Senior Job Co., Ltd. Editor, manga artist, and original designer talk about the behind-the-scenes story of the manga “I don’t have a job after retirement”

[Senior Job Co., Ltd.] Editor, manga artist, and original designer talk about the behind-the-scenes story of the manga “I don’t have a job after retirement” ​
Senior Job Co., Ltd. Press release: December 23, 2024 Editor, manga artist, and original designer talk about the behind-the-scenes story of the manga “I don’t have a job after retirement” “The key is how to retain people who can write original drafts” editor’s advice for public relations staff
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Providing advice on manga projects to public relations at the seminar “How did manga projects that were not self-published start up?” “How did a manga project that was not self-published start up? ~ Public Relations” sponsored by the public relations department of Senior Job Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo / CEO Yasue Nakajima / hereinafter referred to as Senior Job), which provides career change support for seniors. The seminar “The Secret Story of the Birth of “I Don’t Have a Job in My Retirement!” was held on December 17, 2024, and was featured as a guest on Weekly SPA! Editor Junichiro Akiyama gave advice to the participating public relations staff about manga serialization projects, such as “The key is how to retain people who can write original drafts.” ■Reason and overview of the public relations seminar “How did a manga project that was not self-published come about?” The reason why the Senior Job Public Relations Department held “How did a manga project that was not self-published start up? – Public relations seminar: The secret story of the birth of the manga ‘I don’t have a job after retirement!'” on December 17, 2024. is a relatively rare example of a manga serialization that was not self-published for public relations purposes, so it is important to widely share the history and methods of manga serialization for the reference of public relations staff, and to improve the expression and communication of manga. The aim was to deepen understanding of the method. At the seminar, the manga “I don’t have a job after retirement!” Morito Yasuhiko, who is in charge of the original draft of “Senior Job, Public Relations Manager, and Manga Project Manager,” served as a speaker, and from his perspective as a draft writer and public relations officer, he gave advice for PR personnel aiming to serialize the manga. , Weekly SPA as a guest! Editor Junichiro Akiyama and manga artist Kunio Saito took to the stage and provided advice for PR personnel from their respective positions. • Event name: How did a manga project that was not self-published come about? ～Public relations seminar/manga “I don’t have a job after retirement!” ” Birth secret story ~ • Date and time: December 17, 2024 (Tuesday) 15:00-16:00 • Venue: Online event via Google Meet • Speaker: Senior Job Co., Ltd. Manga Project Manager/Public Relations Manager Morito Yasuhiko • Guest: Fusosha Co., Ltd. Weekly SPA! Edited by Junichiro Akiyama Manga artist Kunio Saito • Number of participants: 7 people ■Contents of talk at public relations seminar “How did a manga project that was not self-published start up?” At the public relations seminar “How did a manga project that was not self-published start up?” Yasuhiko, Senior Job’s public relations manager and manga project manager, spoke about why Senior Job decided to write the original manga draft. He talked about what he thought, and gave some advice to public relations staff who are thinking of starting a new manga series. Weekly SPA, who is a guest, talks about the process of launching the project and the difficulties and ingenuity during the serialization. We had a talk with editor Mr. Akiyama and manga artist Mr. Saito. Some excerpts from the talk are below. ●Editor Akiyama: “The key is how to keep people who can write original drafts” Mr. Akiyama, the editor, explains that when manga is produced by a three-party system consisting of the original draft, a manga artist, and an editor, “we can’t start without the original text first,” so the company is in charge of the draft and plans the manga. When moving forward, he gave advice to public relations staff, such as, “The key is how to retain people within your company who can write original drafts.” ●Editor Akiyama: “Through the serialization of the representative, I was able to see the resolution of the manga to a certain extent, which made it easier to plan the manga.” Mr. Akiyama, the editor, said that his motivation for appointing Senior Job to be in charge of the original draft of the manga serialization project was that prior to the manga planning, Senior Job representative director Yasue Nakajima had been serializing columns for more than a year, and the output He said that it was important that the quality and quantity of the manga was ensured, and that “the resolution of the manga was visible to some extent.” ●Manga artist Saito: “Since I don’t know the industry, I was grateful for the detailed draft at the beginning, but it was painful to reduce the amount of information.” Mr. Saito, a manga artist, has experience writing manga based on original ideas from companies, including promotional manga for companies, but he has no knowledge of the human resources industry or career changes for seniors, and the content is unfamiliar to him. He talked about the hardships he faced. He revealed that although the draft manuscript with a large amount of information provided by Senior Job at the beginning of the project was effective in supplementing the lack of knowledge, it was painful to have to reduce the amount of information when drawing. , touched on the difficulty of collaboration. ●Manga artist Saito: “It was easy to establish the story of the manga because the draft included a different senior job change issue each time.” Manga artist Mr. Saito differs from the usual easy-to-understand manga pattern by saying, “I don’t have a job after retirement!” ‘, it was difficult because the main character’s motivation and the villain’s existence were not simple, but the core of the story was built by having a clear theme of senior job change that was different in each episode. He said it was easy. ●Original idea: Yasuhiko: “We should provide a lot of ideas” Yasuhiko from Senior Job Public Relations, who was in charge of the original draft, said, “If you are an
