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Sep 27, 2023 · In an interview for ASCII, managing director of Studio Trigger, Kazuya Masumoto, shares insights on the recent situation of Japan’s anime industry, changes brought upon by the pandemic and concerns for the future of the industry. Studio Trigger, often regarded as the successor to Gainax, is the Japanese animation studio behind titles such as ...
Masumoto, Kazuya. Masumoto is a graduate student of Yoyogi Animation School Fukuoka. He started his career as an individual episode director for numerous shows and eventually joined studio Gainax in 2006, working on multiple anime titles there.
舛本 和也. Family name (in kanji): 舛本. Given name (in kanji): 和也. Web Diary / Blog: 舛本和也 (@kenji2413) | Twitter (Japanese) News: New York's Genericon to Host Trigger's Kazuya Masumoto, Masahiko...
- If you want to understand the biz, you have to follow the animation runners. If you want a true overview of how anime is created from end to end, says Masumoto, your best bet isn’t to track a director, animator or writer – it’s to pay attention to animation runners.
- The life of a runner is tough… Aside from the already-difficult work of actually coordinating an episode of anime, runners are also in charge of tasks like
- but fun! One of the reasons Masumoto wrote the book in the first place was to counter a lot of the negativity on the internet about how much it sucks to work in the anime industry.
- And more people want in than ever before. All the negativity about the industry doesn’t seem to be affecting recent college graduates, who are applying to anime studios in far higher numbers than when Masumoto joined the industry 14 years ago.
Oct 31, 2023 · Studio TRIGGER Executive, Kazuya Masumoto, discusses the problems that are currently facing the anime industry. By Evan Valentine - October 31, 2023 12:27 pm EDT.
- Evan Valentine
MASUMOTO Kazuya. Executive staff and managing director of TRIGGER. Born in Yamaguchi prefecture in 1976, MASUMOTO is a graduate of Yoyogi Animation School Fukuoka. Starting his career as a production assistant, he participated in numerous titles such as Digimon, Zatch Bell!, Ojamajo Doremi, Popolocrois Story, Hamtaro, and Hajime no Ippo.
Kazuya Masumoto. Producer. Additional Crew. Production Manager. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Kazuya Masumoto is known for Promare (2019), Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo (2012) and KILL la KILL (2013). Add photos, demo reels. Add to list. More at IMDbPro. Contact info. Agent info. Known for: Promare. 7.0. Producer. 2019.
