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It has been clearly recalled that on January 8, 1989, the 23-year-old himself rented the TV in the flat in Toyama Prefecture to watch the announcement of the first day of the report. At that time, when Luanchuan found the dream of life and the goal of struggle, he decided to drop out of college and ran to change to an animation school. According to him, the entire Japanese society is not like the atmosphere of today, everywhere, filled with gloomy and depressed. .
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堀川宪司. P.A.WORKS Chairman, worked for “Production I.G” of “Dragon’s Son Production”. In 2000, Suichuan established the Yuezhong Animation Shop (now P.A.WORKS) in Nanxun City, Toyama Prefecture. In the capacity of producer, he led the creation of a series of women in the workplace, such as “Flower Eyre Bo” and “White Box”. Planned and participated in the dramas such as “A Flower of the Flower in the Eyes of the Flower – A Flower of the Agreement”. .
堀 志 堀 一 一To be honest, the original working environment was a little worse than it is now. At that time, Suichuan often couldn’t return home. It was almost common for the company to stay in the company for many nights. The young people who were eager to look at it all took it for granted. They insisted on hard work without complaint. Even if he faced more troubles and hardships, he never thought about retreating, and he thought he would do well in the animation company. However, nowadays I want to come, the reason why I can stop the water, most of the reason is that the news transmission channel was blocked in the past year, so that it was sitting in the sky and looking at the status quo. .
There was no such thing as “black heart (industry)”, and the whole industry was not directly involved in the collapse of the bubble economy (Heisei 3 years). Therefore, for the young Suichuan, the eyesight is fresh. Checking the completion of the animation once a week gives him an incomparable experience. It can be said that every day is full of excitement. .
In 2000, Suichuan returned to Fushan County and established the predecessor of P.A.WORKS – “Vietnamese Animation Shop”. Luanchuan explained that before entering the business, the relatives and friends around him did not talk to him less, and the animation was not reliable. Therefore, he promised that the future father-in-law would be married to his wife in the second week after taking office, on the condition that “when the child was in elementary school, he must return to Fushan”. Therefore, many years later, Luanchuan returned to Toyama, only to fulfill the promises before marriage. Going back to the hometown of Suichuan, I still only want to do animation. To this end, I took the lead in creating an animation production company. .
President Sakagawa did not foresee the risks involved in setting up an animation company in the local prefectures and cities. However, due to the turn of the century, the digital wave industry has flourished, making its keen nerves feel even when it is in the place. Have the conditions to start a business. .
At the beginning of the establishment of the society, P.A.WORKS was directly outsourced (below) business, and it was only in 2008 that it finally became a Yuan. According to the president, the plan named “ANIMERUNNER” on the PA website was gradually awakened by the president of the industry, such as the supervision of Kamiyama Kenji, the teacher of Inoue Jun, and the president of Ishikawa. The conscious of the operator. Previously, the company continued to make a request for about 8 years, and Zeng Chuan once thought that it was difficult for the company to get rid of the “physical constitution.” However, once the opportunity of Yuan’s invitation came to the forefront, President Shigawa immediately realized that relying on his own independent creation of the brand of the work, after passing the village, he did not know where the next store was. Therefore, he led the PA and decided decisively. A crucial step in history. .
Since the launch of the first original “true tears”, P.A.WORKS has gradually established an original style based on original animation. When asked, when the project was filed, whether it was intended to serve the audience, the president took the opportunity to ridicule, saying that his proposal was always criticized by everyone for being “Showa.” Fortunately, the “April of the Flower”, which was launched this year, has finally evolved into a situation in which the generation of the team was formed by the Heisei generation and the end of the Showa era. President Shigawa also revealed that he learned from his conversation with his younger generation of staff that the group had also listed a member as a watershed for “performing weekly breaks” and another member of the community, marking “to enter the loose Generations.”
Although President Shigawa does not think that according to the criteria subdivided in this era, what kind of essential difference will be formed between the quality of personnel, but with a little thought, you can imagine that the school door of “weekly two days” will come to the whole year. Regardless of the work in the animation industry on Saturday and Sunday, it will definitely make the younger generation experience all kinds of incompatibility. How to get through the acclimatization period after graduation is also a severe test in front of today’s young people. .
