Tokyo Study Week for Escape Animation Students

Digital Hollywood University September 7-11 2026

Escape Studios is delighted to announce our first "Tokyo Study Week" for our animation students - an opportunity to study for five days at Digital Hollywood University in Tokyo.  

The Tokyo Study Week will run from Monday 7 September to Friday 11 September 2026 and is a chance to learn Japanese animation techniques, with a focus on the unique Japanese visual styles of anime and manga.  Classes will take place every morning, with afternoons left free for students to explore Tokyo and potentially visit animation sites such as the Studio Ghibli Museum and Studio Ghibli Park.  

2nd Yr "Robot Construction" VFX Project

Our second year VFX students have created some stunning visual effects work this year.  This Robot Construction VFX project was completed by 2D artists Allie Maraqan, Dylan G., Lilly Boswell, Michael Shaw, and Olly Eveson .  The 3D team included María Quimey Dasso, Morgan Pugh, Sabrina Caspers-Frankel, Sam Carpenter, and Tim Lewis, all studying the Art of Visual Effects at Escape Studios.

VX5001 "VFX Pro" - 2nd Year VFX Module

VX5001 "3D VFX Pro" - student work

VX5001 "3D VFX Pro" is a second year visual effects module in which our undergraduate vfx students learn to master the art of 3D modelling, matchmoving, texturing and lighting.  It builds on the first year 3D VFX Module VX4002.

AN5001 starts on Monday 18th September 2023, and is taught by VFX veteran Carlos Poon.

CR5001 Animation Specialism Starts 9 Jan 2023

Character Animation by Sunny Asada

Module CR5001 "Animation Specialism" starts on January 9th 2023.  The second year of animation studies at Escape Studios is where our students begin to focus on individual proficiency in the craft of animation.

The Specialism Module (Module Code CR5001) is a largely self-study module in which students select an area of specialism and develop their skills.  CR5001 runs for five weeks, culminating in a portfolio presentation.  The final deadline for submission is Wednesday 8 February 2023. 

What's in the 2nd Year at Escape Studios?

In the second year of studies our animators develop their animation skills, start to specialise in their chosen field and also tackle their first group projects.

For our animation students, there are four modules in the second year: AN5001 (character animation), AN5002 (creature animation), CR5001 (specialism) and PR5001 (Studio Project).