Chasing my dream of creating an anime?

Question

This could be a long question so Ill try to make it short. When I was in 8th grade (5 years ago) something hit me. Hit me so strongly that I knew I had to do something with it and it was perfection. I came up with a Shattered Pride series. I have been working on it for five years its a fantasy story putting all aspects of life in it, love, rivalry, pride, envy, power everything u could think of and I wanted it to be something I could keep expanding because I love longevity. Not to long ago I realized that Im not the best writer but I believe 100% in my series so I decided to make an anime. THis is what I wanted to do beforehand but I have no idea. I also wanted to become famous off of this so I could change te world for the better in a good way which is off subject. There is only two things I need right now to be completely ready for the series: 1. I need to find a girl I completely love with all my heart and 2. I need to find a artist because I cant draw. Any suggestions here?

Answer 1

I suggest that you have a manga created instead. So make it a book instead of an anime. If your book series is good (artists to draw simply pictures will be a lot cheaper and easier to find then animators) then it may get made into an anime series by a big already-running company. That was the case with manga such as Tsubasa Resevoir Chronicles.

Answer 2

It's great that you have such passion for your ideas. However, the truth is that unless you have a great deal of money to invest, it's extremely unlikely if not impossible that someone without good writing skills, animation experience or drawing ability will succeed in setting up and managing an animation company. You will also need a lot more than one artist to make an anime series! A company full of experienced animators is required to produce something of television quality. And new animation companies struggle to find financial backing (especially for an anime if you are not in Japan. Almost all anime is imported to the US from Japan).

You should also be aware that animation producers do not really become famous. The only exception I can think of off the top of my head is Miyazaki. It is possible for a company name to become famous if they produce enough successful franchises, but as an example - do you know the name of the Disney CEO? The average person doesn't - even though there aren't any animation companies more famous than Disney.

You will need to develop skills in the areas you say you are lacking if you are to bring your ideas to reality. Suggestion one: Take a college course in scriptwriting and learn to be a good writer, then submit your script to animation companies. If it's good enough, they may decide to offer you a contract and produce it. You would not be in charge of the production, but it's honestly better to leave artistic decisions to people with training and experience in those areas. Suggestion two: Learn to draw (it's a learnable skill, even if you think you can't), and take a college course in animation and animation production. This would give you the knowledge and qualifications to inspire some confidence in possible investors and set up your own animation company, though you may have to spend years working up to that point.

Good luck with your decisions.