The Decision

The atmosphere in the reception room grew rather tense as Chu Yu and Matsugoka Mitsuru sat facing each other.

Matsugoka was nervous. Even he thought his own behavior had been ridiculous. The owner of this company had the money to put together seven or eight hundred million Dragon Country Currency to make an animated film, and Matsugoka had just shown up unannounced. He hadn't even asked an old friend in the industry to pass along a message, then arranged a time and place to meet over dinner and discuss things properly.

He had simply brought over some cigarettes and liquor. It really wasn't very polite.

But Matsugoka hadn't had much choice. He'd asked all his friends in the industry the night before, but not one person in Tokyo's Animation Industry knew how to contact the owner of GT Animation Company.

All Matsugoka knew was that GT Animation Company had been acquired the previous year and was now growing rapidly. The two animated productions it was making, Slam Dunk and Spirited Away, would air in April and premiere in July next year, respectively.

He'd guessed that the company needed people because the company he'd worked for back then had gone through the same stage. How could a company at this point possibly have an experienced director who could handle such a major production?

They had money, but they lacked people. And it was already November. Their production schedule was tight, so if they were seriously short-staffed, they would have to fill out the production team this month.

It was simple reasoning. From what his friends in the industry had told him and the information about the company he'd gathered online, Matsugoka had worked all of this out.

That was why he'd taken such a risk. Though he was well-known now, nobody