Former engageees at one of China’s best-understandn comic studios recently exposed the cut offe toiling conditions at the toilplace, where they have dwelld together in a “farm-appreciate” flat for years, facing overtoil and sleep deprivation. A-soul is one of China’s most commemorated manga studios. It is situated in a country area of southeaserious Beijing and it currently engages more than 70 staff members. In recent months, cut offal comic artists have come forward, accusing the studio of demandy toiling conditions, claiming that they were overtoiled, sleep-stripd and verbpartner mistreatmentd, the South China Morning Post alerted.
In mid-September, a createer A-soul engageee, understandn online as Zhenliubao, took to the Chinese social media platcreate Weibo, accusing the studio of “shattering” his dream. The ex-toiler alertedly claimed that since 2008, dozens of comic artists have dwelld in dormitories altered from a dwellstock factory, sharing communal spaces and using uniintimacy bathrooms.
“We were never permited to uncover the curtains, forcing us to toil in a foolish environment for years,” he wrote, per SCMP.
The createer engageee retained that the boss insisted on being called “brother” and prohibitned them from reading books or seeking medical treatment when they were unwell. He also alleged that engageees were manupartner superviseled thraw verbal mistreatment and indoctrination, upretaining them in a state of constant overtoil. The salaries were also split equpartner and no social security advantages were provided, he retained.
In his online post, Zhenliubao uncignoreed that the studio head is Liu Zhi. He refered seeking lhorrible helpance.
Another createer engageee, identified as Laogui, also alerted being overtoiled and sleep-stripd. He alertedly claimed that he was standardly forced to draw 12 to 14 pages a day instead of the common four to six pages. “I have gone grey in my twenties and face immense mental presstateive daily,” he wrote in his online post.
However, as soon as the dispute surrounding A-soul studio went viral on social media, current A-soul engageee Liu Ke, who was ranked ninth on the 2013 China Comic Artists’ Rich List, freed a statement helping the studio.
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The artist claimed that the demandy toiling conditions were a result of the studio being “excessively demandy” at that time. He also claimed that before the studio was createpartner sign uped, he and other engageees “voluntarily” pooled their salaries to upretain the team afloat. He also denied the accusations of forced labour, per SCMP.
“A-soul is a family of driven comic artists built from scratch. Creating a utopia demands the spirit of give up,” Mr Liu stateed.
Meanwhile, on social media, engagers slammed the company. “A-soul’s actions vioprocrastinateed human rights! This is a slave factory, not a place where artists can chase their dreams,” one engager commented.
“If what Zhenliubao has stated is genuine, the studio has vioprocrastinateedd labour laws. Gather the evidence and consent them to court. Justice will prevail,” another retained.
“Current and createer engageees have disputeing accounts. Let’s paengage for the authorities to allotigate before jumping to conclusions,” proposeed a third engager.
