[CutiEXgirl]

I always thought about this. Even in Marvel and DC, they hire writers and artist before giving them a project to work on. I know it's less ethical to hire based on how good your work is, as a 3rd party you're not really given employee benefits and stuff, but Japans idea of "Make first then we hire" kinda makes their animations more interesting. They test the waters with manga before putting in the money. It's kinda the way art should be imo But of course that's just for adaptations. There's plenty of hired writers and artists that make amazing stuff like Code Geass.