[0:01] you want the job or not how's the pay
[0:04] not great but the hours are worse hello
[0:08] everyone today I want to rent a little
[0:10] bit about problems surrounding mappa
[0:12] Studios who in recent years were getting
[0:14] a lot of attention sometimes for the
[0:16] good reasons such as production on many
[0:19] popular animes and sometimes for bad
[0:21] reasons since for a lot of people this
[0:23] animated Studio became pretty much the
[0:25] worst example of the industry currently
[0:27] the studio got into his scandle because
[0:29] a lot of animators expressed their
[0:31] unhappiness with the way Studio treats
[0:33] its workers they aren't getting paid
[0:36] enough and not given enough time to
[0:37] finish the work meanwhile Studio gets a
[0:39] [ __ ] ton of money and Praises in social
[0:41] media and oh boy let me tell you mappa
[0:44] doesn't deserve any of the Praises
[0:46] definitely not after working conditions
[0:48] they made for their animators and
[0:50] apparently it was so bad a couple of
[0:52] them even had a meltdown on social media
[0:54] which we'll discuss today and try to
[0:56] figure out what led to all of that hope
[0:58] you enjoy so mappa Studios Japanese
[1:02] animated Studio that was founded 12
[1:04] years ago on June 14th for those who
[1:06] don't know by the way mapa is an acronym
[1:08] morama animation produce project
[1:10] association yes I know shocker right
[1:12] it's not just some random word
[1:14] established by Masa mama I hope I
[1:17] pronounce his name correctly co-founder
[1:18] of mad house by the way ever since being
[1:21] founded in 2011 Studio worked on many
[1:24] projects such as yurio nice zombie lens
[1:27] Saga dororo Attack on Titan God of high
[1:29] school juuk kaisen Vin Lans Saga
[1:31] chainsaw man and hell's paradise wait
[1:35] really they work on this crap you're
[1:36] right it's hers and it's [ __ ] a little
[1:40] bit about how Studio was founded I swear
[1:42] it's going to be important later
[1:44] basically back in day Masa maryama was
[1:46] working on the anime this corner of the
[1:48] world which basically due to financial
[1:51] difficulties was stuck in production
[1:52] Hill in order to somehow fix those
[1:54] troubles and get this movie going Mas
[1:57] establishes mppa and hopes to finally
[1:59] released this film however spoiler alert
[2:02] that didn't really help anime still was
[2:04] released only 5 years later still
[2:07] because of difficulties to raise funds
[2:09] unfortunately in 2016 Masa Mama resigned
[2:13] and Studio CEO became manabu otsuka who
[2:16] technically did fix the financial
[2:18] problem but not in the way that is best
[2:20] for his workers this guy is anti
[2:22] Charisma he is the exact opposite of Riz
[2:26] like this dude legitimately has less
[2:29] game than someone that is asleep because
[2:31] starting somewhere here studio will face
[2:33] multiple allegations after multiple
[2:36] allegations of not being able to paid
[2:38] enough to their workers or forcing them
[2:40] to work extra because of the obscenely
[2:42] stupid deadlines and not letting them to
[2:44] see their family yes this joke is pretty
[2:46] popular right now but as you know every
[2:48] joke has a little bit of Truth in it and
[2:51] now we cut to the present day and
[2:53] current boycott of mappa animators by
[2:55] the way little note I'm going to use the
[2:56] word boycott even though technically
[2:58] it's not always boycot because
[3:00] occasionally those protests are pretty
[3:02] quickly resolved but this is one of the
[3:04] few boycots that are actually impacting
[3:06] the viewers the last episode of anime
[3:08] Juju du kaisen that recently came out
[3:10] had some issue in it basically episode
[3:13] 17 of season 2 came out and caused a lot
[3:15] of controversy sure a lot of people said
[3:17] it's a masterpiece and a lot of people
[3:19] said it's ugly and it's not of been
[3:20] worth watching I'm here of course not
[3:22] going to voice my very important opinion
[3:25] that everybody wants to hear of course
[3:27] I'm just going to say that this episode
[3:28] cut my attention because the animators
[3:30] themselves said that this episode is
[3:32] going to be released unfinished so
[3:35] imagine faces of all the people who
[3:37] liked it who now know that it might have
[3:39] been even better especially when it's
[3:42] supposedly only 30% that made it to the
[3:44] final cut it could have looked so much
