Alopra Studio has worked with Ricardo Sasaki on several projects, across different genres and age groups, and in all of them Sasaki has been brilliant as a storyboarder. His systemic vision of the project, understanding of the message and suggestions with insights into the story mean that the projects have a significant gain in terms of creativity as well as solutions that help in the production of the animation. Ricardo is also excellent with key poses and an above-average understanding of expressions and lines of movement. His timing of the scenes is excellent, providing the necessary rhythm for the story to flow, alternating moments of tension and comic relief with various climaxes throughout each arc of the narrative. In addition to all these qualities, Sasaki is one of the fastest boarders on the market.

Working with Sasaki is sensational! The ease with which he understands the idea is impressive and often even improves on what I had thought.
Not to mention the fact that he solves everything very quickly. Sometimes I wonder if he doesn’t have a twin brother working with him.
The work of the boarder is extremely important for any project, because that’s where every idea comes to life, and working with Sasaki makes it look easy. A dynamic artist who adapts to any style and always adds a lot with intelligent solutions and a dash of good humor.

Ricardo Sasaki – a draughtsman like few others.

Before becoming a colleague at work, he was a student of mine from the 6th grade onwards, going through art schools where I taught. His ease was impressive, his drawing was organic and visceral, he achieved immediate results that most artists take months or years to achieve.

Over time, he worked in an animation studio that I recommended and from then on, he worked in several other studios and production companies, making a name for himself in the animation market. We did a comic book together, my life project, Contos e Cantos do Maraska, with support from ProAC and published by Editora Devir. I knew that by inviting him, he would be the difference in the project. The characters in the comics took on a very palpable, charismatic dimension. When I created the script, I left Sasaki free to create the pictures, where he suggested unusual angles, very three-dimensional, strong and bold. The project wouldn’t have been the same without his genius, without his suggestions, without the “face” he helped give the project. After this and other productions we did, I saw Ricardo Sasaki flying from afar: specializing in storyboarding, animatic, being one of the genius minds behind great national and international successes in animated series.

And I can see that Ricardo Sasaki is still going to fly much higher with this enormous talent, combining all that natural viscerality with a long experience in the field of animation. I’m very proud to see this student of mine become a great master.

Working with Sasaki is great because he is approachable and available, as well as being very quick to respond.
As well as being talented, he is responsible, meeting deadlines and always willing to listen and collaborate. He is undoubtedly a professional who conveys security.
Having Sasaki on the team is synonymous with success!

Sasaki is a professional I met during my time at PinGuim Content on in-house projects and currently on Turma da Mônica Jovem for Lightstar. I like the board work that Sasaki gives us because he always comes up with posing and acting tips that really enhance the characters. I’m sure we’ll see each other on more projects.

I’ve known Sasaki since 2007 and we’ve done a lot of work together. As we got closer, one aspect of him that has always struck me is that he doesn’t have many creative blocks. He’s always creating, and with great ease and fluidity. In the opportunities we’ve had to join creative forces (in “Gemini8” – Penguin TV, for example), I’ve had access to an enormous fluency of visual and narrative language! Sasaki transforms an embryonic sentence into a dense and rich universe. And with two or three sketchy strokes, he reveals an image so expressive that it impresses you. The art world needs Sasaki in the world. A fucking great artist.