Product Description: Animals are a staple of animation, largely because the medium gives them a voice. Some of the most memorable animated characters are animals-Dumbo, Simba, Scrat from Ice Age-as are many of Osamu Tezuka's greatest anime heroes. Tezuka School of Animation, Vol. 2, teaches you how to animate your favorite animals. Learn to capture the movement and natural traits of a wide range of animals, including dogs, cats, horses, cows, giraffes, elephants, monkeys, bats, snakes, and even insects.
Tezuka School of Animation I have seen better animation books I would not recoment this book for a animation class.
Best animal animation book ever. This is the only book of making animal animation that you will need, in this book you can find detail by detail, step by step, and from all angles how to animate dogs, lions,cats, horses, all kind of birds, fihes,etc, etc, etc. This book is worth $100 dollars and much more, and just paying 15 or less is a real deal, is like getting it for free.
More Methods of a Manga Master Like its precursor, Osamu Tezuka's School of Animation volume 1, this wonderful book explains the secrets behind convincing anime style animation with clarity and expertise. In this book the focus is on the movements of animals, like lions, birds and monkeys. It is especially helpful with breaking down the four-legged or "quadriped" walk, which can be very tricky to animate convincingly. It also includes sample animation flipbooks within the pages. I recommend ages 10 and up buy this book in companion with volume 1.