2023 年的時候在北韓的 internet 上發現一台沒有設定好的伺服器,於是就有人 dump 下來分析裡面的內容,然後就發現看起來是中國的團隊轉包給北韓團隊用的 server:「What We Learned Inside a North Korean Internet Server: How Well Do You Know Your Partners?」。
像是這張圖,可以看到上面有「EKACHI EPILKA」,這查一下可以查到「株式会社エカチエピルカ」,另外也可以看到簡體中文以及韓文的說明:
雖然拼圖不夠完整,但應該是可以看出輪廓了:目前比較像的情況應該是中國拿到合約後轉包給北韓的團隊,這對於有在關注日本動畫產業的人來說應該也不算太意外,日本的動畫產業已經是高度分工,自己國家內二包三包本來就很常見,如果是先包到中國,再分包到北韓的話也不算太奇怪:
There is no evidence to suggest that the companies identified in the images had any knowledge that a part of their project had been subcontracted to North Korean animators. In fact, as the editing comments on all the files, including those related to US-based animations, were written in Chinese, it is likely that the contracting arrangement was several steps downstream from the major producers.
不過法律上就有些狀況了,北韓應該是被制裁對象...