[3:47] better but apparently there was just no
[3:49] time because of the pouring schedule so
[3:52] basically animators who went on strike
[3:54] complained that the working conditions
[3:55] in studio are far from being good I
[3:58] can't work here for a penny under 65 I'm
[4:00] sorry the thing is that is not even the
[4:02] first time animators complain about
[4:05] their job and not only in Twitter but
[4:07] also in interviews yes last time was
[4:09] when mappa worked on project for Netflix
[4:12] when animators were paid only
[4:15] 3,800 Yen per cut that is
[4:19] $34 and keep in mind that people who
[4:21] complain are people who also works on
[4:24] the Cinematic Masterpiece we all love
[4:26] like people who should be cherished for
[4:29] making such amazing scenes now complain
[4:32] that they're forced to work over time
[4:33] and not getting paid enough for their
[4:34] work it's especially weird to hear
[4:36] considering budgets of most anime you
[4:39] watch are pretty much the same like
[4:41] occasionally their exceptions were
[4:42] they're a little bit bigger but mostly
[4:44] they're stay within the same field
[4:47] others Anime Studio don't seem to face
[4:49] such a huge backlash that is by the way
[4:51] statement from one punchman character
[4:53] design so I'm pretty sure he knows what
[4:55] he's talking about it is important to
[4:57] mention that not all animators are
[4:59] complaining some people are saying that
[5:01] the work in J kaisen has been like the
[5:02] best experience of their life but
[5:05] there's still a lot of irrefutable proof
[5:07] that a lot of people are unhappy on the
[5:10] other hand this is probably possibly due
[5:11] to animators working in groups so a lot
[5:14] of animators basically work on different
[5:15] parts of the anime and they kind of have
[5:18] different schedules and occasionally
[5:20] possibly even having different working
[5:22] conditions you know the [ __ ] was just
[5:24] business right still some of those
[5:26] situations from a side view look awful
[5:28] because for example director of the
[5:30] mentioned episode of juu kaisen pretty
[5:33] much had a meltdown on Twitter mostly
[5:35] blaming himself for how bad the episode
[5:37] was mapa of course occasionally does
[5:40] give him something in return you know to
[5:41] stop the complaints like for example
[5:43] when they started working in chainsaw
[5:45] man they had to build a whole different
[5:47] Studio to like cancel the allegations
[5:49] however despite opinions of many people
[5:52] protests aren't always effective for
[5:54] example after a group of animators that
[5:56] worked on the tack on Titan complain too
[5:58] much the the next group that was
[6:00] starting to work in juken season got
[6:03] updated contracts one of the new aspects
[6:05] of which basically prevented animators
[6:08] from ever complaining outside the studio
[6:10] nice logic right your animators are
[6:12] complaining that they aren't getting
[6:14] paid enough why do you cry what should
[6:16] you do fix those issues just force them
[6:19] not to speak about it so none of this
[6:20] will be leaked to the public it's just
[6:23] business the thing is what people don't
[6:24] realize about the animation it not only
[6:26] costs money but also time and talent the
[6:29] thing is because of that some scenes
[6:31] literally come out of out of the expense
[6:33] of some workers thing is we to kaisen
[6:36] especially that's kind of looks like
[6:38] what's happening because many animators
[6:40] stated that they're practically begged
[6:42] to give him not only time to relax but
[6:44] to actually finish the job because
[6:46] apparently many episodes have been made
[6:49] practically minutes before being aired I
[6:51] guess it is pointless to say that all
[6:53] their request were denied by production
[6:55] committee like always the issue is it's
[6:57] all could have been prevented the price
[6:59] CH Studio don't start working on anime
[7:01] out of nowhere they always not only
[7:03] schedule plan the due dates and stuff
[7:06] but also plan how many people are going
[7:07] to work on a certain anime in mappa they
[7:09] have about 300 animators and
[7:11] occasionally they work on several anime
[7:12] at the same time which is I guess
[7:14] another weird decision because for
[7:16] example the animators that work on
[7:18] Attack on Titan and animators that work
[7:20] on jjuu kaisen are two different
[7:21] animation teams so I'm not entirely sure
