Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefNetflix has launched an anime creators’ lounge in Tokyo that it hopes will add to the professional tools of animation designers and writers.The move was revealed by Sakurai Taiki, Netflix chief producer of anime, in a blog posting on Friday.“When I first watched the hit anime series ‘Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!,’ an inspiring story about three high schoolers coming together to found an animation club, I was intrigued by the idea of making a space where creative minds could gather.
It reminded me that creative processes should always be driven by passion and having fun,” he said in the blog posting.The Anime Creators’ Base is located inside the company’s new Tokyo office and will be staffed initially by two.
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