TERUMI NISHII & MASOU UEDA DISCUSS THE STRUGGLE OF ANIMATOR UNIONIZATION

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Published on February 17, 2022 12:13:35 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WocEcYARxUI

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The world loves anime, but conditions are terrible for many anime creators. This video explains the difficulty of unionizing

Masou Ueda is a veteran of the industry: he has worked at Sunrise and Aniplex, serving as president and CEO of the latter’s subsidiary studio A-1 Pictures. He and Terumi Nishii, whose credits include Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable, suggest six reasons why anime artists remain underpaid and unorganized:

Source: https://www.cartoonbrew.com/artist-rights/why-the-anime-industry-lacks-unions-and-how-that-could-change-a-veteran-producer-speaks-212042.html