So, /a/, I want to discuss cases of baka gaijin making into the anime industry. Do you know of any?
Are there authors or even directors who made it there?
Okay....
As far as I know the only gaijin in japan that produces anything would be Shindol.
>>137517498
Publish your anime under a pen name, so people don't know you're gaijin.
Aren't there some foreigners that make manga? I think there was a Brazilian that did.
>>137518796
manga*
>>137517498
You best be learning nip and making connections to the upper management of anime cons.
Don't even try if you don't have any semblance of published works.
>>137517498
Realistically there is nothing stopping you, you just need to learn:
- Japanese
- How to draw
- How to write a decent story
>>137518931
>How to write a decent story
>>137518810
You mean the one from NGNL?
His parents are both Japanese and he was raised in Japan since a child.
Even then he went through ijime.
>>137517498
You'd think there'd be a market for English pronunciation teachers for VAs.
>>137517498
Bahi comes to mind, he's an animator though.
Step 1: be Korean
>>137518884
>>137518931
Sugoi advice, omaetachi, any living examples of such tactics giving fruit?
>>137519548
That would be good on my ears.
>>137519558
Yes, Bahi is the only one that came to mind, even so his roles are pretty minor out there, being delegated scenes, not creating stuff.
>>137519601
Bahi's still quite young, and he had a pretty big professional debut animating the episode climax in Apollon. He was given some pretty big work in Space Dandy too.
>>137519674
>some pretty big work in Space Dandy
Nope. It was really small stuff.
>>137520350
His animation in the first and last episodes were pretty significant, especially the former. It was a pretty long and bombastic sequence.
There is that Swedish woman who has a published 4koma journal comic.
>>137517498
There some gaijin animator on Satelight if I recall correctly. I think he's under Macross Delta.
>>137520512
Thomas Romain? He's more of a background art designer
It's kinda weird how studios over there have never tried to lure over more foreign key animators, since lots of them are upset over 2d animation being dead in the west.
>>137517498
A lot of doujin and manga artists don't even show their faces or real names, i don't see why a gaijin couldn't do the same
>>137517498
If you count in projects where European broadcasting networks ordered stuff from Nippon Animation, then yes.
>>137520646
Many western animators do storyboards or CGI animation, there's little incentive to move to a foreign country for less pay all just to be able to do 2D animation.
>>137517498
hai guys, whats going on here?
>>137517498
HIMEKA? Though her career was mismanaged and she was forced to leave Japan when her visa expired.
>>137520732
Nah, commissioned work (like Afro Samurai, Gotham Knight, Animatrix, Interstella 5555) or co-productions (like Sherlock Hound) doesn't count, because the other countries basically are paying to produce it, it's not a matter of "outside talent" being used.
>>137519601
>any living examples of such tactics giving fruit?
Not directly relevant, but Danny Choo took someone under his wing who previously had zero programming knowledge iirc.
He gave the guy a week to learn stuffs and to prove himself worthy of investment, and the guy did just that.
In order to prove to your potential sponsors that you are worthy of their investment, you need to have your work published first and/or give them a draft in nip.
It's theoretically simple, but requires insane amount of effort.
>>137520934
Is Seton Doubutsuki: Kuma no Ko Jacky good enough for you?
>>137521037
Isn't Danny Choo gaijin himself?
From how you put it, the barrier seems to be almost purely linguistic, not due to the market being too closed/restrict.
Could it be content creators are this uninterested in getting to Nippon?
Also, we have tunneled vision because we live immersed in otaku culture daily, but perhaps it's not even such a big fish to start with, thus the lack of interest.
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>>137521080
>long dead guy
Nah, this is more like someone picking Sherlock Holmes or Snowhite and making anime about it.
>>137520761
It probably has more to do with the sweatshop conditions many animators are stuck in over there.
>>137517498
So far I only know of a Background Animator from, I think, Satelight?
Think it was Satelight with Symphogear, AKB and stuff.
>>137521955
Ye, he's a gaijin, but he mastered nipspeak decades ago and has been featured occasionally in nip TV for years.
Now he has his own show in nip cable or something.
I suppose the only problematic barrier is linguistic as you said, but this barrier is hard to surpass, as in fucking hard.
Nips are awfully risk averse and proud of their own language. They would never consider publishing the works of some young startup guy who can only write webnovels in English no matter how good of a following he has.
Either you need to establish your name in physical novel format first -and obviously had good sales-, or present your draft to the editors in nip -or take an attempt at their webnovel market-.
Writing stuffs in your own language is already brain draining, writing in nip is doubly so, if not more. Not to mention you need to adjust stuffs you wrote to suit nip tastes.
For the rest of the world with sane mind, it's not a good enough endeavor to justify their effort.
For us weebs, the prospect is tempting, but it would drain most of your lifetime, and that aspect scares most people.
If this guy managed, so can you.
Now for a better example there's DaHootch, but his parents are japanese so that likely made things easier. He's still american though.
>>137523135
Ah, that's some good insight, makes sense.
When I think foreigners, though, I generally don't think USA, because they're mostly comfortable being already at the top of the industry and speaking the most useful language.
But if you think back on Hollywood's golden times, many, MANY talented Europeans were brought to the American film industry, and still are nowadays - Russia, Germany, France, Poland, even a few British directors.
So you'd think professionals from these countries, with more on their portfolio regarding migration towards opportunity and dealing with linguistic barriers, would have had some shots at the Nip industry.
I for one don't see language as much of a barrier, I've taken Japanese now and it's my 5th language, although it's probably the hardest I've taken so far.
>>137523416
Kek.
Just be Ken-sama.
>>137520802
Get out of here Marty. You're better than this place. You have the power to reach out and take your Nippon throne and waifu legions.
>>137523416
wait was this real and nonironic? I always figured it was wrapped up in 5 different levels of parody.
Former fansubber.
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>>137523586
I'm more of a David-kun myself.
>>137524281
Ohh, the guy from Cthuko who helped QCing Shirobako, makes perfect sense that he's a PA.
Monty Oum
>>137517498
There are plenty of foreigners who are working in Japan at animation companies. I follow a few on Twitter.
>>137517498
Michael Arias.
>>137524290
Do you love Evangelion though? I bet you can't dance that well either, faker.
>>137524216
Yes, real, nonironic, and actually published in Japan.
>>137524290
I still feel so bad for him. He was a sperg, sure, but still.
>>137517498
Hay guys wats goin on in this thread?
>>137520479
There's a semi-animated version of it on ensoku with english subs.
Found this guy here too,
Felipe Smith - Peepo Choo.
shindol is a russian qt
It requires too much work for too little reward, which is why westerners wouldn't do it even if they could.
>>137529279
Elaborate.
>>137517498
Animators are low payed slaves, why would you want to go there as a freaking gaijin
Peter Barakan went as a DJ and got a japanesse wife and everything.
>>137527252
what the fuck is that monstrosity?
>>137530337
Hey, at least I didn't post a picture of the guy itself.
>>137527252
Isn't Peepo Choo the name of those comics in which the frog shits on wojak?
