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November 26th, 2008 at 01:12:30 by wahWhat does Yoshiyuki Sadamoto do when he’s not drawing the Evangelion manga? I mean, at the rate he’s working he must have a bunch of free time. He hasn’t worked on much anime lately either so… what the fuck does he do? How does he support himself? Inquiring minds want to know!
Tags: Yoshiyuki Sadamoto
November 26th, 2008 at 08:21:23
What you don’t mean the delay between volume 8 and 9 I think it was? You know the volume that took MORE THAN A YEAR to get out.
November 26th, 2008 at 08:33:34
If you average it out the Eva manga has more or less been coming out at a volume per year. Releases were more close together in the beginning, though.
November 26th, 2008 at 18:49:36
When a man such as himself has acquired the amount of finances through manga, anime, and illicit trade royalties, it allows him the luxury of picking his lifestyle activities.
Hilariously this includes sky diving from an aircraft via dirtbike.
November 26th, 2008 at 18:59:16
are you fucking serious
November 27th, 2008 at 13:02:50
He is probably enjoying being obscenely rich.
November 27th, 2008 at 23:48:21
Counting his money.
Or, more specifically, watching other people count his money and making sure they don’t fuck up the count.
So I was watching The Wire. Sue me…
November 28th, 2008 at 00:15:15
Why am I under the impression that Sadamoto isn’t terribly wealthy?
November 28th, 2008 at 09:07:48
I don’t think he’s that wealthy either. I mean, he has been working for an animation company that’s constantly struggling to see the next day. I doubt he made much money from his work at Gainax.
On the other hand I wonder why Gainax didn’t hire him for Shikabane Hime but let someone other do Sadamoto-like designs for the series. Is he too expensive for them now?
November 28th, 2008 at 10:39:33
>>On the other hand I wonder why Gainax didn’t hire him for Shikabane Hime but let someone other do Sadamoto-like designs for the series. Is he too expensive for them now?
Yeah, seriously. That what I’m wondering. I actually checked the credits to see if it was him, but of course it wasn’t. Gurren Lagann designs were also pretty Sadamoto-like, except less so.
November 29th, 2008 at 07:59:24
I think Nishigori designed a lot of crazy looking characters in Gurren Lagann that Sadamoto would have never depicted and Nishigori’s style isn’t that similar in my opinion. I think Sadamoto would not have been the appropriate choice for Gurren Lagann.
November 29th, 2008 at 10:02:14
Yeah, but some characters have a Sadamoto look about them. Like I said, the influence is there, but just less so.