The unhinged animator

The fifth episode of The Anime Talking Field (AT Field) podcast, a weekly anime podcast powered by fullfrontal.moe
We are back from our break! After dedicating the whole month of April to French animation on the website, we decided to showcase it in one more way, by discussing the absolutely raw and awesome works of Bobbypills with their creative director, Balak.
Dimitri and LUDO of the fullfrontal.moe team welcome as a guest Yves Balak, comic author, animator, storyboarder, director, occasional frog assassin, with a very French attitude.
Learn more about his career, from creating a whole new way to experience on the internet and working with Marvel, to supervise some of France's most popular animation series, all the while sharing quite a few hot takes.
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:40 Who is Balak?
5:47 Turbomedia & Marvel
18:50 Lastman
32:18 Les Kassos
39:14 The birth of Bobbypills
44:52 The Bobbypills production pipeline
51:13 Storyboards aren't storyboards
54:16 Producers and artists don't understand each other
1:05:28 Bobbypills' future projects
1:11:24 French Sakuga
1:19:43 Creature Commandos
1:26:07 The Japanese Influences
1:29:11 Conclusion

[@benji5753]

The most unhinged AT episode yet also happens to be the most french one

[@Otaku_Reaper]

As someone who watched the peepoodo, that man is a legend. I thank him for existing.

[@parisulki729]

Man, i love that pure, honest energy French people have when speaking! You don't give a f, what i would think. It is perfect.

[@Sw3at]

Un invité, des clips pour illustrer et des time stamps, parfait ça ! Merci pour le boulot !

[@pochitaa9788]

i've been a huge fan of balak since the lastman days, kudos to you guys for having him on the show

[@oceguera]

1:04:20 words to be put on a wall in every production studio. This was great!

[@neptunite5973]

European animation is really underrated!! I love anime as much as the next nerd, but there's some amazing things being made here in europe as well! French animation especially. Thank you for uploading the interview, i enjoyed the insight

[@AveragelongJohns]

J'adore toutes les bouts de francais qui slip entre les mots anglais hahaha

[@maricampari3970]

I need more Peepoodoo in my life. I hope he makes more. :(

[@misufanarts]

Es algo triste que algunas producciones de bobbypills no salieran de Francia y no tengan tantos fans

[@kato5]

>Unhinged episode
>French involved

[@fufuro-chan]

Œufs corses !

[@kesselsol]

Can you add chapters to the video's timeline so I can see the topics being talked about easier?

[@fufuro-chan]

Done, hope it helps! :)

[@khimeraQ]

I barely understood what was said but I agrew Makoto best girl.

[@RedAbitbol]

what is a monoprix punk hobo ?

[@21_315]

Love balak

[@loicmiermont8401]

Ha bah tiens alors.... Bonjour