The thoughts, reviews and analysis of Comedy, Romance, Drama and Slice of Life Anime of a College Student
It is that time of year again, it’s time to share my 12 anime moments for this year, a tradition I do every year. Since I am busy with work, I decide to do it in one shot.
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Earlier this year, I have focused on how being an animator is tough given the poor working conditions, salary and being overworked in general. However, I have not covered the other aspect of anime production, voice acting. As seen with Shizuka in Shirobako having extreme difficulty in landing in a role, there are a good number of people who want to become a voice actor or rather, a seiyuu (声優), but they do not realize how difficult it is to gain a role.
Like I did with my analysis on how much animators make, I will focus on some of the basic aspects in regards to how people become voice actors, how much they are paid, how roles are determined and issues they face.
[Read more…] about The Dark Side Behind the Glamor or Why Being a Voice Actor in Japan is Difficult
Since its airing, Shirobako gave a good glimpse of the Anime Industry on how it works and the issues surrounding it with some that are interesting to discuss about. Now, I am going to take a look at the last aspect, should you chase your passion or pursue a career that pays well?
Sure, the other four girls (Aoi, Ema, Misa and Midori) had an easier time getting their foot in their door, but there is one girl who had an extremely difficult time and her name is Sakaki Shizuka. The difficulties she faced comes at no surprise considering that the voice acting industry is very competitive and there are only so many roles to go around at a given time. Was it worth it at the end to pursue such a career? Could she have done things differently?
[Read more…] about Life Lessons – Relating with Shizuka’s Difficulties – Should you Chase a Passion?
After PA Works finish producing a failure known as Glasslip, they have to come up with something that no studio has done before to make up for it. With that, they decided to make a show about anime production called Shirobako （白箱, lit white box), which focus on five girls trying to make it in an industry that is hard to get into.
[Read more…] about Shirobako – Final Review
At last, Musani is almost at the finish line. Can they get the finished product to all the TV stations on time?
[Read more…] about Shirobako – Episode 24 (END) – Crossing the Finish Line and Looking towards the Future
It took awhile, but Shizuka finally did it…
Also, this is the last Anime Weekly post for this season and I will be doing final impressions next week.
[Read more…] about Weekly Anime Impressions – Winter 2015 – Week 11 – Dog Days Double Dash and Shirobako
We are heading to the home stretch with only two more weeks until most of the winter shows concludes.
This week has been bad (not only traffic noticeably dropped in the past few days, but also in real life) as the Job Search appears more difficult than I thought. While it’s easy to relate to Shizuka for the fact that she still haven’t received a voice acting role and got rejected many times, she hasn’t given up. I shouldn’t let this setback bother me too much considering that others have it a lot worse. Eventually, it will come.
Now that I vented my disappointment out, it’s time to focus on this week’s Anime impressions…
[Read more…] about Weekly Anime Impressions – Winter 2015 – Week 9 – Shirobako and Dog Days Double Dash
February has finally come to a quick end and winter is almost over. We are finally at the home stretch now!
If you didn’t know, today is Maekawa Miku’s birthday, which lands on “Cat Day” in Japan since two in Japanese almost sound like a cat when said consecutively. Yep, I just learned something new…
[Read more…] about Weekly Anime Impressions – Winter 2015 – Week 7 – Shirobako and Dog Days Double Dash
