Building a Powerhouse Animation Studio from Scratch

The book is somewhat interesting, but the pacing is too slow. It takes over a hundred chapters to complete an entire anime series. The protagonist's amnesiac creation of Konosuba feels redundant, and there's no satisfying element of plagiarism. The slice-of-life imitations of Shirobako are nice, though. I understand the author wanted to take a different approach to plagiarism. However, this kind of pacing is unlikely to survive in today's market.

The author has given me the Yosuga no Sora OVA! 😁😡

200 Chapters already, I don't know what to say.

Forget the previous job descriptions that were two or three chapters long, this one about a socializing involving baseball that took four chapters? The ocean doesn't even have the water for that! 😰

I was drawn in by the title, as there aren't many novels about Japanese animation production, and I haven't seen many. After reading about 100 chapters, honestly, there's nothing to see. It has nothing to do with the title. Based on the first 100+ chapters, it's more like a slice-of-life novel about animation production—a very, very niche genre, one that's unlikely to attract many readers.

After reading the first dozen or so chapters and looking at the table of contents, all I can say is that it's incredibly slow. They're only starting production on the first episode after chapter 80.

You either need to write about diligently learning and mastering the skills, or you need to rely on your vision and take the helm. Your half-baked rebirth story, which doesn't really feel like a rebirth, won't attract readers. People who have all been reborn, don't they know how to sell copyrights and make money? Do they need others to remind them?

It's a Tokyo-style story, but forcibly changing all the characters' names to three characters that sound like Chinese or Korean names severely diminishes the sense of immersion. Thumbs down.

After reading these two chapters today, I can't hold back and want to rant a bit. The character Kanasaki's sister has a kind of beauty reminiscent of Japanese light novels from the era of the Four Great Classical Novels 😅. I suggest the author arrange a reasonable plot to take her off the show as soon as possible, or just make her disappear altogether.

I agree with the author's understanding of the industry and some of the popular science information. I think the writing about work and career in animation is quite good and flawless. However, the turning points, or even the more mundane parts, are too absurd. Some details even feel like they're just made complicated to pad the word count.