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Veteran animator claims working on Pokémon anime pays less than working in a convenience store
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Casey Baseel
Jan 12, 2020 - Tweet
Disappearing anime studio resurfaces, still owes 8 million yen to unpaid workers
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Casey Baseel
Dec 16, 2019
And sadly, there’s a chance they may never get paid.
Even anime industry insiders say they’re unable to contact execs from vanished anime studio
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Casey Baseel
Dec 11, 2019
Production committee for Fragtime, studio’s most recent anime that’s playing in theaters right now, say their repeated attempts to communicate have yielded no response.
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An entire Tokyo anime company has apparently disappeared, leaving artists unpaid for their work
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Casey Baseel
Dec 10, 2019
Tear-jerking reports from multiple artists as studio, which produced a theatrical anime this year, erases its online presence.
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