One Piece’s Best Animator Announces Break
Chansard’s break from One Piece may be a sign for animation studios to start being more considerate to animator’s creativity.
Both the Wano Country and Egghead Island Arcs have received much praise for elevating the quality of the One Piece anime thanks to their new approaches and inclusion of younger freelancers.
This massive talent pool may face a vacancy in the coming months.
In a tweet by Pewpiece, it was announced that Vincent Chansard, one of the acclaimed animators for the One Piece, has stopped working on the adaptation for a while, citing his frustration “over his action storyboard being heavily modified, almost to the point of erasure.”
Vincent Chansard announced that he’s taking a break from One Piece after expressing frustration over his action storyboard being heavily modified, almost to the point of erasure. He’ll return for the Luffy vs. Kizaru fight, and in the meantime, he’ll be working on other shows. pic.twitter.com/yTqgytXIZQ
— Pew (@pewpiece) August 14, 2024
In spite of this, Chansard has stated that he will return to work on Luffy vs Kizaru and in the meantime, he will work on other shows.
Vincent Chansard is famous for his spectacular cuts of animation for the One Piece anime by Toei Productions. Here are some examples of his work
Outside of Toei and One Piece, he has been featured in My Hero Academia and, most recently, Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2.
Chansard has previously expressed his own grievances with his work on both shows. In the case of My Hero Academia Season 5 Episode 17, Chansard asked not to be credited on the episode, saying that the original rough layout had not been used and was corrected over thoroughly. This is a similar issue faced with the latest One Piece episode.
I was the one who asked to not be credited in the episode, i usually ask for it when i feel i am not in control over the quality in the final product.
It is absolutly not the fault of the very caring team who have treated me whith a lot of respect considering the circumstances.— Chansard Vincent (@Sparkleredpanda) August 28, 2021
In relation to the My Hero Academia work, Chansard has clarified how he gives his grievances, having asked fans to not use these incidents to spread hate towards the production or the staff of the anime.
Love how Vincent low key called out all these losers years ago for doing the same thing he said NOT to do. https://t.co/I6IFBez0jE pic.twitter.com/EX09X2ZulA
— Judge Fudge (@Fajji_Hanji) February 22, 2024
As Chansard is an in-house staff in Toei, he will remain there to animate various Toei shows such as Dragon Ball Daima.
Kizaru vs Luffy takes place between Chapters 1091 to 1094. As Episode 1115 adapts Chapter 1081, there are likely around 20 episodes to go before then, depending on the pacing of adaptation.
Since 1997, One Piece has been airing its anime adaptation, spanning over 1115 episodes as of writing this.
Source: Twitter.
