap animation that records after (or dubs, which is a different story.)

[@victoriawynston9221]

Shupshe that’s usually true in the *west but in regards to *anime it usually is animation first, audio later

[@BonazaiGirl]

As Victoria said, that is more popular with western animation, in which the dialogue and audio is pre-scored, but in Japanese animation, usually the animation is done first with the audio followed afterwards.

[@alexac4293]

Some shows use scratch audio actually, like a rough draft for the voice acting something set in place for the animators to then go off of aswell as the storyboard

[@kimbleangus7321]

Most of what I've heard thus far lines up with what Wynston and Majesticals (first two replies) said. However, I don't think I've seen any concrete sources one way or the other. It'd be cool to see a wide study regarding this topic.

[@ivythealiencat]

Its also 10x easier to animate with the voice

[@Lordor1000]

>bought the Beastars models Oh how the powers of animating a shipping will be misused ... Louis powerbottoming Legosi

[@sthlng2180]

Can confirm

[@vinokai]

I choked..on air...I was caught off guard

[@wisbsn1]

Wth

[@ADMmachine]

WhAT

[@CaelanBassett]

Oh.

[@hydroclaws]

“The worst part is that Haru never got pregnant” WELL THAT ESCALATED QUICKLY

[@TrickerAnisong]

Amazing video!

[@kross_draws]

I like to think the smoking wolf is Legoshi’s dad after he retired from his profession.

[@jacobwansleeben3364]

*Nervously sweats in Manga spoilers*

[@aleefbilal6211]

Every frame of BEASTAR is a masterpiece. The flow of animation is calm af.

[@lumpoftoast204]

fear, surprise, and ANGER (the angry face legit caught me off guard and I almost dropped my phone) 3:32

[@protonjones54]

Legoshi's cartwheels were beautiful

[@Blu_Moon_VA]

Legosi, NO, DON'T SMOKE!!!

[@legosilobo2128]

Don't worry smokong it's highly addictive and bad.

[@fuckyoutubeassfuckyou7751]

It's honestly really impressive how they have handled the CGI with regards to Beastars and Houseki No Kuni, a lot of people seem to think 3D animation is easier than 2D animation but that is simply not true, both styles of animation are equally difficult in their own ways, 3D animation requires not just just artistic skills but technical troubleshooting skills as well, creating a character model designed to be animated is already hard enough, a process that requires skin weights painting, retopology, to UV maping and much more, and thats not even mentioning the actual animating, it's why people normally do this kind of stuff in large teams to spread the insane workload.

[@harveyy1728]

God when i first saw this anime i was blown away, at first sight, i knew there was motion capture, it adds such a different feel to an anime, plus season 2 is in a dayy ;D

[@MFBERSERKER]

This is a great video definitely deserve more attention and keep up the great work

[@Fursonified]

Really appreciate it :)

[@wildelover9776]

For me, I loved and enjoyed Beastars' anime so much, it really seems that Orange animators are very dedicated with the detail, and it shows. The characters design are gorgeous, the anatomy is very beautifully done for each character, the illumination and shadows are really on point, looks real and natural and all places and atmospheres are really cool! I can't wait for season 2 to come. My favorite characters are Juno and Jack

[@pawfan]

Really enjoyed you research and detail into the collection of software to help Studio Orange animate Beastars to such a level no anime has been.

[@shukitheconscious3150]

Phycologist: "Louis-Haru Hybrid isn't real, it can't hurt you" Louis-Haru Hybrid: 6:21

[@gokuwrightattorneyatlaw5227]

This is so awesome. I love behind the scenes stuff. Hats off to these guys for doing an amazing job with the animation on the faces, artists with the drawings and designs. Everything was so good.

[@sakusasclorox]

7:48 Legoshi really said “YO.”

[@TheArtFox-yk1qk]

*Actually...* *Haru and Louis's love child would be a jackalope*

[@Maieveryday2]

Omg yes

[@SebiTheHunter]

The fact that season 2 has even better animation now

[@RezaQin]

Just wait till you see season 3!

