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Italian animator Stephen Hausdorff talks inspiration, achievements and advise

Works by talented Italian animator Stephen Hausdorff. (Supplied)
Works by talented Italian animator Stephen Hausdorff. (Supplied)
Works by talented Italian animator Stephen Hausdorff. (Supplied)
Works by talented Italian animator Stephen Hausdorff. (Supplied)
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11 Mar 2022 09:03:29 GMT9
11 Mar 2022 09:03:29 GMT9

Amin Abbas

Stephen Hausdorff is an Italian video games and cartoon animator that worked in Tokyo on anime series like Inazuma Eleven and Casshern Sins.

He established his reputation drawing a daily comic strip for 2 years at Hong Kong’s Metro Newspaper and was awarded as the best self-published comic at Romics (Rome’s International Comic Festival) in 2015. Currently, Hausdorff is working on Digimon Adventure: (2020), One Piece and Boruto.

About the establishment of his career as an animator, Hausdorff began “working in anime in 2008/2009 when I was in Japan, I started because I wanted to get better at drawing to apply it to my own manga but I enjoyed it a lot.”

“My first project in anime was Casshern Sins, I did genga (nigen) for 1 or 2 episodes. I still can’t remember. At that time, I didn’t even know how important were the anime I was working on, I just sat at my desk and accepted whatever my senpai placed on the table. Then I did some for Inazuma Eleven and Birdy the Mighty Decode: 02,” he added.

Regarding his upcoming projects, Hausdorff told Arab News Japan that there are some unannounced projects he worked on last year that may be released sometime this year.

Exclusively to Arab News Japan, Hausdorff shared how he has spent most of his life reading and drawing manga.

“Dragon Ball and all Akira Toriyama manga stories from the 80’s and 90’s have been a huge inspiration for me,” he continued by sharing how the day he found out about One Piece he was impressed by the style.

Despite his passion, Hausdorff still faced challenges working in the industry, including long working hours, and having a stable work-life balance as working in anime would often require him to work during the weekends. He still supports and encourages aspiring animators to take up the profession. 

“It’s a great moment to become an animator, Youtube and other social networks are full of tutorials to follow and get inspiration. But the best way to do it is by starting small personal projects like short animations and learn while having fun. Just have fun, animate a lot and join a nice community that will encourage improvement and not competitiveness,” he advised. 

Regarding his visit to Japan, Hausdorff shared how during the year and a half he lived in Tokyo he took up various freelance and manga jobs. He also travelled to Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Nara, Hiroshima and Niigata.

“I really had a great time in Niigata where I spent a week one summer at a friend’s house living the traditional Japanese summer experience. We watched Summer Wars during that week and it was the exact same feeling. I love Japanese summers,” he said. 

Hausdorff  also admires the language and speaks Japanese at work and at home with his wife on occasion. 

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