inexperienced manga drafter, you don’t know whether the idea is good or bad,” and because of the serialization environment, where situations and judgments change every moment with each story. “You should offer as many ideas as you can, even if you’re prepared for the possibility that it will become a flop or that it will be
short-lived,” he gave advice to public relations staff. ●Original idea by Yasuhiko: “Serializing a manga can also be a public relations method, but it cannot be a project if it is only about what the company wants to convey.” Yasuhiko of Senior Job Public Relations, who was in charge of the original draft, says that while general public relations measures sometimes involve thinking about how information dissemination and media exposure will ultimately affect specific stakeholders, this is not a “readable material.” When it comes to manga and column series that include elements such as entertainment, it is difficult to plan only from the company’s perspective, so it is necessary to broaden the perspective to consider the impact of the work as a whole. ■Speaker and guest profiles ・Senior Job Co., Ltd. Manga Project Manager/Public Relations Manager Morito Abiko Born in 1979. After working as a writer for a paid e-mail magazine, I continued to work concurrently as a public relations, marketing, and writer for a consulting company for 10 years. He was also involved in research projects, and later worked in public relations for some listed companies before assuming his current position. Also in charge of partnership negotiations and joint planning with outside parties. He is also active as a writer for external media. Manga “I don’t have a job after retirement! ”, he participated from the concept stage as the project manager and created the draft. ・Fusosha Co., Ltd. Weekly SPA! Edited by Junichiro Akiyama Edited by Weekly SPA! In charge of everything from special features on poverty issues, side jobs, virtual currency, salaryman career theory, finance, etc. to gravure. Manga “I don’t have a job after retirement! ” and is also in charge of the senior job representative column. ・Manga artist Kunio Saito Debuted in 2015. Past works include “Healing with Manga – Super Fast
Stretching” and “[Output Encyclopedia Understood in Manga] What if a Corporate Slave Zombie Reads “Output Encyclopedia””
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/31414/138/31414-138-ff39e8b3cf942a420f8c24356140c67d-1200×641.png Mr. Akiyama, an editor, and Mr. Saito, a manga artist, made guest appearances at the seminar “How did a manga project that was not self-published start up?” ■About Senior Job Co., Ltd. We are a company that provides “Senior Job Agent”, which specializes in recruiting and dispatching people aged 50 and over, as well as “Senior Job”, a recruitment media that also specializes in seniors. Representative Director Nakajima, who used to be a student entrepreneur, became aware of the social issue of the difficulty of finding employment for seniors despite a shortage of human resources, and decided to change industries to make solving this problem his life’s work. Through thorough efficiency and speed, we have registered over 90,000 job seekers and recruiting companies as a comprehensive senior human resources company. From May 2024, he will be in charge of manga drafts at MySPA! (Fusosha), and representative Nakajima is currently writing columns in Nikkan SPA! (same), Business IT (SB Creative), etc. ■Manga “I don’t have a job after retirement!” About “I don’t have a job after retirement! ～Senior Job Change Cliff Story～” has been serialized every other week on the subscription service “MySPA!” operated by “Weekly SPA!” since May 3, 2024. The manga was created by Kunio Saito, a manga artist who has worked on works such as “Cure with Manga: Ultra-Fast Stretching” (Fusosha) and “[Output
Encyclopedia: What if a Corporate Slave Zombie Reads Output
Encyclopedia]” (Sanctuary Publishing). is the author of the book, and is in charge of the original draft based on the knowledge of senior job change support that Senior Job has cultivated over the years. A work in which Mutsumi Sanada, a new career advisor at the fictitious senior recruitment agency “Silver Job,” thinks about the meaning of continuing to work as a senior and grows while being swayed by senior job seekers with various circumstances. is. The various seniors who appear in each episode are fictional and do not actually exist, but based on the knowledge of senior jobs, the issues and concerns that seniors actually have in employment are depicted, and it can be used as a reference for seniors when changing jobs or re-employment. Out of compassion, Senior Job is involved in the original draft. • Title of work: I don’t have a job in my old age! ～Senior job change cliff story～ • Author: Kunio Saito • Original idea: Senior Job Co., Ltd. • Series start: May 3, 2024 • Update information: Updated every other Friday • Episode 1 free release URL: https://nikkan-spa.jp/2016947 • Serialization medium: MySPA!
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/31414/138/31414-138-d9a3a6fab39dc9df2a0f272756f40858-1200×675.jpg Manga “I don’t have anything to do in my retirement! ” is a manga by Kunio Saito, an original story by Senior Job, and has been serialized on MySPA! since May 3rd. 【Company Profile】 Representative:
Representative Director Yasue Nakajima Head Office: 8F Sekisaku Building, 2-5-22 Okubo, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo URL:
https://corp.senior-job.co.jp/ Business details: Providing senior human resources business Management site: Senior Job:
https://seniorjob.jp/ Senior Job Agent: https://senior-job.co.jp/ Senior Times: https://senior-job.co.jp/magazine/ Please click here to download the press release PDF. Contact information regarding this matter Senior Job Co., Ltd. Public Relations Department Yasuhiko (Abiko) TEL: 080-4107-5851 e-mail: m-abiko@senior-job.co.jp
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/31414/138/31414-138-48b30bc62d8ca261cb23b5d2baf240c0-720×720.png Senior Job Co., Ltd. We are a company that provides human resources introduction, temporary staffing, and job site services specializing in seniors aged 50 and over. Representative Director Nakajima, who used to be a student entrepreneur, became aware of the social issue of the difficulty of finding employment for seniors despite a shortage of human resources, and decided to change industries to make solving this problem his life’s work. Through thorough efficiency and speed, we have registered over 90,000 job seekers and recruiting companies as a comprehensive senior human resources company.