


for the Pokemon TV anime and became the show’s only consistent sakuga animator. Starting in the late 90s Iwane joined OLM, Inc. Early career spent on several Toei shows like Goldfish Warning and Dragon Ball Z. Leading member of subcontractor Studio Cockpit. His style has influenced younger Cockpit animators like Terumi Nishii and Yoshihiko Umakoshi 1.

As an animator his style defined the smoother Kanadaisms of subcontractor Studio Cockpit’s artistic culture: juggling figures between foreground and background, rhythmic pacing, sticky arcs of motion, minimal smearing, and the use of camera movement to shape the action. Started at Studio Cockpit.Ī born animator who was captivated by the Space Battleship Yamamoto film in 6th grade and started producing amateur animation on his own at 18 years old (viewable here, here, and here) inspired by Gainax’s DAICON intro films.