When the time node entered 2016, the pressure of rising rents in Japan became a headache that plagued major production companies. Recalling that period, President Sakagawa analyzed and introspected. There was a paralysis caused by his own long-awaited “take for granted” in the industry, and there was also a conflict between the general knowledge of society and the common sense of the industry. For example, although the company’s economic situation was not plentiful, it was tightened in the belts, providing convenience for the employees and bus transfers. However, standing on the stand of the members, only when these treatments are “taken for granted from the beginning”, they will even seek more. Coupled with the gap between the industry and ordinary companies, it has increased the dissatisfaction of employees. .
During that period, a lot of things happened, and there was a big change in the society. Some members of the community began to spontaneously think about the interests of the company because of the sense of crisis. Prior to that, although special meetings for newcomers were also arranged, because of the implementation of the piece-rate contracting system, experienced painters scored their own time to take care of the progress of the newcomers anyway. It was only in February and February of the same year that after the completion of the reform of the entire membership, these people finally jumped out of the embarrassment of the original advanced retreat. Moreover, since then, more and more old employees have taken the initiative to take up the task of training members, starting every evening, and taking turns to coach new people one after another. .
Subsequently, many new employees who painted animations were upgraded to original paintings after passing the original painting examination. Of course, the loss is very heavy because of the original production budget and the desire to maintain the management of the members. However, President Shigawa is well aware of the far-reaching significance of “ten years of educating people” in local counties and cities where liquidity is not dominant. Fortunately, the positive response of the in-house animators at that time gave the president the courage to calm down and recognize the overall situation and plan the specific steps and details of the reform. .
The pain of the transition period has spread to the whole industry. President Sakagawa also noticed the sorrowful indignation of the SNS, which was full of tears and tears. For a time, the “end of the industry” was pushed into a popular vocabulary. However, the president is hereby pleading that you should not look at the existing contradictions in a partial way, because there are still many animators whose monthly income is 4 to 500,000 yen. .
At least, the fact that President Sakagawa saw was that the high-income talents with excellent strength in the industry and the general practitioners with skill levels showed a polarization of salary compensation. What the production company can do is to try to let the newcomers in the industry see the scenes of senior animators over 50 years old to eliminate their much unease about future career planning. The president believes that he can effectively find a way to solve the drawbacks of the industry. Although he did not dare to boast about the industry as a whole, he was completely confident in the internal management of P.A..
The frequently criticized crux is focused on raising the unit price, making budgets, ensuring adequate schedules, and raising new talents. And the above problems are entangled and intertwined, and they are mutually causal and cannot be solved separately. Therefore, the company must face all the staff inside, and all the problems, as well as the internal logic of each other, are clearly listed and comprehensively considered to improve the countermeasures. In this way, when one of them is properly handled, the remaining problems will be solved. This matter must be done in the long run, and it is inseparable from the coordinated cooperation of all employees. President Sakagawa also realized that this law may make it difficult for individual animators who are independent. As the saying goes, there is a place to have it. This part of the animator can look for a new platform suitable for the release of his own personality. .
President Sakagawa’s wish is to be able to see a word on TV every week, a TV series animation produced by the family and embolded by all the staff. Moreover, the president wants to extend the life of each “player” as much as possible. To this end, it is necessary to carry out reforms in an organized and planned manner. Success or failure will appear in three years.
At that time, the newly reformed P.A.WORKS will be equipped with eight teams in the three aspects of painting, painting supervision and performance, and work together. According to the number of 5 words per year of production, 8 shifts were rotated, for a total of 40 words. The operation of the project is more complicated, and the content of each CUT is not the same. Therefore, when the actual operation is implemented, the schedule will be randomly adjusted. President Sakagawa pointed out that under the premise of strengthening internal productivity, all aspects will continue to improve and usher in a turning point. At the same time, the president requested that the creative and production departments work together to develop and implement a reasonable and stable production schedule. The old staff of the painting department must support and teach new people. The members of each team must work together to make unremitting efforts to achieve common goals. .
Just as the kanban animation “White Box” of P.A.WORKS is finally finished, what Xiaokui said is to make a work that “illuminates the future of mankind”. To this end, President Shigawa intends to continue to convey to the outside world the information on the transformation of P.A..
In the last year of the Heisei era, P.A., like the name of the “Progressive Animation WORKS”, made a big step forward in advancing reform. President Shigawa said that in the first three years, the whole society will be used to adjust the position and stand on the starting line. The president’s ideal is to further demonstrate the unique characteristics of his company on the basis of the open social system. I hope that the grief of the industry will be turned into a positive and strong forward call sign at the end of the year. .
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18th November issue “NewType”