I was interviewed by CGWORLD.jp, a leading Japanese media outlet for CG and visual effects creators.
My selection to the ACM SIGGRAPH Academy at SIGGRAPH 2026 gave me a chance to look back on my research and activities over the years. In the interview, I talk about the work cited in the selection: blendshapes and stylized rendering (toon shading). I describe how these techniques grew out of discussions with people in production, and share some stories about my collaborators along the way.
I also talk about founding DigiPro, an international symposium for production practitioners, and about filmmaking in the AI era and why learning CG still matters. I hope the article conveys my desire to make films, and how much fun it is to create interesting work together with friends and colleagues.
My sincere thanks to Miyuki Ogata (text & editing, CGWORLD), Yoichiro Oue (transcription) and Mitsuru Hirota (photography).
The article is in Japanese. I hope you enjoy it.
■ Article
Media: CGWORLD.jp
Title: “The Desire to Make Films Drives My Research”: Ken Anjyo, Newly Selected to the ACM SIGGRAPH Academy, on the Technology Behind Expression and the People Who Make It Possible
(Original Japanese title: 「映像をつくりたい」が研究の原動力。ACM SIGGRAPH Academyに選出された安生健一氏が語る、表現を支える技術と仲間)
URL: https://cgworld.jp/article/202611-anjyo.html