Welcome home Kieran! This week we're catching up on travel stories, malding over JJK (spoilers 39:00-54:00), and doing a HUGE deep dive on exploitation in the animation industry. Kieran has provided a ton of resources on the subject, and fair warning it gets a little dark. More often than not animators are abused, overworked, and EXTREMELY underpaid, if not completely unpaid. If you'd like to stay informed, here are the links Kieran found.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/danmeth/this-american-is-one-of-the-only-non-japanese-working-in-ani
https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/7/2/20677237/anime-industry-japan-artists-pay-labor-abuse-neon-genesis-evangelion-netflix
https://kotaku.com/average-anime-industry-salaries-get-depressing-1774852881
https://washiblog.wordpress.com/2011/01/18/anime-production-detailed-guide-to-how-anime-is-made-and-the-talent-behind-it/
https://nlab.itmedia.co.jp/nl/spv/1905/17/news135.html