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[mi4011hemanshapeiris]

Mai Yoneyama Secondary Research

Mai Yoneyama, born on July 12th, 1988 in Nagano, is an animator and illustrator based in Japan. Her most popular works include "Kiznaiver" (2016), "Cyberpunk: Edgerunners" (2022), and her work on the animated music videos for J-pop star, Eve. PERSONAL LIFE AND EDUCATION: Mai Yoneyama was born in Japan. Her father is Japanese, and her mother is Taiwanese. She spent a period of her life in Taiwan as well. Mai Yoneyama is the youngest child in her family, having an older sister, who is always praised for her accomplishments, which she says must be the reason that she's a perfectionist, feeling defeat more strongly than others. Mai describes herself as a "typical drawing lover". She would always draw pictures on the blank paper at the back of calendars, alone in the countryside of Negano, while her grandmother was sewing close by. Drawing inspiration from anime, she wished to be a manga artist in elementary school, then an illustrator in junior high. Mai Yoneyama originally thought of going to a college for architecture, but she also wanted to be involved in animation and art, therefore enrolled in an anime vocational school. She attended Tokyo Designer Gakuin College. When she graduated from vocational school, she joined Gainax as an animator. The passing of her father in 2017 changed the trajectory of her career and the decisions she wanted to make with her life. WORK AND CAREER She started working as an animator at 19 years old. She describes her work experience at Gainax to have been difficult at first, as it was a commission system. She did her best as an "in between-er", and lived with her parents sending her money, but this only lasted about two years. She started her career after this. In 2013, she was in charge of character designs for "Kill La Kill" and "Kizuna Ever" in 2016. But she says that the more important she became, the less creative it was for her.

After her father passed away in 2017, she decides that she wants to make things with her own technical and imaginative skills.

Around this time, she leaves the animation production company and starts freelancing. In 2019, she worked for SSS by applibot, working as an illustrator and posting them to Pixiv. In 2021, Yoneyama had a solo exhibition named "EGO". During this time, she thought of herself as a commercial writer and entertainer, as apposed to someone who leaned into artistic expression. LATEST PROJECTS: On November, 2023, she hosted her solo exhibition "EYE" compiled works that she drew as a hobby, illustrations, solo exhibition works, and animated works that she has published. Mai is currently working as an illustrator HOBBIES AND OTHER INFO: She's very relatable in a sense, due to the fact that she draws lying down on her bed sometimes. She also mentions how she has never drawn anything in under an hour before, which i personally connected to. I also relate to her stance and opinion on Artificial Intelligence; the feeling as though "letting the AI do the work" will make my process less interesting and enjoyable. Mai Yoneyama describes illustrating as capturing a single shot or a frame of an animation. She aims to create a transcending genre in her work, trying to increase the level of refinement that she puts in her methods, and what she wants to express. SOURCES:

*please click on the underlined words for the links* Youtube: Youtube channel Documentary: EYE Art Behind Animation and Illustration Passion of Drawing: Naoki Urasawa & Mai Yoneyama Live Drawing

Other Sources:

Mai Yoneyama, PALOW. The world of globally recognized "comic art" Yoneyama Mai: twitter The Art of Yoneyama Mai An interview with Mai Yoneyama and Kei Mochizuki  Mai Yoneyama's profile on Artstation NewsWire Article

2024/03/08

[manjuboy]

…. It seems that all my fav characters have something in common. And I think he and mc have the most natural relationship in sss.

[sinful-liesel]

Happy Birthday Nao! ❤🎂🎉 2017.11.09

[zherynasakamaki]

NOOOOOO TOMA…

WHYYYY??? WHY TOMA?? ONE NIGHT, JUST ONE NIGHT WITH MY NAO SENPAI AND SEE… TOMA IS THERE TOO 🤦🏻

Toma, i love you so much, just only you... my lover…

No no kononoe, i love you too but… You know… How i can’t left to love him?… Toma is 🤤😍

[neerons]

[vclassics]

Memorial Wedding JP Event CGs

[starmocha]

Shizu, you’re in a fucking church. Cleanse yourself with holy water, boi.

[royal-shining]

[mangacupcake]

SSS Characters as John Mulaney:

Part Two!

Kokone:

Yamamoto:

Murayama:

Mc:

Me; playing the game @ 3AM:

Alan:

Roy; from the brief knowlgade I have of him from his route and spoilers and not getting my hopes up after Murayama’s route:

The mothers of the Sexy Six:

[many-fandom-otome-girl]

Kokonoe Naoki (CV: Umehara Yuuichiro) from mobile otome game “Do S ni Koishite”

[ceaether]

Here the black ver ヾ(*´∀｀*)ﾉ Doskoi 2nd Anniversary Ilustration

[manjuboy]

I swear this is Kokonoe's best, if not, THE best event in SSS so far. I'd seriously date someone like this in a heartbeat in real life. 😂 don't judge me. I especially love how he's one of the few (or only?? I've only played Minami and Alan so far) guys who blatantly showed her the board.

[gin-no-bara]

Yup. This MC has just slaughtered me 😂😂

[zherynasakamaki]

NAOOOOOOOO SEQUEEEEEEEEEL!!!!!! 😍 AHHHHHHHHH... WAIT!!!! WAIT!!! WAIT DOSKOI!!! 😒 When we have Toma's Sequel!? 😒

[vclassics]

Clean version

Source: doskoi_friends twitter

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[starmocha]

Weirdest character interaction ever. But I ain’t complaining.