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“Jujutsu 0 probably shouldn’t have been completed in terms of production time. If we set a precedent that it can be made in that time frame, it will only make things more difficult in the future.“ (Itsuki Tsuchigami, episode director)
“The worst cycle is when the staff members all somehow manage to complete a schedule that would be impossible to meet under normal circumstances, while seeing hell, and the higher-ups who only saw the results misunderstand and neglect to improve, thinking ‘It’s not that bad, it can be done!’ I wonder if the beginning of this was when they completed a movie in four months…“ (Sota Shigetsugu, key animator)
I’m sure we’ve all met that boss at work who saw you bust your ass 150% one time then somehow expects that to be the norm every day, all day. Expectations like this are unreasonable, dehumanizing, utterly lacking in empathy, and also ignorant of the actual expertise required for the job at hand.
Seeing these opinions come to light puts me as a fan into a bad position. I really love this anime series and wish to support the art, but I disagree with the way the studio treats its animators and also the way the studio attempts to silence them when they do speak out. If you enjoy the show and praise it, then you are indirectly supporting MAPPA’s poor policies - on the other hand, if you choose to boycott the show, does it even accomplish anything?
In the event there is a lengthy production delay like Ojisan, Zom100 or Nier, at least I made the right call by not starting season 2 yet. Though… I might feel icky while watching it, despite how much I like the story itself.
For a few years in the beginning of the 2010s, it felt like a game that every single gamer person I knew online and offline played. I met a lot of people and became friends with people on the other side of the country as well as coworkers. Somewhere in the middle of that decade, maybe earlier, Riot really lost the magic and it just felt less like a fun game and more of an aggravating e-sport.
I always liked Phreak’s broadcasting personality, though it has been years since I followed LoL. I hope he’s doing well.
I really wanted to watch some hockey last night. Where were you then, NHL? I can only watch like 2 of these games tonight.
Shimoneta is misunderstood by people because they think it’s only a lewd ecchi show. However, while it does have sex jokes, it is actually a story exploring the idea of censorship - it takes that idea in an absurdly extreme direction to a point where the government bans all mention of sex and there is an underground rebellion that fights against them called SOX. I think this show has only become funnier and more relevant as time has passed.
One of my favorite recurring gags in the series is how whenever Anna chases Okuma, she’s wielding another bizarre weapon: tongs, a bug catching net, etc - the implication being that she doesn’t even know what a penis looks like because she has lived in a censored world throughout her entire life.
I am pirating EVERYTHING now.
I got permabanned from /r/canada on Reddit for promiting Lemmy and the fediverse.
/r/canada hates mites. I thought everyone knew.
Thanks for the news roundup. I know it probably takes more time than you want and gets fewer votes than it would on Reddit or something, but it is good to see here.
More recently, Nishii Terumi (former animation director for JJK 0 and Jojo), posted to twitter (stop trying to make X happen) about problems training talent (English article) due to studios focusing on profits rather than talent development.
Sakuga Blog has been pushing the “anime is dying because the talent is being stretched too thin and/or not being cultivated properly” angle for a long time. At first I thought it was overly alarmist, though maybe we are actually seeing it in real time and we just don’t realize it. After all, it’s not like there will be one day where suddenly every studio in Japan stops producing anime, it will of course be a gradual change.
Are you familiar with Monster? Both this and Pluto are anime adaptations based on the same author’s work.
Pluto felt like a distilled version of Monster in the way that it built its mystery up over only 8 episodes rather than 74. The beginning part of Pluto did a good job of evoking that same feeling of tension and fascination that made Monster so enjoyable to me.
There were times during Pluto where the dialogue felt obnoxiously obvious, clearly providing exposition that the audience didn’t really need. These moments pulled me out of the show a bit. Off the top of my head as one example: in one scene there is an explosion, there is a 0.5-1s pause, then one of the characters says, “It’s an explosion!” Thanks, script writer, much halp, very explain.
Though even despite those moments, and also even despite its kind of unbelievable concept of robots exploring emotions, Pluto did a good job of pulling me in and I was able to suspend my disbelief for most of the series.
I liked it more than I disliked it. Would recommend it to any fans of this author or people who are interested in sci-fi murder mysteries.
