CATDOLL: Animation director: "Amateur young people" have become the main force in animation production and are worried about the future

Many people who went to work at animation companies after watching the anime Shirobako were "badly reviewed" by industry insiders. Recently, an animation director tweeted that "young people" don't even know about special movies like EVA, Ghibli, or even Godzilla, and are worried about the future. Netizens responded, "Does being interested in outdated things mean there is a future?"

Original tweet from the animation director:

I don’t like to use this idiom, but “young people these days” don’t even know about Neon Genesis Evangelion and Studio Ghibli. Of course, they know nothing about special effects dramas. They also lack interest in Godzilla, Kamen Rider, Ultraman, etc. When faced with questions like AKB and “Double Payback”, they just say: What is this, is it interesting? However, at the current production site, these people have become the main force, which makes me a little worried about the future of animation.

Netizens did not seem to agree with his remarks. Some said: "Does being interested in outdated things mean there is a future...", "Do I have to write an EVA paper during the interview?", "After all, jobs like animators pay so little, who has time to pay attention to these things..." Some netizens also said: "This is the gap between the times."