Ami Yamato is an animator on YouTube who I’ve been watching for about 1 year now. She does 3d animation and a running gag in her video comment section is that she is the animation and yet neither she nor her subscribers acknowledge it. Ami is Japanese and lives in London where she produces parodies of her favorite movies and TV shows. Some of these parodies include Breaking Bad, Stranger Things, and Star Wars.
Ami’s ability to entertain is what really inspires me. I have never seen Star Wars, yet each of her videos based on those movies always has me laughing and wanting more. She only uploads once every two months, but that is due to the dedicated time she puts into animating, compositing, and editing each creation. Ami Yamato has also done a wonderful job of making her character “Ami” a likeable and relatable personality, something I will strive to do with my future animations.
Sydney McPherson
ANIM223 - HISTORY OF ANIMATION - FALL 2019 