Black-Owned Anime Studio Makes History in Japan

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

 

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