(Lrt direct link to youtube stream is here!

The beastars panel is rn! Eunyoung choi is next!)

Aww they asked the director what anime inspires him and he says astro boy and looney tunes...cute TT

Producer says future boy conan, miyazaki, and he watched a lot of american stuff and hong kong noir

OGKMDJDJDD THEYRE IN THE PROCESSS OF MAKING BEASTARS SEASON 2

Oh interesting coronavirus luckily hasn't had too much of an impact on studio orange? Director reminds everyone to stay at home during these times

Eunyoung choi is on! Talking abt her own history as well as science saru's

She is emphasizing the diversity of the team. Even if communication may take longer, everyones different approach is highly valuable. Also really open to new tools and software

Sdggffhhh "used to be a dreamer" when first getting started in business

Some of her fav films: 2001 space odyssey, planet of apes, god father

Big fan of jackie chan...even learned kung fu too bc of him haha

Wong Kar wai, hong kong films

For anime, really liked future boy conan

O didnt know she studied in the UK before. A lot of her classmates r in us or uk now. Shes the only one who went to jp

It was hard initially bc western animation style is v diff from anime. But once she adapted, it was v helpful that she had an understanding of both

Bc of this shes able to gather diverse teams and serve as an intermediary btw western and jp animation

When she first came to jp nobody used computers akdjjdjdd
She had learned flash while in london, came over to jp and was like wtf no one uses software?? Why yall using only paper

Originally she felt things would just stay like that...but theres been a lotta changes in the last 5 years. Ppl started to use more software. Younger gen is quick to adapt

Ways of presenting anime and making has changed greatly. Mentions streaming

Paraphrase: "There would be 15 ppl in the room, but I was the only one[ who was female.]"

In the studios theres a lotta female animators, but once u go to upper levels like storyboarding or directing theres very few women

Last 5-10 yrs theres more female producers, directors.