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Here is a collection of commercials from the Channel 7 Broadcast of Yuki 7!

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The first 8 EPISODES of the new Yuki 7 series are out on YouTube! Watch them all in the playlist below:

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The first 4 episodes of Hotel Kolkata, the new Yuki 7 Micro-Series, are out now! You can watch all of them back-to-back below in a convenient playlist!

We've also created a newsletter you can sign up for at yuki-7.com. Thanks, and hope you enjoy!

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Episode 2 of the new Yuki 7 micro series "Hotel Kolkata is out now! Watch below:

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Check out the first episode of our new Yuki 7 Micro Series, Hotel Kolkata! If you like it please consider liking or subscribing to our YouTube channel. Thank you for your support!

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Hoping you have a nice, relaxing weekend! Enjoy more chill vibes in our latest short, Yuki's Daydream!

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We made a short film inspired by our animation process in Unreal called YUKI'S DAYDREAM! Please let us know if you enjoy it and share with your friends! 

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Yuki's Daydream - an experimental short film made in #UE5, coming soon!

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Hi! It has been a long time since I’ve posted here but I wanted to let you know we are preparing to release a new Yuki 7 micro-series called “Hotel Kolkata”! This is the title sequence for it. We’ve produced this series almost entirely in Unreal 5. If you like it, please help us spread the word!

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Please vote for us!

We are so honored to have been nominated for “Best New Studio” by the Motion Awards, along with so many other incredible studios like our friends at Feed Me Light, Moth, and Wednesday. These awards are decided through a public voting process, so please cast your vote HERE before April 14th! Thank you!

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MEGA TURTLE! Here is a tiny little scene we animated for Elizabeth Ito’s incredible Cartoon Network short “Welcome to My Life”!

Design by / Kevin Dart Animation & Compositing by / Stéphane Coëdel

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Here are some monster posters I painted for Elizabeth Ito's awesome Cartoon Network short "Welcome to My Life"! They were inspired by Polish Godzilla movie posters.

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These are some of the only paintings I actually did myself during the early development phases of June. It was really thrilling to be able to work with so many other incredible artists and watch them bring the concept and June's entire world to life.

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We were so forunate to work with Arthur Chaumay on June - check out some of the incredible work he did developing the look and feel of June's neighborhood! And also check out the rest of his amazing work on his blog!

Color keys/researches I did for the Lyft short film June. The second set of pics are explorations for the neighbourhood where June lives.

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Here's a bunch of info about how we produced the short film June for Lyft at Chromosphere!

Motionographer has posted an awesome in-depth article about our process working on June with John Kahrs, with tons of production artwork and behind the scenes info! We’re incredibly honored to be featured on there! READ THE WHOLE THING HERE!

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Here's me and some other people talking about the making of June! Also lots of really nice footage of the Chicago locations that inspired our backgrounds.

Check out this great behind-the-scenes featurette about the making of June, featuring interviews with director John Kahrs, Chromosphere creative director Kevin Dart, Lyft creative director Ricardo Viramontes, and musician Sir the Baptist (who wrote and performed the song for the montage!). There’s also some more production artwork and a few peeks at our LA studio space in the video!

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Here is the latest project we've produced at Chromosphere! So proud of this film and our entire team!

“Life is better when you share the ride.”

“June” is the story of a woman who becomes more connected to her community through ridesharing. Chromosphere was approached by Academy Award-winning director John Kahrs and Lyft to provide complete design and animation services for this project. We worked directly with John from the earliest concept designs through to the final frames, making sure that everything we did enhanced the story that he wanted to tell.

In the beginning we see only a small slice of the world around June in Chicago’s southside, but by the end we are taken on a whirlwind journey through all of Chicago’s diverse and colorful neighborhoods. For visualizing these environments we first tapped designer Théo Guignard whose rich color sensibilities brought out the beauty in every single place June visits.

One of our biggest challenges was to design, build, and rig June, our central character. She needed to be appealing and fit in with our graphic style, but also have the ability to exhibit subtle emotions. For her design, as well as all of the other characters in the film, we enlisted Tiffany Ford to capture her personality. Tiffany’s designs have an authentic and specific feel that is often hard to come by in mainstream animation.

To bring the characters to life we had to assemble a team of animators who could embrace the visual style of the short and also understand the subtlety of acting required to make the piece feel authentic. Leading this team was Nelson Boles, who lent his extremely sophisticated sensibilities to June’s movements and facial expressions.

The final product is a vibrant mix of 2D and 3D assembled by our skilled team of international compositors and animators. We’re incredibly proud to have been a part of this beautiful project. Check out our full production credits below:

CREATIVE DIRECTOR Kevin Dart

DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION Myles Shioda

DESIGN Théo Guignard Arthur Chaumay Tiffany Ford Jasmin Lai Emily Paik Sylvia Liu

CG Pedro Vergani Feed Me Light: Felipe Hansen, Denis Bodart, Denis Bouyer, Richard Kazuo Maegaki Mattias Bjurström Theresa Latzko

ANIMATION Nelson Boles Claudio Salas Alex Grigg Jonathan Djob Nkondo Bill Northcott Vitaliy Strokous

LIGHTING & RENDERING Camille Perrin

COMPOSITING Stéphane Coëdel Rob Ward H. Kristen Campbell Alasdair Brotherston

ADDITIONAL HELP FROM Nate Funaro Keiko Murayama Rachel Chu Jim Levasseur