The dark side of Japan’s anime industry

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But anime's outward success conceals a disturbing underlying economic reality: Many of the animators behind the onscreen magic are broke and face working conditions that can lead to burnout and even suicide.

The tension between a ruthless industry structure and anime's artistic idealism forces animators to suffer exploitation for the sake of art, with no solution in sight.

Anime's slave labor problem

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The dark side of Japan’s anime industry

Anime brings in more than $19 billion a year. Its artists are earning barely enough to survive.
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nikolino840 said:
Found when i was looking for some 2d porn...for a friend
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What kind of hentai do you have to search for if you get the dark side of anime as a result?

Latex? Ebony? Blind fetish? Blindfold?
 
Don't they just outsource a lot of the animation to korea and shit now?
They don't get paid a lot, because anime doesn't make a lot of money. Nobody becomes an animator thinking they're going to be making good money.
 
This has been known for quite some time, particularly because of the delayed and truncated release of the second season of Attack on Titan. It took four years for the second season to be released and it was only half as many episodes as the first season, because the animators were overburdened with producing animation for other shows and because the studio behind them didn't have enough money to compensate them for producing as many episodes as the first season. Animation is in much higher demand in Japan than it is in the United States, so there's an oversaturation of anime production studios and subsequently a minimization of the amount of profit that each studio can earn.
 
Anime sounds the same as videogames.
An industry with an almost limitless source of easily exploitable young and enthusiastic people willing to take shitty working conditions and wages if it allows them to have their "dream" job.
 
It's that way with most animation industries. Artists who have talent and want money should consider publishing for manga editors. Manga has a bigger fan base in Japan than anime and the they'd make more doing less. I dropped out of art school in the note of animation because they told me how low the salary was. It's kinda a dead industry, so I'm not sure why Japan studios even bother with anime anymore unless it's to market it outside Japan.
 
Doesn't surprise me as this happens all the time within Japanese workplaces. The workers are expected to tolerate the cramped schedules for the benefits of company and country.
 
there's always a dark side, all you can do is avoid those traps and work hard

what you think the games industry isn't a web of miserable secrets?
 
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Pay has always looked abysmal for artists in the anime industry considering the hours worked, effort, and skill involved.

It's not great for salary outcomes when you have diehard idealists looking to break into their dream career vs the pragmatism of big corporate.

Go independent and direct to audience and you can do far better if you find your 1000 true fans.
 
EviLore said:
Pay has always looked abysmal for artists in the anime industry considering the hours worked, effort, and skill involved.

It's not great for salary outcomes when you have diehard idealists looking to break into their dream career vs the pragmatism of big corporate.

Go independent and direct to audience and you can do far better if you find your 1000 true fans.
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The money right now is in Webtoons, which are weekly color comics in a vertical format. Starting pay from $2,000, while the popular creators are making over $80,000 monthly.
 
EviLore said:
Pay has always looked abysmal for artists in the anime industry considering the hours worked, effort, and skill involved.

It's not great for salary outcomes when you have diehard idealists looking to break into their dream career vs the pragmatism of big corporate.

Go independent and direct to audience and you can do far better if you find your 1000 true fans.
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Not really any different from the gaming industry. When you have an industry where people REALLY WANT to do it you're going to have severe supply and demand issues versus an industry where people do it because they have to make a living.

That said, Kyoto Animation was very well known for paying it's people good wages. There are good studios out there, or were anyways.
 
Yeah i'm usually one of the first to complain about animation quality being bad(e.g. Berserk,Dragon Ball super,Some naruto seasons,etc...) but i never put the blame on the animators. Those poor souls have the skill but are usually overloaded with work and with a short deadline.

The OnGoing Series bussiness model must die. The Jojo model seems to be the best: Release one high quality season every couple of years and that's it.

Nobody likes fillers,nobody likes bad animations and nobody likes sweatshops
 
Happosai said:
It's kinda a dead industry, so I'm not sure why Japan studios even bother with anime anymore unless it's to market it outside Japan.
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Man people talk shit about how money runs America but at least when someone creates a big hit people get paid and money pours in for sequels and merchandise.

You would think they would be raking in the dough with that type of world wide popularity. I would say after America they're number 2 in pop culture export. Some countries would be envious of being able to export popular culture like that.

But not Glorious Nippon!

Have to wait half a fucking decade for One Punch Man Season 3.

AlteredForms said:
Doesn't surprise me as this happens all the time within Japanese workplaces. The workers are expected to tolerate the cramped schedules for the benefits of company and country.
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Darkmakaimura said:
So in other words, working in Japan.
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She's their office manager, accountant, lunch lady, and janitor.

And she lives with her parents.
 
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