Production Processes 7

This is the initial storyboard of Episode 3 drawn by Mr. Atsushi Makino, the director and character designer whom we engaged for NSK STUDIO.
Despite the tough challenge of integrating the themes of environmental problems and NSK's environmental efforts with a dental setting, Director Makino has definitely created an amazing story far beyond our imagination!

Production Processes 8

This is the initial draft of character designs drawn by Director Atsushi Makino himself.
With the help of 3D CG, the characters were able to come to life in the animation.

Initial Sketch

This is the initial sketch that Director Makino drew of the salesperson's teeth before treatment.
It captures the atmosphere of a dilapidated bar and features the salesperson's favourite things like ice cream and alcohol.
How will the look of the inside of his mouth change after treatment?

Clinic

When designing Dr. Sakura's clinic, the CG team were most particular about striking the right balance between the scenery outside the window and the reflection of the clinic's interior on the window.
Please check out the fine details that the team has put their heart and soul into.

Sharkespeare's Teeth

Like sharks in the real world, Sharkespeare has the ability to shed and regenerate new teeth continuously throughout his lifetime.
Despite having that ability, he still makes the effort to take good care of his teeth at all times.
The story in this animation may be fiction, but there are real research studies which show that if acidification of the ocean continues to worsen, it may actually lead to the disintegration of the teeth and skin of sharks…

NSK's headquarters and factory in Kanuma

At NSK's headquarters and factory in Kanuma, Japan, we source 100% green energy and increased our rate of recycling factory waste to as high as 99.3%.
On top of that, we have carps swimming in a pond filled with water cleansed throughout our manufacturing processes by water purification systems.
These systems purify waste water to a level clean enough for nature to thrive in, before distributing it back into the river.

Carps and NSK's Factory

Here's a shot of the energetic carps jumping merrily in the animation.
In NSK's factory in Kanuma, Japan, we have water purification systems that clean factory waste water to a level clean enough for carps to swim in before the water is distributed back into the river.

NSK's A1 Factory

The factory featured in Episode 3 is NSK's A1 factory in Kanuma City at Tochigi, Japan.
This cutting-edge factory plays a key role in NSK's mid to long-term strategy, and helps produce 90% of the precision parts required for NSK's products.
At the A1 factory, we source 100% green energy and aim to minimize our impact on the environment in all of our processes, while taking care of the environment surrounding our factory as well.

Characters

Here are the characters who appear in NSK STUDIO.
For this animation, we engaged award-winning director Atsushi Makino to help us with the development, from designing the 3D CG animation characters all the way to directing the film.
Please check out the movie to see how these characters move around happily in the film!

Opening scene

The large-sized Mr. Q actually appears in the opening scene of Episode 1.
If you watch carefully, a shark character that is due to appear in Episode 3 appears in that same scene too.

Mr. Q's teeth

Appearing in Episode 2 are Mr. Q's teeth.
They look really uncomfortable being covered by tartar and biofilm.
The atmosphere here feels like Halloween…