Genga Land

NOTE:   This is by no means a professional translation, this was done via machine translation. As such, not every meaning may be reproduced with 100% accuracy or flow well in terms of structure. I have included a link to where I found this for anyone proficient in Japanese can read and properly translate if they wish. If a proper translation is done one day, I will delete this post and provide links to the proper translation elsewhere.     I'm not going to be beaten by a man. The Flowers of the Anime World Living in the Age of Women A round-table discussion with 8 female animators. In recent years, there has been a remarkable increase in the number of female animators, such as "Madonna Senator" and "Working Girl”. So, we gathered all the shining female animators in the animation world and asked them to talk freely about their workplaces, jobs, marriage, and so on.   Masako Shinohara:   She is a veteran animator who has participated in almost all of Hayao Miyazak...

This is largely something I’m doing just to familiarise myself with the roles of anime production and the Japanese titles for each role, may not be 100% accurate for every work. Corrections/changes of definition (as a result of more acquired knowledge) may happen down the line. Roles are in no particular order:  Director - ( 監督,   kantoku)   Oversees the general production process for the series, OVA or film, may also do storyboards, screenplays/scenarios and on rare occasions, provide key animation. Most staff become directors by starting as storyboard or layout artists before making their way up to becoming an episode director and eventually, general director. Animators who advance to the point of becoming an animation director may also become directors. You do not need to be exceptionally good at drawing to be a director.  Episode Director  - (演出, enshutsu) Mostly applies to TV anime and OVAs but can exist in film as well as a credit for directing specific s...