Average Anime Salary

[Demon_Skeith]

We already know that the work hours for animators in Japan are awful. But, as NHK reports, the average pay is shit, too.

According to a Japan Animation Creators Association survey of 759 animators, the average yearly income is 1.1 million yen or approximately ten thousand dollars. Which is less than a thousand bucks a month. And that’s working, again, on average, eleven hours a day. That’s rough for a country as expensive as Japan.

Even though anime is obviously big business in Japan, NHK adds that the domestic industry must compete with cheap labor in other countries in Asia.
Japan’s Agency for Cultural Affairs requested the survey, so this problem is on the Japanese government’s radar. An official from the Japan Animation Creators Association says that the development of young animators in Japan is key for the industry’s future, and the association hopes to hold a symposium about bettering work conditions.

Until then, young animators will be doing things like working insane hours and trying to figure out how to do basic things like pay rent and buy food.

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:o damn, I thought they made it a little better than that.

 

[lb]

It's surprising... Are you sure your source is trustworthy? Why are there so many people who still accept to work in animation if the payment is so low?

 

[Demon_Skeith]

ANN, though a bit old, seems to say the same thing:

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2005-11-02/animator%27s-salaries


Looking around more, it seems the whole point of having the job is because you want to do it, not for the money.

 

[NameGervin]

Only if more people are like those. They are doing it not for money, they are doing it because it's their dream. The world will be better place if more people like those exist. People who work because of money even they don't like it produce standard results. While on the other hand, people who keep doing what he wants gets quality results.