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148 : Anonymous Anonymous : 2009/10/10 (Sat) 22:28:30

From >>147 staffs list, does that mean Shūji Miyazaki already leaving Pastoral for AI?

150 : Anonymous Anonymous : 2009/10/10 (Sat) 23:59:53

>>148
Furukawa-san is also leaving for AIC, I think Pastoral is in deep trouble now.

151 : Anonymous Anonymous : 2009/10/11 (Sun) 00:03:54

>>150
Seriously?
In that case, the one in trouble is not Pastoral but Shaft. lol.
AIC is also in trouble as people are leaving, but Furukawa-san joining is a relief.

152 : Anonymous Anonymous : 2009/10/11 (Sun) 03:41:47

Since Shimizu-san already leave,
the animation directors that still left in Studio Pastoral are
Jitsuhara-san, Oomori-san, Ushijima-san and Maeda-san, is this it?

153 : Anonymous Anonymous : 2009/10/11 (Sun) 07:16:38

Ushijima-san said in his dairy that he already quit.
He’s now credited as Aoba in Shaft’s work, but as Ushijima in other’s.
Judging from the outside, isn’t this some serious internal conflict…?

154 : Anonymous Anonymous : 2009/10/11 (Sun) 12:09:58

Just when Shaft is having a lot of work in their hands.
Is Yamamura still there?

155 : Anonymous Anonymous : 2009/10/11 (Sun) 12:12:09

…and so I thought who was Aoba Taro.

158 : Anonymous Anonymous : 2009/10/11 (Sun) 20:47:23

>>152
Ushijima-san did Mecha Mote with Miyazaki-san.

159 : Anonymous Anonymous : 2009/10/11 (Sun) 21:23:07

Wait, is being at AI more comfortable than Pastoral? LOL?

160 : Anonymous Anonymous : 2009/10/12 (Mon) 01:41:48

I thought Pastoral’s participation is too few in SZS3, so this is what happened.

Few backgrounds:

• Studio Pastoral is an outsourced studio that did about 40% of Shaft’s anime episodes until now. Some of Pastoral’s staffs also participate in Shaft’s work as main staff, e.g. Yamamura Hiroki as Chief Animation Director for Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei and Maria Holic.
• AI is also an outsourced company, known for not being a really comfortable workplace. (Or is it other company, I can’t remember well.) Not to be confused with AIC mentioned in the quote.
• The animation directors mentioned are Ushijima [Nozomi], Aoba [Taro], Shimizu [Keita], Jitsuhara [Noboru], Oomori [Hidetoshi], Maeda [Tatsuyuki] and Yamamura [Hiroki].
• Studio Pastoral’s participation as a subcontractor in Zan Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei is total of 3 parts or 1-episode worth. They did not participate in Bakemonogatari except as a Keyframe Assistant in episode 5 (alongside with Anime R).

If the above is true, then Shaft is really in a big trouble now. They have Dance in the Vampire Bund and Hidamari Sketch Hoshimitsu in January, but can’t call for help from Studio Pastoral. They neither can call for help from SILVER LINK, as they will be busy doing BakaTest.

Personally I thought it was strange to see Bakemonogatari only has 3 outsourced episodes and Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei rarely has Studio Pastoral’s participation despite Yamamura Hiroki being Chief Animation Director. I initially thought they were busy doing Negima! Another World or Natsu no Arashi, but from the look of it, that doesn’t seems to be the case.

From “Gross-undertake Report Thread 8″ (Anime-Manga Industry)