[@SmilingHorror_8D]

No shot! I learned 3D animation with 3D studio max! I couldn’t figure out how to do the cool thing they have with those defined outlines though. That’s crazy. If I knew that a a month ago then I would’ve made myself a Beastars oc. Damn…

[@moonie9373]

gosh this makes me love the anime even more!! you can see how much effort and time and care they put into this

[@newdykung6775]

1:25 Ah yes the Beastles my favorite band of all time.

[@TheStarryArcher1213]

This was very fun and informative! The work that went into creating the Beastars anime is really fascinating and amazing. Thanks for sharing some cool facts with us! ^_^

[@snakeaddict2810]

I still don't understand why some people don't like that it's 3D, I know they usually don't look great or get a bad rap, but this one is different. This animation looks so stunning, and it all comes together beautifully, I honestly think it wouldn't look as good if it was 2D.

[@jin_unrested]

You have a good point.

[@JuhusOnY]

I cant describe how much i love this video

[@catnoirena]

I never thought I’d see legosi with fur again

[@AaaaNinja]

If you have characters moving on 2's but the background is moving on 1's you get chatter because the character would be moving back and forth on the screen. The two solutions are: animate the character at the same rate as the camera movement, OR continue the character's forward motion on every frame even if the character's pose doesn't advance, to prevent its arcs of motion turning into zig-zags caused by the camera movement. Yeah it makes sense to choose the latter option because you want the way the character moves to stay consistent.

[@Minitomate]

Things like the amount of effort that they put into the making of this anime it's just incredible to see and even it inspires some people to get into this field to achieve this level of awesomeness.

[@bendingbananas6540]

Props to you for doing so much research on this vid! thanks

[@zeno_sama3511]

good video, very entartaining and informational

[@Fursonified]

Thanks :)

[@flightless8402]

Love your work. All the content adds some wonderful spice to the community, including snazzy levels of journalism.

[@dictatorduck530]

I'm not a furry..... BUT Beastars was one of my favorite animes well ever, I hold it in a very high pedestal

[@Oxideacid]

Hey that's what I used to say!

[@Ajia_No_Envy]

It's too late

[@ivythealiencat]

Dont worry Just bc someone watches show with anthro animals dosent mean they a furry. For example zootopia, bugs bunny, Tom and jerry, etc. (The charicters r furrys but idk you get the point)

[@VivianaSilverback]

Just because you watch anthro animals shows doesn't mean you're a furry- If that's the case, then millions of children are furries because they watched zootopia, or other OG cartoons such as daffy duck, etc.. Which many of the fans of these cartoon might even hate on furries and wish horrible things upon them.

[@TheTattorack]

At around 6:00 This effect is achieved, most likely, by editing the Normals of the 3D mesh of the face, which is a very common method Japanese 3D animators use to give their character similar kinds of shading that you'd expect from hand-drawn anime. You can find quite the number of Japanese 3D artists over on Twitters showcasing their techniques.

[@freshratt8921]

Louis & Haru's love child would be a Jackelope. Change my mind.

[@pheromone517]

4:53 holy shit, louis smiled

[@Niko-ci8sw]

This anime is incredible, I hate it when people say stuff like: "eww, why make an anime with furries???" Like bro there has been so much effort made into the anime and u act like this... :V

[@xslane5673]

Technically they aren't furries, the are just humanoid animals.

[@QuiteDan]

I'm rigging a dog right now. Getting the "ooo" face is so much harder than people because their lips go allll the way back.

[@JoeyLovesTrains]

I remember that smoking ad, always freaked me out..

[@skyllarrk]

@ 4:20 - Quick correction! I'm a professional 2D animator, and the pipeline in terms of audio recording for 2D and 3D is the same. All animators typically collect their audio before animating, that way we can correctly time our movements and lip sync to our soundtrack.

