Informative reminders about LIDENFILMS (Tokyo Revengers' animation studio):
In light of the TR season 4 announcement, here's some facts I happen to know about LIDENFILMS and would like to share:
- It's a small studio that only began operations in 2012.
- As far as has been observed, treats their workers fairly and gives them a reasonable/humane amount of work.
- Unafraid of animating LGBT content on mainstream shounen anime for TV!! Has handled TR very respectfully in this aspect. - Has workers so content that they have the will and time to be in the TR fandom too, drawing fanart and enjoying the characters outside studio time. I believe this is always a good sign.
- Has staff that cares greatly about the material. I've personally read directors giving extra contemplation to scenes, audio staff celebrating getting an emotional scene just right, and various expressions of effort and passion. I also believe this is a good sign.
LIDENFILMS also:
- Is heavily criticized for not having more high-budget time-consuming animation.
- Is often mocked for not being on par with high-budget shows in terms of visual detail.
- Still fits in wonderfully animated moments, just within constraints of their reasonable work times and manpower. Which, unfortunately but realistically, isn't every shot every episode.
- Again: in a gargantuan anime industry that sadly has NEVER been able to have animators unionize, as far as research shows, provides fair treatment.
- Again: goes places where TV-aired series/shounen do not regularly go. TR streams on Disney+ and the studio isn't on the best economic grounds and they STILL handle things that usually result in enormous industry pressure, such as lgbt themes.
Please consider these points!
