It is no secret among anime fans who highlight Wit Studio’s Herculean efforts previous seasons of the mega popular attack on Titan and sleeper hit Vinland saga has helped make each series a household name in the anime industry. While both shows have since been passed on MapAnd fans have growing concerns about whether animators in the industry working on such shows are overworked, George Wada, President, CEO and Producer at Wit, told me that his studio’s unusual collaboration continues Spy x family Helps prevent work bottlenecks.
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In conversation with my city At Anime Expo 2023, Wada announced that Wit Studio’s collaboration with fellow animation studio CloverWorks (the creators of Miracle Priority) to produce Spy x familyhis current favorite anime, is an unprecedented practice in the anime industry.
“Each studio has its own color and approach, so in most cases when multiple anime studios are collaborating on a single series, it’s very, very difficult,” Wada said my city
On the production side of Spy x family, Wada revealed that Wit and CloverWorks cut the workload in half in the episode. According to Wada, with this model, fans “can see all the good parts of Wit and CloverWorks merging together to create something.” Spy x family” while delivering new seasons of the show at a pace that meets fan expectations.
Why Wit isn’t working on it attack on Titan And Vinland saga more
As mentionedJoke is no longer animating attack on Titan or Vinland saga. Instead, the latest seasons of both animes are produced by Studio Mappa. When I asked what led to Wit passing the baton twice to Mappa, Wada replied said it’s because he oversees those shows did not work with the production cycle of Wit.
“There was a schedule set by the manga side that was, ‘Can you air it on this date and that?’ but it just didn’t fit the studio. “We can’t really do anything with this schedule because the fans want to see the show sooner rather than later,” Wada said. “On the other hand, Spy x family is built with CloverWork so we can get it to you faster.”
Wada’s comment on the actuality of Spy x familyIt’s important to note the production cycle as fans have previously lamented it It took wit Four years until the release of the second season of attack on Titan.
When asked what Wit does to prevent his staff from having to work hard to finish an anime series, Wada replied that the first thing Wit does is get a good budget for an anime project , so it can ensure its employees are “reasonably paid.”
“We hire the creators as employees so we can give them a salary,” Wada said, adding that Wit plans to create a “tag team” of employee creators and freelancers to help create “great anime.” to help.
To improve working conditions in the anime industry, Wada suggests studios make each creator a full-time employee so they can fight for a more reasonable solution during the negotiation process Time schedule to ensure that all creatives can have good working conditions with decent pay and “not too much downtime”.
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Wada believes that family-oriented series will be the new wave in anime
When asked if he likes the increasing popularity of family-oriented shows Spy x family And Ranking of Kings Wada said that this is indicative of a new anime trend away from fighting anime featuring power fantasy characters, to state that It’s good to have more shows that casual fans can enjoy, especially if they don’t enjoy battle anime.
“You had yours Demon Hunteryou had your attack on Titanbut now there is a feeling that a new wave of anime genres is coming our way. Now this anime is becoming more and more important [even] “More fans, there will be a lot more casual viewers than the hardcore viewers,” Wada said. “It’s nice to have shows that people can watch together and have fun. That might be why shows are like this Spy x family And Ranking of Kings [are] rising in popularity there.”
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