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Studio Culture In The Anime Industry – The Curious Story Of Free! And High Speed! – Sakuga Blog

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Fans and critics alike love to associate qualities and flaws to anime studios, but to which extent does that hold any water? Have companies managed to build an in-house style of their own, and do they want to do that in the first place? We’d like to address misconceptions in this regard while explaining the potential of studio culture in the anime industry, as illustrated by the very curious tale of one of the biggest anime series of recent times: Free!. For the longest time, the anime fandom has had a studio-centric view of the world of anime. It’s slowly changing as of late since it’s become easier for viewers with an interest in the inner workings of the industry to find out about the massive degree to which freelancing affects anime production, but I’m under no delusion that we’ll ever get to a point where anime fans will mainly look at key staff rather than the studio they’re momentarily attached to. As misguided as it is, that mindset does make a lot of sense; it’s much easier to

Fans and critics alike love to associate qualities and flaws to anime studios, but to which extent does that hold any water? Have companies managed to build an in-house style of their own, and do they want to do that in the first place? We’d like to address misconceptions in this regard while explaining the potential of studio culture in the anime industry, as illustrated by the very curious tale of one of the biggest anime series of recent times: Free! . For the longest time, the anime fandom has had a studio-centric view of the world of anime. It’s slowly changing as of late since it’s

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