[7:24] how nobody saw those issues coming
[7:26] especially when something like this
[7:27] already appeared in m or maybe like
[7:30] always nobody cared
[7:33] because business as usual on top of that
[7:36] manabu Uka in in a recent interview
[7:38] explained that the reason why studio is
[7:40] working on so many anime at the same
[7:41] time is because they're planning to get
[7:44] a bigger name this way like the plan is
[7:47] to gain popularity by working on as any
[7:49] animation as possible and apparently
[7:52] complaining animators were not exactly
[7:54] part of this plan which explains the
[7:57] whole story with updated contracts
[7:59] however if you're wondering how things
[8:01] got that far well there might be two
[8:03] reasons that is money and money those
[8:07] issues even though sound pretty simple
[8:08] are actually a little more complex for
[8:10] example I can see when problems may
[8:12] appear when Studio decides to work on
[8:14] four anime at the same time this way
[8:16] while running for money and fame greedy
[8:19] Studio forgets that the animators are
[8:21] people too actually but I mean after all
[8:23] what's the problem I mean they're going
[8:25] to rent full a little bit just quit and
[8:28] we're going to hire new and Ator slick
[8:30] but the fame from animation stays oh
[8:33] yeah by the way about new animators in
[8:36] addition some animators complained that
[8:38] upon arriving into mappa for first time
[8:40] they haven't received proper training
[8:41] and pretty much just other people they
[8:43] worked with taught them how to do it all
[8:46] again I don't have an animation studio
[8:49] but I feel like that's not how it's
[8:50] supposed to be let me tell you something
[8:53] kid I made more [ __ ] money for these
[8:56] [ __ ] than you could make in a
[8:58] Million [ __ ] years actually one of
[9:01] the animators even also said that MAA
[9:03] pretty much is interested in pulling new
[9:05] ambitious young animators into the
[9:07] industry but upon arriving to the studio
[9:10] they have to face an incredibly stupid
[9:12] scheduling system not only killing their
[9:14] talent but also Ambitions in the process
[9:17] I mean it's not very good when animators
[9:19] decline the job as soon as they hear
[9:20] about scheduling right but also the
[9:23] issue is how Japanese industry of
[9:25] Animation even works basically when the
[9:27] animation studio needs a budget for
[9:29] certain anime or film or Etc they work
[9:32] with production committee I'm really
[9:34] oversimplifying it but basically that's
[9:36] a bunch of different companies or people
[9:38] who give them money so they can start
[9:39] working on the anime in order to receive
[9:41] this money back multiply by a thousand
[9:43] not only from money goed from airing
[9:45] this anime but also from Toys figurines
[9:47] pretty much everything that people buy
[9:49] that is related to this anime on paper
[9:51] that does sound smart a lot of people
[9:52] throw in money so a studio can start
[9:54] working in the anime viewers are happy
[9:56] and the investors get their money back
[9:58] multiplied from their success however in
[10:00] reality as a result you got to deal with
[10:02] a bunch of investors demanding certain
[10:04] quality time of release and everything
[10:07] you once knew including yourself they
[10:09] mold you basically it can become a whole
[10:11] complicated mess since each of the
[10:13] investor can now influence production in
[10:16] some instances it can be avoided of
[10:18] course for example during production of
[10:19] chain so man mappa decided to cover the
[10:22] whole funding themselves however I'm not
[10:24] sure they're going to do it too often
[10:26] since it kind of backfired because even
[10:28] mapa executive admitted that even though
[10:30] chainsaw man made a lot of money they
[10:32] expected it to be a little bit more
[10:34] profitable in the end they went back to
[10:36] the usual system with production
[10:38] committee which again set in a realistic
[10:41] due date which again push animators to
[10:43] work beyond their limits and in overtime
[10:45] which is really really sad you know
[10:50] Joseph Stalin once said there are no
[10:53] Irreplaceable people and I feel like
[10:55] even though a lot of people are going to
[10:57] deny it I pretty sure they're all
[10:59] agreeing with him and I guess that is it
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