UnderTheDogPR

I hope UTD will give an example that the Japanese anime industry should really focus their attention globally, not just our tiny Japanese audience. Anime should be for the whole world, not just Japan. We don't always want moe anime or a light novel based anime. I for one long to see anime like Akira.

If UTD isn't funded, we have plans and offers from other people/companies to fund the project.

Whilst it's not in the creators best interest, we'll make sure we wont tread the usual Japanese production committee version of funding.

We will still definitely produce it (we already have offer for 2 seasons, 26 episodes!) but we prefer to be funded by the people to retain our creative independence!

Absolutely. There are fewer and fewer anime I feel interested or compelled to watch each season. Every year, I hear huge political struggles from industry colleagues and they are saddened by the fact if they could put more effort in their work rather than politics, it'd be so much better.

Without much politics and freely doing what we want to do, I hope simply by doing that, UTD will reach new industry standards.

For UTD, our primary market is the whole world. And Japan, is only a little part of the whole world. I am very careful of doing this since I was raised in Australia despite being Japanese.

Also yes, I feel there can be non-Japanese animators as well. Actually I know plenty who work in Japan on animation who aren't Japanese.

They don't... and it's reflected on the works.

Very unfortunate.