The Comic Artist and His Assistants (2014)
Original title: マンガ家さんとアシスタントさんと
The Comic Artist and His Assistants is a 2014 Japanese-language animation series. It stars Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Saori Hayami and Arisa Noto.
The life of an artist can be hard: Long, arduous hours working with only your thoughts and assistants to keep you company. In the case of overworked mangaka Aito, his attempts to merge the two are so far unsuccessful. His priorities are askew and subjecting his assistants to his fantasies has taken precedent over work. Despite his abuse of power, his assistants are willing to play along. Thankfully, editor Mihari is there to keep him in line, from threatening to fire him to physical punishment.