As time goes by Studio Ghibli is taking more prominence and is becoming a iconic animation studio in which part of his team are valued as geniuses for their time. It is in color that we find one of the greatest qualities of this studio, which knows how to give its films something very special, almost ineffable.
If four months ago Makiko Futaki left us, one of the animators from Studio Ghibli, just yesterday it was time for Michiyo Yasuda, the colorist of this animation studio with an excellent projection and curriculum. Like many, it will happen to us that Yasuda is surely the first time we read his name, but if we cite color as one of the saints and signs of this study, we can find greater sonority when we cite his surname.
Color in Studio Ghibli films is capable of leave a tenderness and imprint in the viewer who is overwhelmed by that embrace that is itself the chosen color palette.
Michiyo Yasuda, animator and colorist for Studio Ghibli has deceased at the age of 77. His experience in the animation studio has been for decades and went from the first animation film in 1986 (The Castle in the Sky) to 3 years ago with The Wind Rises.
It would be easier to mention the projects that Yasuda did not work on for Studio Ghibli to better explain your career path.
The professional collaboration with Miyazaki, one of the directors of Studio Ghibli, dates back to 1976 at Toei Animation. Aside from working with him on My Neighbor Totoro, Princess Mononoke, and Spirited Away, he also worked for Tomb of the Fireflies, which remains, 30 years later, as one of the most acclaimed animated films never done.
Yasuda started his career in Toei when he was 20 years old and you are same words of the artist collect part of their work:
What I like the most is when I build the colors in my head, thinking about how to get the exact shade that really works. Color has meaning and makes the film more easily understood. Colors and images can enhance the specific situation of what is on screen. '