I'm running a fan-based project to put together 4 episodes as OAVs for Yokohama Kaidashi Kiko (also known as Quiet Country Cafe or Cafe Alpha or even YKK). We are animating three chapters per episode, and all chapters are ones that haven't been animated before.
Have script (just needed some tweaking by yours truly), an animator, couple of voice actors, etc. The one thing we're missing is a background artist. I have been trying slowly but surely to take the backgrounds from the manga, clean them up, scale them, and color them. It takes forever - for someone with my minimal skills. Ideally would like someone who I can point to the chapter, and they can do their own version of the background. By this I mean they don't have to copy or be completely influenced by the original author. But if it shows a wall with steps coming down to the beach in one frame, and the same setup but looking from the top down in another, I'd like to still be able to setup a similar scene.
If you're interested, a PM here or an email to ewan.grantham@gmail.com would be greatly appreciated. There's no money in this effort (sorry, none of us are getting paid), but there is credits in the program.
That said, and moving on to the "other topics", I'm working with a producer about possibly pitching Camp Handiba to some of his contacts as a 13 episode animated feature. So the script (and y'alls feedback) is not going to waste. Right now it's more a matter of trying to pull my materials together into a decent proposal, and he's still interested after the first round of this - partly because I gather he has a funding agency/broadcast group already lined up. Obviously someone who helps with the YKK effort will be considered for the Camp Handiba effort (producer is wanting me to handle the animation, and I'm hoping I can pull together a crew to do so).
Thanks in advance to everyone on here,
Ewan