[@Karkitts]

can i just say, it was such a delight to find your channel like this

[@Beastt-ix8lg]

Some of the best videos about animes and how they're made ngl. Well sone my guy keep it up

[@RozenHusky]

I was drinking water when you did the Haru x Louis hybrid part. Now you owe me one dry keyboard lol

[@blue_nocturne497]

6:15 i will never get bored of those furries lmaoo

[@loki656]

"The worst part Haru never got pregnant" *Burst with laughter*

[@demianxdlo]

2:55 And even there is the phrase _Walking on the wild side_ in the lyrics of the opening

[@nicolasbennett1575]

Thankyou for the research this is awesome.

[@Fursonified]

Thanks :) I had fun researching it

[@barrythechopper]

I've noticed small details that show just how much work they put into it. There is a scene where white Legoshi is talking to Louis about Haru and you can see him figiting with the cloth banners on the railing. That was a keen giveaway that is it motion capture.

[@Georgeofthejungel]

Which episode

[@yelectric1893]

Damn. 3dx max. A part that may be in this is that I think I saw some ad for some computer learning stuff that developed a sort of “motion translator” from human expression to nonhuman structures. From the general form of how they translate down to the acceleration of the blending features. Crazy stuff.

[@Fursonified]

That definitely sounds crazy 😬

[@nathantron]

This show is so fucking incredible, this video just makes me appreciate it even more.

[@michasalwa3645]

Accually, Legoshi has been smoking in Paru's first manga

[@ylvahomolong273]

the details in the movements is sosososo good and i was so impressed when watching it

[@bobananana6781]

Im so glad that beastars was put into the hands of a studio that specializes in cgi animations. If beastars was 2D, I probably wouldn't life it as much as 3D Beastars. So glad we found this creation/story to make such a great anime Edit: #legoshiSmokes

[@gingerkatherina]

The voice acting idea is actually genius ❤️ So not a single tone seems to be off. I am really amazed how much love, expertise and creativity went into this anime

[@idontwantutoknowmehname2365]

Whats interesting about the animators acting out the scenes is that DreamWorks animators also do this (I know for sure they acted out scenes for How To Train Your Dragon) They mainly used this to map out scenes, get a good idea of perspectives and scale of characters. (So some where out there, there might be an almost completly acted out version of httyd) I think it actually give a organic, smooth feel to the animation.

[@zorathemagic7310]

I remember seeing scenes of beastars on youtube before it came on netflix so right when it got on i started watching and finished in a day....it was sad seeing people not give it a chance

[@moovenlol]

noooo you cant just make model legosi do unatural cartwheels!!!!! Fursonified: haha model go brrrrr

[@kraftzero2947]

I wanted to watch beastars. But i kept putting it off. Decided to watch it one day. Ended up watching the entire first season over night. Now i cant wait for the second season

[@chipped-ham9958]

Lol i work with 3ds max on my school. Finally some good motivation to pay attention.

[@trashkitty8736]

this is pretty inspiring...ive been trying to get more into 3d animation and modelling for a while, all of that just put a new perspective in my head

[@Chiamy]

Haru's and Louis child is.... Very interesting 😂

[@kurumee6564]

Dude, this video is amazing. I can definitely see the dedication that you did to search up everything! And also #LegoshiSmokes lol

[@TheGarfield1959]

basically they just took legoshi's ciggies and thats why he's depressed?

[@Fursonified]

exactly lmao

[@MakaylaSullivan-cj6qk]

This video is so underrated. I never got bored watching it. Bro even took the time to spend hours on X to get all this information. Keep it up man

[@bendingbananas6540]

gotta give it to them! beastars animation is top tier, especially for a cgi anime!

