AGP#145 – Working for the (Anime) Man with Matt Schley

Matt Schley from Otaku USA and The Japan Times joins Evan for a
discussion of some recent developments in labor practices in the
anime industry, particularly the Black Kigyo “Union” (more on
what that word means in this case in the podcast) and their
lawsuits to recoup wages for production assistants at Studio 4°C
and Trigger. Plus Violet Evergarden: The Movie and Metal Gear
Solid V: Ground Zeroes in the Queue segment! Topics include:
unions get the goods, nobody’s innocent in the anime industry,
and bourgeoisie yakitori.



Runtime: 1 hour, 23 minutes


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Show Notes

Opening/Ending Song: “Blues Machine” by Scott Gratton

Episode Edited by: Patrick Sutton

The Queue

Matt watched Violet Evergarden: The Movie, Kyoto
Animation’s comeback film. Read his review!

Evan is playing Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes.



The Discussion: Anime Industry Working Conditions

Name drops: Studio 4°C, Studio Trigger, Science Saru,
Studio Tear, Black Kigyo Union, Fragtime, Terumi Nishii,
Eunyoung Choi, JAniCA.

Tezuka’s impact on the cost of anime

Studio 4°C case

Trigger case

COVID stuff: list of show/films affected, Evan’s article,
voice acting impacts, delays in compositing.

Studio Tear filed for bankruptcy

Terumi Nishii on Netflix budgets

Poor accounting as part of the problem

Animator Dormitories short anime film funding



Twitter: Evan, Matt, Ani-Gamers

Mastodon: Evan

Matt writes for Otaku USA and The Japan Times.

Evan writes for Otaku USA Magazine and Anime News
Network.

Evan sometimes updates his side blog Anime Burger Time.