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Black-Owned Anime Studio Makes History in Japan
Manage episode 272703091 series 2379284
Episode 87: In 2016, Arthell Isom and his twin brother, Darnell Isom, founded D'ART Shtajio Inc. - the first foreign-owned anime studio in Japan. Arthell and his studio has worked on projects for Netflix, Grammy Award-winning music artist, The Weeknd, and was recently featured in Pharrell and Jay-Z's "Entrepreneur" music video. In this episode we discuss the following topics:
- Arthell's love for illustration and background painting for anime
- Studying at the Academy of Arts University in San Francisco
- Black culture & anime
- Working on projects for The Weeknd
- Being featured in Pharrell and Jay-Z's music video
- Working for Ghost in the Shell Art Director, Hiromasa Ogura
- Founding in his own anime studio in Japan
This episode is sponsored by Code Chrysalis - change your life and learn how to code!
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[Guest host: Danté Carver]
[Guest host: Mega Robinson]
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Twitter: @tokyospeaks_
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98 episodes
Manage episode 272703091 series 2379284
Episode 87: In 2016, Arthell Isom and his twin brother, Darnell Isom, founded D'ART Shtajio Inc. - the first foreign-owned anime studio in Japan. Arthell and his studio has worked on projects for Netflix, Grammy Award-winning music artist, The Weeknd, and was recently featured in Pharrell and Jay-Z's "Entrepreneur" music video. In this episode we discuss the following topics:
- Arthell's love for illustration and background painting for anime
- Studying at the Academy of Arts University in San Francisco
- Black culture & anime
- Working on projects for The Weeknd
- Being featured in Pharrell and Jay-Z's music video
- Working for Ghost in the Shell Art Director, Hiromasa Ogura
- Founding in his own anime studio in Japan
This episode is sponsored by Code Chrysalis - change your life and learn how to code!
[Follow D'ART Shtajio]
[Guest host: Danté Carver]
[Guest host: Mega Robinson]
[Social Links & RSS]
RSS Feed: https://www.tokyospeaks.com/feed.xml
Instagram: @tokyospeaks_
Twitter: @tokyospeaks_
[Support via Ko-fi]
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