I shoulda known. Japanese animation studios are the same as any other Japanese company–filled with stupid politics, inefficiencies, and people who stay around until the wee hours of the night. Shiro Bako is a pretty accurate description of Japanese professional life in animated form, and boy is it heavy...

Yeah, it’s been a while. I’m currently trying to figure out how to keep up with stuff like this while maintaining one of those crazy Japanese jobs that sometimes keep you at the office for 13 hours a day. That said, I’ve almost fallen into a decent groove, so...

This post is the second part of a series of posts about my experience working in Japan. Previous posts can be found here. My flight for Japan was scheduled for March 13th, 2011. Training was in early April, so my plan was to come early and enjoy Tokyo for...