Problematic Anime Studio | History of MAPPA

[00:01] you want the job or not how's the pay

[00:04] not great but the hours are worse hello

[00:08] everyone today I want to rent a little

[00:10] bit about problems surrounding mappa

[00:12] Studios who in recent years were getting

[00:14] a lot of attention sometimes for the

[00:16] good reasons such as production on many

[00:19] popular animes and sometimes for bad

[00:21] reasons since for a lot of people this

[00:23] animated Studio became pretty much the

[00:25] worst example of the industry currently

[00:27] the studio got into his scandle because

[00:29] a lot of animators expressed their

[00:31] unhappiness with the way Studio treats

[00:33] its workers they aren't getting paid

[00:36] enough and not given enough time to

[00:37] finish the work meanwhile Studio gets a

[00:39] [ __ ] ton of money and Praises in social

[00:41] media and oh boy let me tell you mappa

[00:44] doesn't deserve any of the Praises

[00:46] definitely not after working conditions

[00:48] they made for their animators and

[00:50] apparently it was so bad a couple of

[00:52] them even had a meltdown on social media

[00:54] which we'll discuss today and try to

[00:56] figure out what led to all of that hope

[00:58] you enjoy so mappa Studios Japanese

[01:02] animated Studio that was founded 12

[01:04] years ago on June 14th for those who

[01:06] don't know by the way mapa is an acronym

[01:08] morama animation produce project

[01:10] association yes I know shocker right

[01:12] it's not just some random word

[01:14] established by Masa mama I hope I

[01:17] pronounce his name correctly co-founder

[01:18] of mad house by the way ever since being

[01:21] founded in 2011 Studio worked on many

[01:24] projects such as yurio nice zombie lens

[01:27] Saga dororo Attack on Titan God of high

[01:29] school juuk kaisen Vin Lans Saga

[01:31] chainsaw man and hell's paradise wait

[01:35] really they work on this crap you're

[01:36] right it's hers and it's [ __ ] a little

[01:40] bit about how Studio was founded I swear

[01:42] it's going to be important later

[01:44] basically back in day Masa maryama was

[01:46] working on the anime this corner of the

[01:48] world which basically due to financial

[01:51] difficulties was stuck in production

[01:52] Hill in order to somehow fix those

[01:54] troubles and get this movie going Mas

[01:57] establishes mppa and hopes to finally

[01:59] released this film however spoiler alert

[02:02] that didn't really help anime still was

[02:04] released only 5 years later still

[02:07] because of difficulties to raise funds

[02:09] unfortunately in 2016 Masa Mama resigned

[02:13] and Studio CEO became manabu otsuka who

[02:16] technically did fix the financial

[02:18] problem but not in the way that is best

[02:20] for his workers this guy is anti

[02:22] Charisma he is the exact opposite of Riz

[02:26] like this dude legitimately has less

[02:29] game than someone that is asleep because

[02:31] starting somewhere here studio will face

[02:33] multiple allegations after multiple

[02:36] allegations of not being able to paid

[02:38] enough to their workers or forcing them

[02:40] to work extra because of the obscenely

[02:42] stupid deadlines and not letting them to

[02:44] see their family yes this joke is pretty

[02:46] popular right now but as you know every

[02:48] joke has a little bit of Truth in it and

[02:51] now we cut to the present day and

[02:53] current boycott of mappa animators by

[02:55] the way little note I'm going to use the

[02:56] word boycott even though technically

[02:58] it's not always boycot because

[03:00] occasionally those protests are pretty

[03:02] quickly resolved but this is one of the

[03:04] few boycots that are actually impacting

[03:06] the viewers the last episode of anime

[03:08] Juju du kaisen that recently came out

[03:10] had some issue in it basically episode

[03:13] 17 of season 2 came out and caused a lot

[03:15] of controversy sure a lot of people said

[03:17] it's a masterpiece and a lot of people

[03:19] said it's ugly and it's not of been

[03:20] worth watching I'm here of course not

[03:22] going to voice my very important opinion

[03:25] that everybody wants to hear of course

[03:27] I'm just going to say that this episode

[03:28] cut my attention because the animators

[03:30] themselves said that this episode is

[03:32] going to be released unfinished so

[03:35] imagine faces of all the people who

[03:37] liked it who now know that it might have

[03:39] been even better especially when it's

[03:42] supposedly only 30% that made it to the

[03:44] final cut it could have looked so much

[03:47] better but apparently there was just no

[03:49] time because of the pouring schedule so

[03:52] basically animators who went on strike

[03:54] complained that the working conditions

[03:55] in studio are far from being good I

[03:58] can't work here for a penny under 65 I'm

[04:00] sorry the thing is that is not even the

[04:02] first time animators complain about

[04:05] their job and not only in Twitter but

[04:07] also in interviews yes last time was

[04:09] when mappa worked on project for Netflix

[04:12] when animators were paid only

[04:15] 3,800 Yen per cut that is

[04:19] $34 and keep in mind that people who

[04:21] complain are people who also works on

[04:24] the Cinematic Masterpiece we all love

[04:26] like people who should be cherished for

[04:29] making such amazing scenes now complain

[04:32] that they're forced to work over time

[04:33] and not getting paid enough for their

[04:34] work it's especially weird to hear

[04:36] considering budgets of most anime you

[04:39] watch are pretty much the same like

[04:41] occasionally their exceptions were

[04:42] they're a little bit bigger but mostly

[04:44] they're stay within the same field

[04:47] others Anime Studio don't seem to face

[04:49] such a huge backlash that is by the way

[04:51] statement from one punchman character

[04:53] design so I'm pretty sure he knows what

[04:55] he's talking about it is important to

[04:57] mention that not all animators are

[04:59] complaining some people are saying that

[05:01] the work in J kaisen has been like the

[05:02] best experience of their life but

[05:05] there's still a lot of irrefutable proof

[05:07] that a lot of people are unhappy on the

[05:10] other hand this is probably possibly due

