Ken Arto
Ken Arto (アルト 健, Aruto Ken) is a French-Japanese animator credited for his work on the TV adaptation of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. He worked as a key animator on several episodes of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind.
Ken Arto is an animator at Studio 4°C and does freelance work. He has worked as a key animator for series and movies such as Deca-Dence, City Hunter: Shinjuku Private Eye, Dragon Ball Super: Broly, My Hero Academia or Megalo Box.
Biography
Ken Arto was born from a French father and a Japanese mother. During his youth he had a casual interest in animated series and developed a passion for drawing. He orientated his studies towards animation and graduated from the Academy of Clermont-Ferrand in artistic trades. During his studies, Ken Arto completed an internship at Telecom Animation Film as an inbetweener in 2011. He also studied at the École des métiers du cinéma d'animation. In 2014, he also completed a second internship at Satelight.
Ken Arto subsequently started his career and took his first job at Graphinica as an inbetweener and finish animator on series such as "Battle Spirits Double Drive", Cute High Earth Defense Club Love!, Napping Princess or Pikaia!. He also worked as a freelance key animator for series and movies Deca-Dence, City Hunter: Shinjuku Private Eye, Dragon Ball Super: Broly, My Hero Academia or Megalo Box.
Arto currently works at Studio 4°C.
Credits
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind
- Key Animation (eps 7, 16)
Gallery
Layout in GW Episode 7 featuring Mario Zucchero
Layout in GW Episode 7 featuring Guido Mista
