In the midst of the broadcast of the long-awaited second season of " Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation ", a complaint of non-payment by the Chinese-born animator, "麦粒太太Ver (@mailitaitai"), has generated controversy and concern among fans of the series.
Through a post on his Twitter account, the animator expressed his dissatisfaction and denounced that he was not paid for his work on the second episode of the sequel. According to his report, a production manager informed him that the section of the episode he was in charge of would not be used in the final version, which would imply that he would not be credited in the credits and, therefore, would not receive his remuneration. However, in the end the section did appear in the second episode of the second season of " Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation ".
To back up its claim, “麦粒太太Ver” included a video showing the specific section it had animated. However, shortly after, she decided to delete her post. In a subsequent update, the animator claimed that the matter had been "resolved" and that he had been contacted by the animation producer, who eventually agreed to hand over his salary.
This apparent solution generated an intense debate in the comment forums and social networks. Fans of the series are convinced that the animator was paid solely because of the complaint made on Twitter, which has raised concerns about Studio Bind's production management.
This incident adds to the growing criticism about the quality of the second season of "Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation." Some fans express their discontent and believe that the new installment does not reach the level of the first season, which has led to speculation about possible problems within the animation studio , as shown by the following comments:
- « Last tweet confirms that it was resolved peacefully, the person is receiving his payment. They also mentioned that it had nothing to do with Studio Bind and was more to do with production in general. There was probably some miscommunication between the staff, maybe some personal feud, who knows. Episode 2 probably had the most eventful production ."
- « In the tweet that has since been deleted, the person mentions that the production assistant (PA) was the reason for this. The production assistant (PA) is like a go-between between the anime studio/director and the animators, but this PA might not be from Studio Bind's staff, but from another studio Bind made a deal with. So this animator is at one end of the situation and Studio Bind is at the other, and the problem probably lay in the middle, in communication ."
- People here are acting like this is okay just because the animator finally got paid, ignoring the fact that it's ridiculous that animators only get paid if their work is used. How is the production being carried out so that the animators receive commissions that might not end up in the final version? Why should they get paid just because someone arbitrarily decided not to use their work in the final product? Regardless of whether this is standard industry practice or something specific to how Studio Bind handles things, it seems pretty exploitative towards their workers in my opinion ."
- « When the characters are far from the camera's point of view, their faces (especially their eyes) look very poorly drawn. The first season (in the same distance circumstances) looked much better in this aspect ».
- « The round eyes of characters like Rudeus and Sara appear disproportionately small in relation to the size of their face. (I understand that manga and light novel art will always have a cleaner look, but I think the smaller size of the eyes is an easily correctable design choice) » .
- " In many scenes, the characters are uncomfortably still, or have their eyes closed for an awkward amount of time ."
- " When the characters turn their heads, it's a bit choppy (you can almost count the frames they've spent animating it) ."
- « The truth is that I did not like the subject at all, but it seems to me that it is something that has crossed the minds of more people than me. No hate of course and I'm open to discussion! ».
- " Episode 2 was so bad, and I thought episode 0 was okay and episode 1 was pretty good, it's like they already completely gave a shit about episode 2, though, and now they just want to hurry up and get it over with ASAP. "
Source: Yaraon !