[@blubangsalt]

Actually just found this because honmen posted it in the media channel in Jonah's personal discord server. Thank you honmen, very cool. Anyway, this was very interesting. I had no idea they did 1 on 2, but it looks super cool and interesting when you show it slowed down. Honestly, the whole video was interesting. The fact that they had the animators do the body motion captures themselves was SUPER interesting and very smart on their part. This whole video was super informative and interesting! I now know how little I actually knew about the making of the show, but thanks to you I now know just a little more about it! #LegoshiSmokes

[@yzkimm]

in conclusion: Beastars is just a Amazing Anime

[@Dsyelxia]

I thought this was a normie youtube anime review channel. Then I saw the name and icon and it all makes so much more sense why you wanted to see a Haru/Louis hybrid. Good video ^w^ keep em up

[@huskee341]

I loved this anime soo much. I love the fact that its 3d and 2d at the same time, like how cool is that?? Also, the dub is pretty nice, and honestly i like it better than the original u-u

[@MigunoOS]

In the scene with audience clapping or when the camera looks at the audience, you can sometimes see two of the exact same 3d model preform the exact same motion

[@Beastt-ix8lg]

Whats the song in 3:15 it sounds really good. Please someone?

[@Fursonified]

I'm not quite sure, but I do know I mostly used the Beastars songs for this video so you can probably look up the sound track and find it

[@Beastt-ix8lg]

@@Fursonified i actually did look it up yeah its from the OST thanks mate well done with the video as well

[@peterkarsten7887]

Wow amazing! Before I could only imagine how much work it must have been to preduce this show but now I have a much clearer idea how it was actually made. So thanks for the research and for putting it all together in this great video! I'm personally a huge fan of good animation and it was fascinating for me to see how Beastars was made! :D

[@norre_]

I say with confidence that beastars is the best CG anime ever made.

[@mogomogo423]

Thankyou so much for this video, I love the work that Orange does and this is the perfect summary of all their processes. very cool

[@fuzkomic4270]

Wait what? When I was watching this guy the I thought he was famouse becouse of the video quality like I was thinking that he has 100k subs but only 1k+ subs. This guy need more subscribers

[@alencar5843]

Land of the lustrous season 2 WHEN? So underrated af

[@SpecFenn]

Season 2 is coming 15th July

[@SpecFenn]

dont believe me, check netflix

[@KonnaroTaro]

Thanks for explaining this FJKSLSWPPSOSLSOSLDKWKS AAAAAA I love Beastars The manga is great and it’s impressive how they pull the anime off

[@Fursonified]

I'm gonna wait for the second season to come out before I read the manga 😁

[@KonnaroTaro]

Fursonified Um well heheh...I finished the manga and is waiting for season 2... I think I broke myself

[@skyraider87]

Beastars is such a stunning anime to watch, the quality of the animation is so good. The issue I have with a lot of anime is how stiff the movements usually are, so one of the things I really love about Beastars is how expressive and detailed the movement is. All the subtle shifts just make it so real

[@blxxne5798]

2:30 PURO'S IN THIS!!!!!!

[@erlendstaavi1151]

congrats on the blessing by the algorithm! youtube sometimes know more about me than i do of myself, as this was thoroughly enjoyable!

[@Helwdrokin]

1:49 brasilian will recognize this red panda

[@scarlet3662]

E TAMBÉM É NOTICIAAAA

[@rockhistoria2537]

WOOOOOOOOO-

[@imexhausted1437]

Treta News!!!

[@sophia_c.]

EITA BIXO CONFLITO ENTRE SERES HEHEH

[@Querxes]

The animation in Beastars is seriously so different from anything else I've seen in anime, It really is amazing. I bet more studios will begin using similar techniques in the near future.

[@ironryanman4177]

6:23 Kill it!

[@roshnifernandes6811]

Thanks for the breakdown.Its not just the animation or the style of animation that is great,the story is really great too. I legit thought the animation was 2d but boy I was fooled.Thank u fr the video

[@ratpill]

"Hey just call the actors when you're ready" Animator:"k" Animator 5 seconds later: "Social anxiety go brrrr acting dreams coming true brrrr:

[@berengerdietiker22]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏Fursonified sir, you've blown my mind! I adored Beastars before, but your informative and educational video makes me adore the anime even more! I should've known that motion capture was involved with the production; it's my utmost favorite animation technique, and I've always admired how emotive and expressive the characters in Beastars are! 🖖