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dosunix24
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Whats the best way to reach out to Anime Production companies in sharing my portifolio of a creative story?
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Veers
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Publishing some stories and building up some renown might be a good first step.
Learning the Japanese language and how the industry works certainly won't hurt your chances. Getting to know people who work in the industry wouldn't, either. Alternatively, give up now. |
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Haterater
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Try to reach out to your own domestic animation company. See if they will like it, give it a chance, review it, etc. Very hard for outside people to break into the Japanese industry.
If you were a celebrity, maybe. But the best chance, IMO, is when someone wants to do an adaptation of your work if you really want your work to be an anime. Write a good book or movie, and somewhere there the line, there is a chance, of course probably without your input. But that's one of the "best" chances. |
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jsc315
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Look I don't want to crush your dreams here, but be realistic. It's just isn't going to happen. If your posting this it means you have no idea on how the industry even works in the slightest. It's by far much more complicated and confusing to even start to get into in the first place.
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dosunix24
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Oh you arent Crushing my dream JSC315....Im too strong for that.
Last edited by dosunix24 on Wed Jul 06, 2011 8:04 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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dosunix24
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Thank you all for your advice
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anime racket
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What kind of stories did you have in mind exactly? Would you mind
telling me anything about them? |
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dosunix24
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Fictional Drama
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Sanosuke_Inara
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I'm pretty sure he was hopin' for a little more detail than that.
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Rukiia
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He might be paranoid about people stealing his ideas if he freely writes about them on a public forum.
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TatsuGero23
 Posts: 1277 Location: Sniper Island, USA (It's in your heart!) |
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You can technically look up the places your interested in and look for contact information. Ask simple questions like how to establish meetings or interviews, submission process, employment etc etc. Some places (depending on the material) accept submissions. Most places tend to deflect non-professionals but it's a starting point. Visiting Anime and Comic conventions is actually an approach. If there is a booth or signing area; artists, editors, and companies sometime accept submissions or conduct evaluations. Just be prepared to be ignored at times, rejected, ripped apart, and repeated efforts.
In this day in age, another good way for exposure is something on the net or contests on the net or real life. Have an idea for a manga or anime? Try to convey that through a video or collaboration with someone who can draw or animate if you can't. It doesn't have to be a finished project or a whole 21 min episode, but something that shows off what it is that you think makes your project or idea interesting. 1 to 3 mins long. If it's interesting enough and the audience responses favorably, they may come to you. Even if things don't turn out in your favor, If you don't have to drive to do the above then maybe it wasn't meant to be. |
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ShinobiX
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LOL That's America for ya. Anyway, no don't listen to these pessimistic people dosunix24. It's not hard. You just need to take the imitative and be prepared to be rejected a lot. Please, getting a job is harder than what you're asking for. To make a contact with an anime production company, you need well a contact within the Industry. You create a contact by going to "Anime Events" and meeting people. From there, you have to sell yourself. Get his or her business card. Send emails. Bang! Contact formed. Don't believe me go ask any of the mods how they meet/ interview anime directors. It's not rocket science. Seek them out. One of the worst things you could do is cold calling. Only has a 1% response rate. In reality, much closer to 0%. For starters, get a Japanese book for Dummies if one exists. You want to communicate w/ them right? Plus, it shows dedication, motivation, and that you care about Japanese culture. Only in America, "me no speak English" crap will work. In most countries, if you want to succeed or even get a job, you need to learn the lingo. For Japan, you need a gift too. Yes, really. Many take it as an insult if you don't have a gift. Since you don't know the type of person your contact is, better safe than sorry. No gift and the Japanese WILL SCREW YOU OVER. Now the above answers the reaching part. ________________________________________________________ The hard part is the following, "sharing my portfolio...." In other words, you want an actual job there at a high position. No. Unless you sleep with someone or you're the CEO's favorite nephew, you'll be starting at the bottom doing grunt work. This a career not some summer job. To even get to the position of showing samples of your work, you'd have to work in the Anime Industry for at least 4 years. Shows you have experience, credibility, references, etc. Now the quicker way. If your story is really good, write a novel. If it becomes a bestseller in Japan, well that's your ticket to meeting an anime production company. Of course, this way is like winning the lottery. Many authors make jack aka their books don't sell. |
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dosunix24
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Thanks
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Sanosuke_Inara
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But anyway, for what it's worth, you've got my best wishes.
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JaffaOrange
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The kindest thing to do would be to tell you to give up unless:
1. You are Japanese 2. You have created internationally reknowned works of literature/media 3. You have the resources to start up an anime production company by yourself and/or buy an animation production company |
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