Forum - View topicINTEREST: Wake Up, Girls! Director Yamakan Explains Financial Troubles Behind Anime's Production
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DirtyCircle
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For those who love drama, we present you the catty ongoing saga of WAKE UP! GIRLS production.
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Megiddo
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Well, at least 3 of the 7 seiyuu have gone on to have successful careers post-WUG.
I do wish WUG ended up better than it did, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't enjoy most of the material, even with the obvious handicapped budget and staffing issues. |
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omoikane
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If anyone is interested in another translation (less of a paraphrase than this article) you can find it here.
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Ermat_46
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Might've explained why Ulyses looked like shit and poorly directed. |
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Chrono1000
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The rant against Millepensee seems petty though I guess Yamakan has plenty of free time to explain how everyone else messed up. While Yamakan can now say anything he wants about the anime industry he seems to carry a lot of grudges which makes him an unreliable narrator. While I am skeptical about his version of the story given how entertaining it is Yamakan could become an author.
animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2017-10-11/yamakan-lashes-out-at-wake-up-girls-cast-on-twitter/.122497 |
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Sakura Shinguji
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Props for coming up with a more polite way to describe Yamakan than I could have. The old truism about "there's always one side, the other side, and the truth" can't simply be set aside, but there's just too much of a history for me to feel like Yamakan's version carries much, if any, weight. "Persecution complex" as Shiraishi says, is putting it very mildly. |
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zunderdog24
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So sad. (-_-, )
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MCAL
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Pretty impressive of Yanakan to get an interview to himself and still comes out looking awful.
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RegSuzaku
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I feel like this kind of thing probably goes on behind the scenes for a lot of anime.
There was an Answerman column once in the past couple of years that addressed the idea of badly animated shows being "low budget", and it basically said that no, all anime get the same budget, so... what then? If there's a show that doesn't look great, it must be because the animators are just bad at what they do? What about when there are two shows from the same studio that are vastly different in quality? Same directors, even... A lot of other fans of "otome"-targeted/ikemen/bishounen anime have said that certain studios clearly do put those shows at a lower priority than bishoujo and shonen-targeted things. I hate that that happens, and I hate that audiences see bad animation and assume the story must be bad, and that fans must be stupid for liking it. Which is what everyone says about bishounen anime. So, yeah, like... if Show A and Show B have the same stated production cost, that does not mean that they're starting on equal ground. All sorts of other things go on. This Yamakan guy might have gotten that treatment because he was a pain to work with, which is a fair reason, but behind-the-scenes drama can happen for unfair reasons, too. |
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dark_bozu
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There's great post on Sakugablog that describes the horrible situation with Marchen Madchen production and I think the disscussed problems there could be applied to almost every "bad looking/animated" anime. So yeah, budget usually means almost nothing - everything is tied to management/personnel and if it's great, than studios usually finish their work even before broadcast starts (like, ssss gridman, mob psycho 2) |
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Chrono1000
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dark_bozu
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This is obviously a conclusion, not a reason of bad quality. This article points huge amount of reasons, e.g. bad management and planning, which leads to abysmal working conditions. Also, the rates aren't tied to anime's budget. I mean, every studio has different environment and wage rates for animators and other staff. So yeah, budget of TV is almost the same in every situation and everything is tied to the staff and management. E.g., one punch man 1 was great not because of insane budget, but because director was able to gather an excellent team. |
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