


While working on Do You Remember Love he met with one young animator called Shoichi Masuo. People might think the harsh working conditions of the anime industry are something recent, yet, while admittingly getting a bit worse recently, it’s always been like that, especially for newcomers.Ī comic drawn by Anno detailing how he spent 1984.

It was a hard time for him, moving from one place to another, sleeping in the studio when he could, and so on. It’s well-known that Anno moved to Tokyo based on an invitation from Miyazaki to work on Nausicaa, after dropping from university, but he moved with only his backpack and barely any money. To get an idea about the nature of Studio Graviton we need to understand Anno’s situation back then, as he was still a newling in the industry, not even sure if he was going to continue in this line of work or not. So it all starts with Anno back in 1984, just after finishing his work on “Macross: Do You Remember Love?”. As for why this small studio is relevant, let’s say an individual with the name of Hideaki Anno was one of the founders, and it was there that he had his debut as a director. I have been researching Studio Graviton for a while, a small studio notable for its activities during the ‘80s, and I’ll articulate what I found in this post here.
