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Mistreatment of anime workers is unfortunately a very real and all too common occurrence in Japan. Right now Toei Animation, the giant studio behind hits like One Piece, Dragon Ball Z, Sailor Moon and more, is in hot water after a recent news conference where …Read more »
Animator Dormitory from Jun Sugawara is trying to make life better for animators in Japan. He helps them find more affordable housing, is trying to get the industry to change and better care for animators, and also educates people on the realities of working in …Read more »
Hand-Drawn: Documentary, a documentary film about, well, hand-drawn animation, has started crowdfunding to help cover its production costs. The campaign is being hosted on Japanese crowdfunding site Motion Gallery, but those outside Japan can contribute too. The goal is 1 million yen, or about $9,000. …Read more »
CG animator Austin Hardwicke was impressed by BELLE’s 3D model for the avatar of the main character and shared it on Twitter. the different camera angle faceshapes for Belle look totally seamless. Holy crap! pic.twitter.com/dzw58CRHCS — Austin Hardwicke (@chompotron) January 13, 2022 Seeing the response …Read more »
Kentaro Waki, the compositing director for Sword Art Online: Alicization and Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway, is also involved with the Girls’ Frontline anime. He just revealed on Twitter that he was in charge of directing, storyboarding and editing the opening theme video. You can check …Read more »
The 49th Annie Awards have announced their nominees, and it includes several anime titles. BELLE by Mamoru Hosoda is getting the most love in terms of nominated categories. It’s nominated for Best Indie Feature, Best Direction – Feature, Best Production Design – Feature, Best Writing …Read more »
Animators in Japan tend not to make much money, so the Animator Dormitory from Jun Sugawara is here to help change that. The group helps animators with housing and is also trying to set up a new system where animators are paid and treated better. …Read more »
The Tokyo Anime Award Festival 2022 isn’t set to take place until next March, but they’ve already revealed their main image. The very detailed and quirky poster is the brainchild and hard work of animators from Kyoto Animation. Here is the whole poster: To make …Read more »
The Animator Dormitory Project is an organization that educates people on the less than stellar ways anime animators are often treated, and works to making things better for them. Their newest video, which contains an English dub, is about low wages and how this leads …Read more »
Ippei Ichii has done key animation and animation direction for dozens of anime, and he criticized the pay he says animators are receiving for Netflix anime created by MAPPA. Anime News Network offered translations of his tweets: “Apparently, a producer working on a Netflix anime …Read more »
It’s become an increasingly known fact that animators in Japan are often paid poorly and have few workers’ rights. Jun Sugawara’s Animators Support and Animator Dormitory is trying to change that, and they’ve just released a new English dubbed video about what they’re up to …Read more »
Director Kazuki Akane wrote a chain of Tweets in English about the future of the sports anime Stars Align. “To the overseas supporters of ‘Stars Align,’” he wrote, “I have received many Twitter direct mail questions from overseas fans of ‘Stars Align‘ regarding the episodes …Read more »
Japanamerica author Roland Kelts penned an article for Nikkei Asia about Netflix’s anime school. Classes have begun for the ten students selected, who all receive a scholarship and will be employed by Netflix when their courses are done. “The most important thing about this new …Read more »
The Animator Dormitory gives anime animators a more affordable place to live, and it’s part of Jun Sugawara’s mission to help animators have a better life and be treated better at work. Recently they released an English dub for “I Learned How to Skateboard for …Read more »
Today the New York Times published an article titled “Anime Is Booming. So Why Are Animators Living in Poverty?” The article opens with Tetsuya Akutsu, who has worked in animation for Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions, Tokyo Ghoul:re and The Rising of The Shield …Read more »
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