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Anime, Game Industry Staff Check In After Osaka Earthquake
posted on by Lynzee Loveridge
An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale shook Osaka on Monday, causing damage throughout the area and killing at least four people and injuring scores more. The area is home to several animation and game studios and the Universal Studios Japan theme park. Animator Takuji Yoshimoto updated his status on Monday with pictures of the upheaval inside his work space. Yoshimoto wrote that he was taking a nap on the studio couch when nearby stacks of books and paper fell on top of his head.
スタジオの地震の影響こんな有様です。
— よしもと たくじ (@44_moto) June 18, 2018
鉄道も運休しているようで今日はスタジオは業務停止です。
スタジオのソファーで寝てましたが、書庫が落ちてきて頭直撃したけど、肘当てで間一髪難を逃れました。
さて片付けどこから手を付けよう・・・ pic.twitter.com/AxfDXB7mxo
ただ、ソファー周りからの脱出に時間が掛かって、下の会社の方が入り口の下駄箱が倒れてドアを塞いでたのを起こしてくれたようで感謝です!
— よしもと たくじ (@44_moto) June 18, 2018
締切がとスタッフが飛んできたけど、電車止まってるのに締切は気に先でもいいと言ったは良いが、机の上に置いてた動画がしわくちゃになってて方を落としてる。 pic.twitter.com/qgFUKx1Vpx
やばいところと導線確保して休憩コーナー行ったら力抜ける・・・。
— よしもと たくじ (@44_moto) June 18, 2018
突っ張り棒してたけど意味なし。これだけの重量物がシャッフルされると支えきれんか・・・。
4枚目の崩れた書庫の先に寝てた頭があったのです。
肘当て、守ってくれて有難う! pic.twitter.com/8ZjN7nPzwQ
Yoshimoto managed to work his way out of the studio to the outside where a crack is visible on the building's wall. The The Osaka Metro Midōsuji Line wasn't running so he headed out to lunch.
外に出たら壁が剥落してる。
— よしもと たくじ (@44_moto) June 18, 2018
内壁も大きなヒビが入ったけど剥離したか。
御堂筋線レール破損だそうです。電車通勤は来れないってことですね。大人しくお家にいましょう。
高速道路開通した模様。
気分転換と言うか現実逃避なランチプレート。 pic.twitter.com/oYb1VTXFQq
Hame development company White Owls is located in Osaka. Its founder Hidetaka Suehiro (also known as Swery or Swery65) checked in on Twitter to let fans know that he OK. Suehiro is developing the crowdfunded game The Good Life. He previously directed Deadly Premonition, Lord of Arcana, Lord of Apocalypse, and D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die.
The Universal Studios Japan park also suffered some small damage as a result of the quake. The park's ticket window's glass shattered near the entrance.
ユニバ。ガラス割れた pic.twitter.com/IxPddJb1dg
— モンブラン@スプラ垢 (@Oh20wSz) June 17, 2018
The park typically opens at 9 a.m. JST but staff delayed entry until 10:40 a.m. JST because of safety concerns. Park staff were also delayed because of the earthquake's affect on public on transit. Some rides were not operating when the park opened as available staff inspected each attraction to ensure it was operating correctly. Staff plan to open the park at the usual time on Tuesday.
Source: CBS News (CBS/AP), Yahoo! News Japan (Sankei Shimbun), Nico Nico News (BIGLOBE News), Cinema Today (梅山富美子) via Yara-on!, Hachima Kikō
