Steps to create an animated TV series
Steps to create an animated TV series
Well, I am a creative director at an animation company. During my experience you can do a few different routes to create animated serials.
It seems most of the time your studio will design a concept and plot behind it and then you take it to a sponsor network, but some companies will not always get what the want because usually sponsor networks have certain requirements and censors that they want in your animated series.
If you agree with them then most likely you then hire a production crew to take the concept further with designs and storyboards(storyboards are basically a "comic" that shows the animators what the animation is supposed to look like).
Then after the screenplay and storyboard is finished you then take or give the script and storyboard to the animation studio of your choice (Which is nowadays done overseas in Asia...this is either Indonesia, India, China, Korea, Japan, etc).
Be warned though, different countries usually have different general rates for different types of animation. At this point I found an Indonesian company called Javalight to be the cheapest studio overseas with good animation quality.
From what it seems from anime you can either do the voice work in advance or have it dubbed in after animation is completed.
Then usually after animation is done, you usually take it to a post-production studio to add in the audio and music compositions.
Well, that is what I know, if anyone can explain better please do so.
