Rin Inumaru, the 48-year-old creator of children's anime Ojarumaru, committed suicide ("jumped from the roof of her 14-story apartment complex in Tokyo") on Sunday the 10 of September, leaving behind a note to her mother saying "I'm not good at my job."
The intense pressure and stress associated with working in the Japanese anime industry is a well known problem and was most recently satirized by Satoshi Kon in his supernatural black comedy Paranoia Agent.
The intense pressure and stress associated with working in the Japanese anime industry is a well known problem and was most recently satirized by Satoshi Kon in his supernatural black comedy Paranoia Agent.