Who would’ve thought that the popular ongoing anime Tokyo Revengers about the delinquent gang Tokyo Manji has a team with an Indonesian anime creator working behind the scenes? Considering the popularity of the anime around the world, being able to work on this project alone is already an achievement for that Indonesian animator as well as the country.

And as it turns out, it’s not only Tokyo Revengers that has an Indonesian animator working on the international-scale project. There are plenty of other local animators that have gone international in their journey to animate some of the big titles in the world. Let’s get to know those six Indonesian animators right here!

1. Aswin Nur Cahya

Aswin Nur Cahya is an Indonesian animator whose role becomes pretty notable as a part of the Tokyo Revengers animation team, as his name appeared in the credit scene of Tokyo Revengers episode seven and eight. Currently, he works at Color & Smile Studio.

Born in Jepara, the 26-year-old Aswin is a graduate from State Vocational School 2 Jepara. During the time he studied there, Aswin studied animation but wasn’t too interested in anime. It was during his time in Diponegoro University studying for diploma 3 Japanese Literature where he began taking interest in anime and aiming to study anime directly in Japan.

Aswin’s once-in-a-lifetime chance would appear in 2016 through the Job Training Institution program to study and work in Japan as he managed to travel to Japan. He then spent a year and half studying Japanese language in Nippon Academy in Gunma.

After that, Aswin studied for diploma 3 in JAM Nihon Anime Manga Senmon Genko anime school in Niigata where he learned many things about creating anime, and graduated in two years.

During his study at the anime school, the institute advised the students to study while applying for an animation job in an anime studio as a part of the study. That’s where Aswin began his career as a legit animator to the point where he was entrusted to work on Tokyo Revengers.

At first, Aswin felt working on anime was hard due to the high level of attention to details like working on characters with tattoos on their body, such as Draken which could take half an hour to work on. However, as time goes on, he gets used to the pressure and demand for the attention to details.

The more frames and details to work on, the longer it’s going to take to finish the job, as Aswin takes between dozens of minutes to hours to work on every scene. However, with the complete result in his Tokyo Revengers episodes being highly received, every Indonesian Tokyo Revengers fan can experience Aswin’s hard work. Considering the popularity of the anime as well as Aswin’s achievement as an Indonesian animator who has gone international, let’s hope they’re going to motivate Indonesian youths to carry on the legacy and bring the nation on an international level.

2. Christiawan Lie

Apart from the new Indonesian anime creators like Aswin, there are also veteran Indonesian animators who have gone international for years like Christiawan Lie or Chris Lie. His name rings a bell in the world of animation as he has participated in a number of Hollywood movies like Transformers 3, GI: Joe, Spiderman, Star Wars and Lord of the Rings.

Chris Lie has always loved drawing since he was a child, and his love toward drawing is also backed up with his intelligence as Chris was the best graduate from Bandung Technology Institute (ITB) on Architecture Faculty.

In 2003, Chris Lie received a scholarship from Fulbright and continued studying for his Master degree in Savannah College of Arts and Design (SCAD). This was the start of Chris’ career as he chose Sequential Art for his subject of choice.

Devil’s Due Publishing, a publisher company holding the license for the GI: Joe comic in Chicago entrusted Chris Lie to work on several projects. He then continued to work on several renown movies until he finally returned to Indonesia and became the owner of Caravan Studio, all while still being entrusted to work on projects from marvel, Hasbro, Mattel, Lego and Sony Online Entertainment. He truly has a very outstanding array of achievements as an Indonesian animator.

3. Ronny Gani

Anime fans and Marvel fans who love the Avengers movies must be familiar with Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr. or even Chris Hemsworth, but it seems only a handful of them are aware of the name Ronny Gani. He is an Indonesian animator who has worked on the visuals of Hulk and friends since the first Avengers movie came out.

Ronny Gani is an Indonesia University graduate who has been involved in a lot of massive, worldwide movie animation projects like Michael Bay’s Transformers: Age of Extinction, Warcraft in 2016, Ant-Man and Strange Magic in 2015, Noah in 2014, Pacific Rim in 2013 and The Avengers in 2012. He is now a senior animator in Singapore’s Industrial light & Magic’s after joining the studio in 2008 and has worked on many other Hollywood blockbuster movies.

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4. Rini Triyani Sugianto

Another great Indonesian animator who has gone international is Rini Triyani Sugianto, one of the animators behind the works of Hollywood box office movies like The Adventures of Tintin, The Avengers, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle.

Rini who is a graduate from Bandung Parahyangan University on Architecture major now lives in California, America. Rini began her professional career in 2005 with The Adventures of Tintin being one of her earliest works.

After working on Tintin, Rini worked at WETA Digital in New Zealand who’s owned by the King Kong movie director Peter Jackson. From there, Rini who also received the Master’s degree from the Academy of Arts in San Francisco, California began taking part in the first Avenger movie and its sequel, Avengers The Age of Ultron.

5. Griselda Sastrawinata

Griselda Sastrawinata is yet another Indonesian animator who has worked on global-scale projects, as she has worked on several critically acclaimed animation movies like Shrek, Madagascar, Kungfu Panda and Monster Inc. She is an alumni from Pasadena’s Art Center College of Design in America and now works at the Dreamworks Studio while being a Visual Communication lecturer at her old college.

Growing up with her love toward Disney movies, Griselda began chasing after her dream to work with Disney by flying to America and studying at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena.

After graduating, Griselda began working at DreamWorks Animation where she took part in many movies like Shrek Forever After, Puss in Boots, How to Train Your Dragon, Kung Fu Panda 2 and Home. She really showed her dedication in the Moana movie where she worked on the character design and costume as the visual development artist, and she made the correct decision to set the movie in the Pacific ocean where Indonesia lies.

6. Michael Reynold Tagore

And last but not least is Michael Reynold Tagore, born in Surabaya on May 24 1979 who is one of the animators behind the success of The Hobbit and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.

Several other involvements Michael took part in were in Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip and Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials in 2015 as the shader/texture. He also took part in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies in 2014, both times as the Texture Artist.

Previously, Michael worked in 2013 several movies like Iron Man 3 as the Digital Effects Crew, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug as the Texture Artist as well as The Wolverine (2013) as the Modeler/Texture. And in 2011, Michael also took part in Happy Feet Two as the Surfacing Artist. Needless to say, he has no shortage of achievements on his resume.

Michael is a graduate from Tarumanegara University on Graphic Designer major and a postgraduate diploma from the University Technology of Sydney. Like Chris Lie, Michael has been in love with drawing since he was a child. Starting from senior high school, he moved to Jakarta and began making animation for games as he became interested in the world of 3D animation after watching the Lord of the Ring movie. His dream came true after working on the series spin-off, The Hobbit.

These are currently the six Indonesian anime creators who have worked on international projects. May they become the motivations for the younger local animators in their journey toward the international career.

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