{"id":39868,"date":"2016-12-29T18:13:21","date_gmt":"2016-12-29T09:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikatan.goodsmile.info\/en\/?p=39868"},"modified":"2016-12-29T18:14:45","modified_gmt":"2016-12-29T09:14:45","slug":"last-blog-of-2016-an-interview-with-the-gsc-ceo-aki-san","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikatan.goodsmile.info\/en\/2016\/12\/29\/last-blog-of-2016-an-interview-with-the-gsc-ceo-aki-san\/","title":{"rendered":"Last Blog of 2016: An Interview with the GSC CEO Aki!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello everyone!! Kahotan here! (@gsc_kahotan<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Today is the very last blog of 2016!!\u00a0(\u2229\u30fb\u2200\u30fb)\u2229<\/strong><\/p>\n

As with the previous few years, today I’m going to have a talk with the Good Smile Company CEO:\u00a0Takanori Aki<\/strong><\/span>! The topics will all be related with things that GSC was involved with over the year!<\/p>\n

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Just a fair warning – the interview is a bit long!<\/p>\n

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\nHow was\u00a02016 For You? <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Well first of all it was a big move for us at Good Smile Company as we moved the offices over to Akihabara. That said Akiba really is perfect for us – we have everything we need here.<\/p>\n

We can go out and buy any materials or references in a few minutes and it market research can be done right in our backyard. But most importantly we feel much closer to our fan base! Akiba is really the ideal place for the company.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

It really does fit perfectly! The move was right before WonFes as well which made it all the more stressful… but now that it is done and dusted it just makes so much sense for a figure maker to be right in the heart of anime and game culture! Plus there are so many more places to choose to eat at now, which I’m very happy about!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u25b2 GSC’s ‘We Moved’ Business Card (Designed by Aki!)<\/span><\/p>\n

After the move we have also been very busy with various customizations to the building. The first floor is currently also being renovated, and should be something interesting for everyone to see in 2017!<\/strong><\/div>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span>The inside of the offices have also changed a lot and we get some rather interesting things going on sometimes!<\/p>\n

The 6th floor was rather empty when we first arrived here but at some point there was a tent put up right in the offices, and then some fancy lighting got put in… Now we have shelves filled with figures for guests to look at! We also got all new desks and chairs for the area!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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