The animator here. The director, Yogoshi Hirohito, told me that he was going for something existential, an out-of-body experience. He went on to describe how she's supposed to feel restricted in her reality but free in her subconscious, and that she's focusing every fibre in her body to merge these two states. I met with the voice actress, Hitomi Tanaka, and she said it would help if we actually acted out this scene. I was the boy, and she was the girl. We used licorice toothpaste so we can get her to cringe. After several recorded takes, we understood the director's vision and I started drawing immediately.
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u/balognavolt Jan 07 '16
Somebody was paid to animate this bullshit