As I promised, this is a post that briefly covers some of the positions in the anime industry. By no means it is a comprehensive report and, probably, you are familiar with the process already, but I hope you will learn something new by reading this article 🙂
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Thanks very much for this!!
I am glad you found this article useful 🙂
wow… I love how thorough most of your posts are; I’m so glad that I stumbled upon this blog
keep it up
Thank you 🙂 This article took quite some time to write 🙂
I’m going through art college at the moment, so this post was definitely helpful in getting to know more about the career prospects in the anime industry. (: Some of our subjects even covers some of the jobs slightly already-like character design etc! Nevertheless art can be grueling-and expensive, ahaha. Thank you for this post!
I am glad it was helpful for you 🙂 It sounds like your college education is interesting 🙂
If you had a choice, what position would you take?
Very awesome post!
The editor you mentioned, Kazuhiko Seki, worked on Akiyuki Shinbo’s Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei and Natsu no Arashi but not his Maria+holic. I wonder if that’s one of the reasons why I think both are far superior to Maria+holic. Especially since I often thought Maria+holic felt lazy and not as sharp as the other two.
Thank you, I am glad you liked it 🙂
Yes, it might be one of the reasons why Maria Holic is worse than other SHAFT works.
A very interesting topic indeed, thanks a lot for sharing 😉
You are welcome 🙂
Solid overview! I wonder if someone should make a wikipedia article on this topic. ^^
Thank you 🙂
Yes, a wiki article would be nice, but we have to take care of Wolfram Alpha first because of the resin 😛
Art Director. I enjoy drawing landscapes. (: Would be cool to visualize the concept art for a film production, anime or live action! Our college is definitely interesting, but they really push you I suppose, so that we will deliver more when we go out to look for a job later.
Yes, Art Director is an interesting specialty 🙂 Post your landscapes if you have some 🙂
Pushing students a little is good as long as it is done in moderation.
Question, I’m doing a paper on outsourcing in the Japanese anime industry, and I need a source on how all it’s structured. What all sources did you use?
Due at 6pm today 5/21, and it’s 2:50pm now. Help please!
Oh my…
I listed the sources that I used at the last page of this article.
Also check out these recent articles: Asahi Shimbun and Japan Times.
Other related posts:
State of the Anime Industry: Animation Bubble
Future of Anime is Dim
Thank you again, this article was very useful. Actually I think I am about to do something big right know even tough I am young. My dad took my sketch book to his work today and he showed it to his co workers, one of them use to do comics and I have been planning two comics for two months and already.
I am glad you found it useful 🙂
If you are into comics, I recommend books by Scott McCloud, especially Understanding Comics. One of the most interesting sections is chapter seven where he describes a path that any creation in any medium will follow 🙂 It is also a nice perspective on a growth of an artist. It is an interesting reading not only about comics, but about art in general 🙂
wow…much work from your part…It clarified some things yet I still get confused at some responsibilities. And a question: what is a ‘key’? *blush*
Very enlightening work. Thanks!
Yes, it took me quite some time to research and put this post together.
This article describes what a key is.
I like the slowed down version of the wink. That was very helpful to see.
I am glad you found it helpful 🙂
Yay! Another resource for more behind the scenes in animation. 🙂 Thanks, Kitsune-chan!
Re outsourced animation, I wrote/TL’ed a segment in a Japanese show episode that featured OP animation in Toei Philippines. At that time, I didn’t know a thing about animation process, but thought of that segment as something education and wrote about it for fun and mostly to amuse myself. xD
https://animeraifu.wordpress.com/2014/08/21/phil-jap-anime/
You are welcome, Miharusshi! Glad you found this helpful! 🙂
Thank you for mentioning that post you wrote!