A document purporting to be the internal performance review of animators working at notable studio Bones (FMA, Scrapped Princess, RahXephon) has surfaced, and the callow, if not vicious, statements in it are sure spell a PR calamity should there prove to be so much as a grain of truth to them, and that is without taking into account the egregious leak of the personal information of hundreds of animators, as their full names, addresses, work details, etc, are also present. On to the excerpts.
There are many examples:
“War criminal.” (comes up several times)
“Cancer to the company.”
“He’s for the can.”
“He’s finished.”
“Useless by the looks of him.”
“Queer.”
“May be dangerous.”
By far the most numerous remark is “Has personality problems”. Birds of a feather, if the reviewer comments are anything to go by.
The document in question is a 181kb Excel spreadsheet, containing the full personal details of what looks to be hundreds of animators (name, address, phone, etc, as well as their department, responsibility, and of course the incendiary remarks column; quite a damaging leak even without the comments). The animators in question look to have worked on some distinguished titles, though being mere animators this amounts to little.
It should be said that this is a digital document of unknown provenance, and hence the possibility of it being a simple forgery exists (though there it seems only the comments could really be a forgery at this stage), though the attitudes expressed are not unbelievable, particularly considering the rather low position animators occupy on the anime production ladder.
It may be hasty to bury the Bones until the full details emerge, but it does not look hopeful for them at this stage.
Sanitised versions of parts of the file are mirrored here, here, and here. Here is a random source – there are many springing up.
Top 10 Most Anticipated Anime of Winter 2016
Splatoon “Super Play Time” Absolutely Cringe-worthy
Saijaku Muhai no Bahamut “Dragons & Mechs?”
Monster Hunter X Megaman Event Profusely Blue
Love Live! Sunshine!! MV “Will Brighten Up Your Day!”
Top 10 Best Anime Girls of 2015
Hai to Gensou no Grimgar “Has Oppai!”
Picking Up Japan Express Vol. 36 Worth a Pickup
Dimension W Out Of This World
Odin Sphere: Leifthrasir PV Certainly Nostalgic
One-Punch Man Soundtrack PV Packs A Wallop
XmasTrickStar “A White Christmas Indeed…”
Wo-Class Carrier Ero-MMD In Dire Straights
Voice Translation Tool Promotional Video “Inexcusable!”
Luck & Logic Far From Lucky
Yandere Simulator Possibly Headed to Kickstarter
Top 20 Recent Anime Most In Need Of A Sequel
Hyrule Warriors Legends PV Clashes Interminably
Akagami no Shirayukihime English Dub Surfaces
Koukaku no Pandora Really Opens That Box
Gothic Lolita Hatsune Miku Cosplay Busts Out
Delectable Dizzy Cosplay by Lechat
Dark Elf Cosplay by Non Very Dark Indeed
Titillating Tamako Cosplay Perfectly Pink
Goddess of 2ch: “Full of Lust & Urges (& Also Videos)!”
Raunchy Reisen Inaba Cosplay by Tsuyato
Haruhi Bunny Girl Cosplay Rocks Out
Youmu Ero-Cosplay by Madoka Adachi Deadly Sexy
Comiket 89 Cosplay Sickeningly Sweet
Comiket 89 Cosplay A Guilty Pleasure
Bones does a better job with animation than other studios IMO so putting out a list like this is just telling other studios to hire these types of people.
Lesson: It's an investment to not be an asshole.
Animation student here.
It's not surprising- I actually read about this on a Facebook article.
It's been happening from the time studios produced Astro Boy.
I don't know why they do it; the companies probably earn over 100% of their investment.
Who or what gets the money...?
"Sanitised versions..."?
Try REDACTED next time.
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