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Anime and Game Illustrator, Mutsumi Inomata, Passes Away at 63


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1 hour ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said:

Considering the relatively young ages that these Japanese anime/magna creatives are passing away, it probably reflects the intensive level of stress in that industry.

 

The weekly churn can be pretty brutal. Eiichiro Oda may be famous for One Piece, but his real claim to game should be his unnatural ability to keep it's weekly chapter pace with barely any breaks. A lot of my RSI in this bunch, a lot of sleepless nights. I'm pretty sure Oda still sometimes sleeps at his desk while working on One Piece. An average mangaka's schedule is working on storyboards over the weekend, followed by meeting with editors for tweaks on Monday before spending the rest of the week to work on rough drafts, lining, filling, and final pass sometime around Friday before starting all over again. If you're lucky, maybe you get some time off on Friday.

 

Mutsumi Inomata probably didn't work that crazy schedule, but she still did a lot and has been in the industry for decades. It'll be weird for be future Tales games to not feature her character designs.

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51 minutes ago, Paperclyp said:

Jeez! 

 

They were saying on the Nextlander pod how demanding and stressful a position like this is in Japan. 60s is much too young.

 

6 hours ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said:

Considering the relatively young ages that these Japanese anime/magna creatives are passing away, it probably reflects the intensive level of stress in that industry.

 

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