[05:11] to animators working in groups so a lot

[05:14] of animators basically work on different

[05:15] parts of the anime and they kind of have

[05:18] different schedules and occasionally

[05:20] possibly even having different working

[05:22] conditions you know the [ __ ] was just

[05:24] business right still some of those

[05:26] situations from a side view look awful

[05:28] because for example director of the

[05:30] mentioned episode of juu kaisen pretty

[05:33] much had a meltdown on Twitter mostly

[05:35] blaming himself for how bad the episode

[05:37] was mapa of course occasionally does

[05:40] give him something in return you know to

[05:41] stop the complaints like for example

[05:43] when they started working in chainsaw

[05:45] man they had to build a whole different

[05:47] Studio to like cancel the allegations

[05:49] however despite opinions of many people

[05:52] protests aren't always effective for

[05:54] example after a group of animators that

[05:56] worked on the tack on Titan complain too

[05:58] much the the next group that was

[06:00] starting to work in juken season got

[06:03] updated contracts one of the new aspects

[06:05] of which basically prevented animators

[06:08] from ever complaining outside the studio

[06:10] nice logic right your animators are

[06:12] complaining that they aren't getting

[06:14] paid enough why do you cry what should

[06:16] you do fix those issues just force them

[06:19] not to speak about it so none of this

[06:20] will be leaked to the public it's just

[06:23] business the thing is what people don't

[06:24] realize about the animation it not only

[06:26] costs money but also time and talent the

[06:29] thing is because of that some scenes

[06:31] literally come out of out of the expense

[06:33] of some workers thing is we to kaisen

[06:36] especially that's kind of looks like

[06:38] what's happening because many animators

[06:40] stated that they're practically begged

[06:42] to give him not only time to relax but

[06:44] to actually finish the job because

[06:46] apparently many episodes have been made

[06:49] practically minutes before being aired I

[06:51] guess it is pointless to say that all

[06:53] their request were denied by production

[06:55] committee like always the issue is it's

[06:57] all could have been prevented the price

[06:59] CH Studio don't start working on anime

[07:01] out of nowhere they always not only

[07:03] schedule plan the due dates and stuff

[07:06] but also plan how many people are going

[07:07] to work on a certain anime in mappa they

[07:09] have about 300 animators and

[07:11] occasionally they work on several anime

[07:12] at the same time which is I guess

[07:14] another weird decision because for

[07:16] example the animators that work on

[07:18] Attack on Titan and animators that work

[07:20] on jjuu kaisen are two different

[07:21] animation teams so I'm not entirely sure

[07:24] how nobody saw those issues coming

[07:26] especially when something like this

[07:27] already appeared in m or maybe like

[07:30] always nobody cared

[07:33] because business as usual on top of that

[07:36] manabu Uka in in a recent interview

[07:38] explained that the reason why studio is

[07:40] working on so many anime at the same

[07:41] time is because they're planning to get

[07:44] a bigger name this way like the plan is

[07:47] to gain popularity by working on as any

[07:49] animation as possible and apparently

[07:52] complaining animators were not exactly

[07:54] part of this plan which explains the

[07:57] whole story with updated contracts

[07:59] however if you're wondering how things

[08:01] got that far well there might be two

[08:03] reasons that is money and money those

[08:07] issues even though sound pretty simple

[08:08] are actually a little more complex for

[08:10] example I can see when problems may

[08:12] appear when Studio decides to work on

[08:14] four anime at the same time this way

[08:16] while running for money and fame greedy

[08:19] Studio forgets that the animators are

[08:21] people too actually but I mean after all

[08:23] what's the problem I mean they're going

[08:25] to rent full a little bit just quit and

[08:28] we're going to hire new and Ator slick

[08:30] but the fame from animation stays oh

[08:33] yeah by the way about new animators in

[08:36] addition some animators complained that

[08:38] upon arriving into mappa for first time

[08:40] they haven't received proper training

[08:41] and pretty much just other people they

[08:43] worked with taught them how to do it all

[08:46] again I don't have an animation studio

[08:49] but I feel like that's not how it's

[08:50] supposed to be let me tell you something

[08:53] kid I made more [ __ ] money for these

[08:56] [ __ ] than you could make in a

[08:58] Million [ __ ] years actually one of

[09:01] the animators even also said that MAA

[09:03] pretty much is interested in pulling new

[09:05] ambitious young animators into the

[09:07] industry but upon arriving to the studio

[09:10] they have to face an incredibly stupid

[09:12] scheduling system not only killing their

[09:14] talent but also Ambitions in the process

[09:17] I mean it's not very good when animators

[09:19] decline the job as soon as they hear

[09:20] about scheduling right but also the

[09:23] issue is how Japanese industry of

[09:25] Animation even works basically when the

[09:27] animation studio needs a budget for

[09:29] certain anime or film or Etc they work

[09:32] with production committee I'm really

[09:34] oversimplifying it but basically that's

[09:36] a bunch of different companies or people

[09:38] who give them money so they can start

[09:39] working on the anime in order to receive

[09:41] this money back multiply by a thousand

[09:43] not only from money goed from airing

[09:45] this anime but also from Toys figurines

[09:47] pretty much everything that people buy

[09:49] that is related to this anime on paper

[09:51] that does sound smart a lot of people

[09:52] throw in money so a studio can start

[09:54] working in the anime viewers are happy

[09:56] and the investors get their money back

[09:58] 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

[11:01] for today tell me in the comments if you

[11:02] like this video and if you would like to

[11:04] see more content like this like

[11:07] subscribe see you