Animist

Kenta Shinohara (Japanese: 篠原健人), better known online as Animist, is a Japanese YouTuber and animator who's known for making stop-motion animation shorts based on pop culture.
==Content==
Animist originally created his channel on October 11, 2020 and posted stop motion animations and time-lapses as a hobbyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92yTAISYllI. 
Most of the animations take place on a small desk on which he animates, having short skits involving the characters traits be gags. 
He mainly makes animations based on popular video games and anime, such as Kirby, Among Us, Dragon Ball Z, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Star Wars, Ultraman, etc. He'll sometimes display a clock or timer in the background to display how much time has passed while making the animation. 
Animist will also post behind the scenes footage from a video, unboxing and showcasing the figures from the video, the animation/time-lapse and editing process. He'll occasionally post compilations of his animations into a single video, mainly based on a specific video game or anime.
==Trivia== 
* Animist has worked with several companies, such as Nintendo, Netflix, Dwarf Inc., Zespri, etc.https://note.com/kentanima/n/n4f1e43caf3fb
*He has worked alongside other animators and editors, such as Misaki Yamanaka and Rio Kasubuchi.
*He's won over 16 awards over his online career, such as a TOHO Cinemas Student Film Festival award, a Children's Animation Festival Screening award, a Tokyo Video Festival award, etc.https://stopmotion.theshop.jp/about
*Japanese YouTuber, ヒカル (Hikaru) reacted to one of his animations on Tik Tok.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyqvOmcLt20&t
*The design of his avatar comes from a katashiro (paper planes seen in Spirited Away) and a tent.https://note.com/kentanima/n/n512798be278c 
**The name also comes from the term "anima", which means to bring to life.
*He uses a Canon EOS RP to take pictures and uses Dragon Frame to edit his videos.https://note.com/kentanima/n/n74caa1af8d19
*Animist will typically either animate in eight, twelve, or twenty-four frames per second.
*He went to Ehime Prefectural Kawanoe High School and studied character modeling at the Osaka University of Arts.
==References==
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