Thanks for asking, yes i've got some contracts with a few studios that helps keep me afloat

Correct!

Also, while unions are great, i believe they are part of the reason why 2D western animation is mostly outsourced to south korea, and asia, as evil as that sounds, media companies operate this way due to the "expenses" of hiring swaths of local animators, which include dealing with unions

it's not good, everyone is constantly grinding and being overworked, but they want to do it or else someone else will take their cuts, it's the same thing with people working in the game dev industry, they trade in good working conditions for the chance to work at their dream job

Ip that they buy, trade, and consolidate like NFTs. ROI, customer acquisition costs, and production efficiency are not the name of the game in this kind of business, which is a kind of dangerous business to run in the first place, moving pictures themselves aren’t that profitable. (3/4)

Big media mergers, like Skydance, CN(AT&T), Discovery, are less about creativity and more about rich Hollywood executives consolidating IP. These companies aren’t “media companies”; they’re glorified IP and copyright holders. The creative staff on their projects barely matter to them (2/4)

I worked on Witch watch EP#18 as a key animator

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I participated as animation director (Sakkan) for the anime April Showers bring May flowers EP#3, Thank you for watching!

(Sadly went uncredited this time)

And although this company is just 1, this represents a greater shift in the industry, where more AI companies are starting to pop into the anime industry to try and make a profit, optimizing the production pipeline for companies and ultimately stealing jobs from Inbetweeners (Dougaman)

I was actually invited for one of the investor pitch meetings for this company when they were looking for funding, approximately 60k, they ended up getting funded from Japan i believe.

Ultimately i believe this technology will displace jobs and slowly destroy the livelihoods of animators in Asia

Pretty much, the success of Disney is what hurt diversity in animation so much during those decades, and created that perception amongst audiences that cartoons are just for kids, anime helped show audiences more diversity and now, alot of western animation has some inspiration from anime somewhere

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LOTR-War Of Rohirrim (It was codenamed as "DAYTON" for us)

Some of my Sakkan from Kanteshi that never ended up getting used, probably due to time constraints

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Thank you for your comment! i agree, artists will be the most affected, with commissions, character designs, BGs, etc

Companies that try to do this may feel like they're saving money in the short term, but eventually they'll realize people will lose trust in them as soon as they suspect ai usage

Yep that is true, but not the main bulk of the audiences for the big AI services like Kling AI, Pika and Mid journey, who are the main culprits behind fueling this exploitative industry

I got to participate in Kanteshi/ Even Given the Worthless "Appraiser" Class, I’m Actually the Strongest #12 as animation director for a few cuts

Thank you for the opportunity.

She made it herself, the Ushio special! #Clannad

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Breaking into anime is tough, i’ve been in it for 4 years and consistently get work. Many new animators struggle, so I made a simple guide packed with everything I’ve learned. If you’re serious about working in anime, this will save you time. you can find it here: cyrusrebello.gumroad.com/l/rkqdj

All of my Layout from RWBY Icequeendom EP11

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