B!JuKu

Many non-Japanese creatives around the world want to make 'anime,' but struggle with the insular and Japanese-only-speaking ecosystem. In this video, I break down the various ways that anime can be co-produced. But beware! There are lots of semantics, specifics, guidelines, and pitfalls to avoid. [Anime backgrounds in the thumbnail are from Studio Ghibli who owns all copyrights]

Nilah Magruder and I sit down to ask each other questions about the development process, black cartoons, how the world needs more black female executives, and how the wisdom from black comics industry can help the world of animation.

My original video from 2018 animated and revised to fix a big mistake I made (I forgot a stone!!!). All fan animation by Noah Sterling (with illustration support by Jon Herzog!