<div dir="auto">Yesterday, there was an interesting symposium on collaborations between Japan and SE Asian filmmakers, with Eric Khoo, Brilliante Mendoza and Garin Nugraho. It was quite the all-star lineup. The SE Asian filmmakers all commented on the persnickety attention to details and planning in Japanese crews. They either implied or directly drew a contrast between ultra-low budget, chaotic production styles in SE Asia in contrast to the careful, professionalized, and probably rich Japanese situation. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Actually, the poor working conditions are becoming a hot topic of discussion in Japan. Here is a nice English article in Vox about the anime situation: </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div></div><div><a href="https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/7/2/20677237/anime-industry-japan-artists-pay-labor-abuse-neon-genesis-evangelion-netflix">https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/7/2/20677237/anime-industry-japan-artists-pay-labor-abuse-neon-genesis-evangelion-netflix</a></div><br></div><div dir="auto">Even better, our own Diane has a detailed look in Feminist Media Studies: </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div class="highwire-cite-title" id="page-title" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:1.7em;font-weight:700;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.25;color:rgb(51,153,153)" dir="auto"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:italic;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit">Shiage</span> and Women's Flexible Labor in the Japanese Animation Industry</div><div class="highwire-cite-authors" style="margin:5px 0px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:0.82rem;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.25" dir="auto"><span class="highwire-citation-authors" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:inherit;font-size:1.2rem;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit"><span class="highwire-citation-author first" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:transparent;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;white-space:nowrap">Diane Wei Lewis</span></span></div><div class="highwire-cite-metadata" style="margin:5px 0px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.25" dir="auto"><span class="highwire-cite-metadata-journal-title highwire-cite-metadata" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:italic;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit">Feminist Media Histories</span>,  </span><span class="highwire-cite-metadata-volume highwire-cite-metadata" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit">Vol. 4  </span><span class="highwire-cite-metadata-issue highwire-cite-metadata" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit">No. 1,  </span><span class="highwire-cite-metadata-date highwire-cite-metadata" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit">Winter 2018; </span><span class="highwire-cite-metadata-pages highwire-cite-metadata" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit">(pp. 115-141)</span></div></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><a href="https://fmh.ucpress.edu/content/4/1/115">https://fmh.ucpress.edu/content/4/1/115</a></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">In a related vein in the feature film world, Fukada Koji has been regularly writing about power harassment and sexual harassment in his Twitter feed. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Me.too does come up here and there, but not nearly as much as you’d think....</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div d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