(1)Jang Sun-young, CEO of Root, said, “A animator A left the company.”
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(2)Eighty percent of root’s total revenue comes from Nexon and Nexon affiliates for revealing the door When the director sent a hard-line response message and said he would send a legal team, he said, “I couldn’t make any choice,” adding, “I agreed with A for safety and posted a second statement because I thought something terrible like a stabbing could happen.”
(3)Controversy over studio-root misogyny erupted and Nexon’s game directors announced their stance to take a hard line at the company level In response, some women’s groups and civic groups announced a demonstration in front of Nexon’s office building at 11 a.m. on November 28, 2023
(4)Meanwhile, at around 1:33 a.m. on the same day, a user using IP of 116206 posted a message warning of a stabbing at the male celebrity gallery on Dish Inside, and at 1:39 a.m. at 1:44 a.m., a user using IP of 104281 posted three more messages warning of a stabbing at protesters
(5)Hello, I’m Jang Sunyoung, the CEO of Studio Roots
(6)Our root studio couldn’t stop certain gender-hating expressions, so we were able to play with game users
(7)I was so disappointed in the fans and I thought about how to deal with them
(8)I was disappointed once again with my complacent attitude that I didn’t mean it
(9)You can’t come out without intention on the issues that have been pointed out
(10)Not only are the parts that you said inexcusable
(11)I’m deeply aware of how indifferent our company was to these issues
(12)I feel very responsible. I bow down and apologize
(13)The staff in question wrote on their personal social media
(14)I’ve been hiding because my SNS account was blocked for saying something that bothered me. I’ve never quit Du Femi. I’ll continue to be a Femi
(15)I have removed comments on feminism or retweets in support of itWe decided to leave the company after recognizing that all videos of other companies we made began to evaluate them as works that hate specific genders due to these remarks and certain works that pointed out problems
(16)As a company that makes videos that are shown to various users, personal political ideas
(17)I don’t think what’s expressed in the video can ever happen
(18)Also, as a small company composed of people who love animation
(19)It is not recognized for its pure passion and energy, but it is not recognized for its hateful expression
(20)It’s devastating and painful that we didn’t fulfill our responsibilities for our work being evaluated
(21)In the future, these hateful expressions will appear in our works and we will make game works
(22)Be careful not to cause inconvenience to your loved ones and fans
(23)And you can do it to be verified and evaluated as a pure work of art
(24)I promise you that I’ll make every effort
(25)Once again, we bow down to all the users who were affected by us and apologize
(26)Studio Root’s 2nd Apology Posted Nov. 27
(27)On November 27, at 20:21 ⓒthe second apology was posted, but it was deleted less than an hour later.68 The main content was that the employee in question was decided to leave The deleted apology is not being uploaded again until the date has passed
(28)2nd apology posted on the 27th
(29)A stabbing post posted on the 28th
Thinking that there might be a stabbing, the 4th view of the stabbing notice was written as vpn in the early morning of the next day