Kadokawa turned an unknown mobile game everyone ignored gold, then a butt hurt employed armed a revolution against them and everyone is turning their backs until the second season comes and everything gets forgotten. End of story.
Kadokawa turned an unknown mobile game everyone ignored gold, then a butt hurt employed armed a revolution against them and everyone is turning their backs until the second season comes and everything gets forgotten. End of story.
The creator of the show was fired because he used assets from the show for a short that crossed over with that Race horse girl mobile game. He received permission to do so a few months ago, then aspergers hit.
The creator of the show was fired because he used assets from the show for a short that crossed over with that Race horse girl mobile game. He received permission to do so a few months ago, then aspergers hit.
Problem with that theory: they published the Nissin kitsune udon xover after the Horse Friend xover.
I'll play devil's advocate for a second here to propose an ethics/legality question, because I'm genuinely curious now.
Outwardly, Kadokawa is still probably in their rights to manage their own staff as they see fit regardless of the situation. Animation studios usually submit their rights to hold created property, staff, and creative resources to the publisher in exchange for the production resources required to get entertainment products to consumers and make everyone money. To me, that means if they wanted to fire Tatsuki for a reason that they saw as valid and financially sound on paper they don't have to give an account to anyone. Maybe people aren't happy, but when it comes to business not everyone gets to win. If they had a good reason and it preserves corporate interest, then that's all there is as far as the public is concerned.
I've also said before that once an entertainment work is close to being finished, it is entirely likely for creative staff to get laid off (or by simply closing contracts with the studio responsible). Only very large companies that can run multiple consecutive projects can afford to hire creative staff for long periods of time, and that is assuming good production conditions. There's Kemono Friends season 2 as evidence against, but with so many things that can go wrong in anime production, that's not fact until it's done for real. You can't use that as solid ground for fighting for why Tatsuki should stay. Maybe they just haven't admitted yet that there plans for a second season were losing steam, and the inevitable breakoff was premature and came out the wrong way.
There is something to be said about employee loyalty and content consistency/staff morale in production of a work, but that is besides the point.
Switching back, this is all assuming that Kadokawa isn't lying or misunderstood about the property mismanagement thing. Even if they are lying I would say they have strong incentive to do so and very good ground to get away with it using this reasoning. At least that is the way I see it.
What I want to know is if Kadokawa could face any kind of trouble for this. While a publisher's contract may not give them the authority to play god with staff, coming up with some kind of financial reason for any kind of staff shakeup is near effortless. If this kind of move was unethical or underhanded, who would be the one for Tatsuki to report to in Japan? What kind of investigation or trial could be laid down, if any? Does anyone look out for creative worker rights in Japan, and what kind of power do they have?
I feel as though a worker's union would be the best way to bring the irons down on shady corporate dealings like this, but if I had to guess I wouldn't be surprised if Japan's economy doesn't really support that kind of thing.
Otherwise, I don't see any reason to get mad at rain, but this is just an attempt to rationalize the whole thing.
What I want to know is if, at all possible, Kadokawa could face any kind of trouble for this. While a publisher's contract may not give them the authority to play god with staff, coming up with some kind of financial reason for any kind of staff shakeup is near effortless. If this kind of move was unethical or underhanded, who would be the one for Tatsuki to report to in Japan? What kind of investigation or trial could be laid down, if any? Does anyone look out for creative worker rights in Japan, and what kind of power do they have?
I feel as though a worker's union would be the best way to bring the irons down on shady corporate dealings like this, but if I had to guess I wouldn't be surprised if Japan's economy doesn't really support that kind of thing.
Otherwise, I don't see any reason to get mad at rain, but this is just an attempt to rationalize the whole thing.
Kadokawa has full legal authority to hire and fire employees for any reason but those that violate some sort of regulation (I.E. firing based upon race or gender or to punish a whistleblower, although I'm not sure how those laws work in Japan in particular), so it's not like that's the issue here, as far as I know.
Instead, it's more a matter of PR and fan backlash for their internal maneuverings.
When Konami fired Hideo Kojima, then tried to take away all references to him in his tremendously popular Metal Gear Solid franchise and even barred the Video Game Awards from giving him an award for his work, and then made their next "Metal Gear Solid" game announcement be that it's going to be a zombie survival game, there were fans who had quite a bit of ire over the "ruining of the series" and the person who really, truly, was the one who defined it.
Again, I don't know why Kadokawa fired Tatsuki. If it was something Tatsuki did wrong, then stating the reason outright should be the best method of avoiding this PR trainwreck.
Though considering they aren't giving any reasons and aren't doing anything to salvage their own PR despite this massive backlash and other staffs' protesting, I find it hard to believe Kadokawa have any justifiable reasons on their own behalf otherwise why would such a big company stand still and receive flame?
It's like Konami's case, if I am to guess. They just had a fallout with the creator then the company, being the baby with the bigger stick, continues to pretend like they can never do wrong in this world. Japan also is that kind of place after all, where the boss-sama can do whatever the hell they want and expect everyone under their feet to just shut up and play along regardless of how unprofessional or unbeneficial said decision was.
Apart from that, the idol thing doesn't really relate to this case, that's just more about idiotic maniac fans demanding "muh waifu" be more important than the idol's freedom to have a goddamn private life as a human being. Unless again you're talking about how the worker(idol) suffers from a completely irrational system run by irrational men.
Apart from that, the idol thing doesn't really relate to this case, that's just more about idiotic maniac fans demanding "muh waifu" be more important than the idol's freedom to have a goddamn private life as a human being. Unless again you're talking about how the worker(idol) suffers from a completely irrational system run by irrational men.
In the case of the idol thing, it's apparently the company that decided to do that, itself, and many fans actually protested how harshly she was treated. Then again, there probably were some fans that saw it as a betrayal of their fantasy waifu, but that didn't come up in the reporting I saw...