Originally meant to be a video on Attack on Titan's creator Hajime Isayama, the constant fracturing of the final seasons of Attack on Titan made me spiral deep into a rabbit hole that I couldn't imagine - stretching all the way back to the 1940s and revealing the century old struggle that some of anime's greatest minds known to history (Hayao Miyazaki, Satoshi Kon, Isao Takahata, and others) fought in to attempt to make anime a better place to work.
These people failed, with catastrophic consequences. Miyazaki and Takahata went to go make Studio Ghibli in the fall out. And so, we look back. Why did they fail? How? Is there anything to do about it?
And why in the world does no one affected by the problem actually care?
It is frowned upon in Japan to ask for better working conditions, higher salary, and to actually use your paid holidays. Foreigners get away with it, but not Japanese.
Hopefully AI tools can help speed up the work, and allow for better working conditions, but chances are, the AI tools will either not be allowed, or the increased productivity will go directly to company profits.
If you’re Miyazaki you’ll find AI art technology inhuman and fire whoever recommends it lol
I'm sure his son is more open to technology.