The Sad Truth of Being A Japanese Animator 

Many of the actual artists used for video material in this video are independent and satisfied animators within the industry, unrelated to much of the actual content of the video. They have been used largely for background visuals and illustrative purposes rather than as an explicit example of the many suffering artists out there. Thanks to Archipel for many of the clips I used for this video; check out their channel for a variety of incredible videos and interviews with some of Japan's most renowned and genuine artists. ru-vid.com

People think art isn’t worth money, the thing is artists are highly skilled workers. It’s not a hobby, it’s not a talent. It’s gruesome, tiresome work, and we treat the artists like absolute SH*T while being all to happy to consume their creations

Hope they get better laboral conditions and even a higher pay if it's possible. They deserve more knowing how popular and succesful anime is, inside and outside Japan.

Kyoto Animation paid their talent a living wage and trained them up with a good work life balance. They were having a great impact on the industry. It's very sad an evil person did the unthinkable. I hope the spirit of Kyoto Animation will live on forever.

As a fellow artist who went to school to become an animator, I have the utmost respect for them all! My professor told me to change my major from animation to something else. Anything else. I planned on working for Disney/Pixar, but they fired a ton of employees and lowered wages when I was one year away from graduation. I'm grateful that he warned me and I listened. I could have never lived that kind of life while burnout was consuming my passion! To all those that are animators, thank you and better times are to come!!

I am a comic artist and graphic designer myself who was dreaming of being able to draw animation like the Japanese anime; I watched Anime since 1994; however, I never thought the life work of an animator in Japan is that miserable! I always thought of them like highly-paid professionals due to the worldwide distribution of Anime & Manga! Thanks for such an enlightening video, and the other one about Manga artists too.

I'm an animation student who aspires to be an animator but because of this reason, I am now leaning more into just becoming an illustrator. The hardwork from every staffs of an anime is what makes me feel really mad against people who just complains about everything. Even the tiniest mistakes, they will complain not knowing or just straight up ignoring how hard it is to even make a 24 minute animation.

Quite frankly if the Japanese government is aware of this problem of unfair wages and poor work hours in the studios. Then they need to take action without having workers ask for it. Anime and Manga are some of the biggest economic resources for the nation of Japan. The world loves it and are willing to pay to get it. So pay the artists what they deserve for their wonderful art!

"You get what you pay for" is what i've always belive for the longest time. But with anime & manga, i got way more than i can ever give back. Honestly, can't thank this amazing people enough

This is why I love Kyoto animation. The fair pay shows in their work

My brother is aiming to become an animator and he even wants to go to Japan to work there. But after watching this, I'm scared for his health and future. I totally don't want to ruin his mental image and dream of being an animator, but I want him to be aware of this cruel reality.

Watching this made me think of Demon Slayer and how the Mangaka (Koyoharu Gotouge) did not get paid well. The movie broke records in Japan and even the anime has had a lot of viewership in Japan and worldwide via Netflix and Crunchyroll. But her pay was low. The animators working on that probably didn't get paid as much from the movie. I just wonder where is all the money going? Is it being used for next projects or to fund current ones? With Disney or any American/European studio, every person gets paid well for any animated series, and there is still enough money for new projects. The situation in Japan needs to change because they give the best art and animation out of every country in the world and they don't get the recognition or money for their work.

I'm worry for Japan animator. Their passion is why they willing to overwork for a trash pay just to create something they love. And their work inspire more people, give them the passion to continue this cycle. The only people who benefit from this are their boss who don't feel the need to pay them more because their Passion pay themselves. Passion in japan is like a trap now.

The sad thing I see is that when people love an anime, most of the time, they praise the animation (Violet Evergarden, Mushoku Tensei, Link Click, etc.), but when a series is bad with their story and characters, even if the animation is "good" or "great", it is never really appreciated (Examples: Darling in the Franx, SAO, I could go on). I remember people complaining about the filler episode in MHA season 5, and the animation being "bad", and while I have noticed a shot of one of the characters being a little off-model, there were still many shots of smooth animation, (the shot of the dragon flying being one of them). Granted, story and animation are separate and I understand that whatever happened behind the scenes, that should not, in cases, affect how the consumer views the product. People are allowed to have opinions. A bad anime in their eyes will still remain bad to some people even if they know what happened behind the production. But I feel as if animation with sakuga is now expected to be the bare minimum or that people will call an animation bad and leave it like that without giving a reason. I am a beginner at animation, so I know how hard it is. You have to storyboard, layout, do in between frames, line art, and on top of that, make sure it's consistent. So if you want to support animators, I recommend checking out the Animator Dormitory Project. Also, anime are made by youtubers as well so I recommend checking out Sempai Club Hikari~be my light and Super Clockwork Hero. Both are short and won't take your time. (Sry this was long, I just really like animation)

This was my dream job for a long time until I found out about the harsh conditions. I hope it gets better for all the Japanese animators out there, they deserve so much more since there job is incredibly hard.

I fell in love with anime only just recently. This video and the one about mangakas just broke my heart. Seeing the fruits of their labour, just how much energy and life and soul they put into their craft, yet they make less than a McDonald's worker, who requires no extraordinary skill. This video has been released a year ago, and I sincerely hope at least something is changing.

Nothing but respect for anyone in the animation industry, for Japan especially where the work culture is a crazy, intense, and exhausting grind. The passion that animators have for their work is a truly beautiful thing. Great vid as always man.🤝

Hi, this is the second time you are using some of our footage in your videos, after the one on "The Sad truth of Being A Manga Artist". While we didn't say anything the first time, we find it regrettable that: - You haven't asked for authorization to use our footage. - The footage you are using does not depict your subject. In the mangaka video, you have used footage from our portrait of Shinichi Sakamoto, who is nowhere near being in a struggling situation with his work. Likewise, in this video you are using footage from our portrait of Koji Yamamura, who is in a similar case, non-struggling and proud of his independent status. We won't be doing any claim as what has been done is done, but please ask us for authorization for any use of our footage in your future videos, and please add a credit mention in this video and a mention that the footage you are using is simply for illustration purposes & that it does not reflect of the actual situation of these creators. Thank you.

I used to work as a traditional animator more than 20 years ago, after so many years of work and working hard making cool animations i couldn't make enough savings for retirement, i still love traditional animation but if i had the choice, i would have choosed another career, being young blind you from calculating what it will be when you are above 50s and unable to do the same things you used to do, and you have a family that still needs you, my advice to young animators is look around you and see how many over 40s are still doing traditional animation, you won't find, if you are for example a football player, at the age of 35 you will mostly had made it enough to retire

Absolutely brilliant video, my man. I really really hope more studios start valuing their animators more and more

I was also studying to be an animator in Japan but after I heard about the conditions in the industry I quit and started to focus on illustration

When ever I watch anime or any type of animation. I always think about the artist and their craft that they put so much effort too. Every details, lines, shadows and lights are made with passion, sweat and hard works. Seeing this video makes me appreciate the artist animation more than ever. Even if it's not perfect.

Thanks for shedding light to this subject, anime was an escape for me when i was depressed, and the people who helped me get through hard times are going through tougher times themselves, i hope this video gets more views so people can spread this heartbreaking video

This is truly sad. They put in so much work and love into what they do and deserve to earn more

If I can remember correctly, Hayao Miyazaki worked too hard on the job that later caused a wound between him and his son Goro. He admitted he was wrong and can be seen in a documentary him trying to subtly bond with his son by trying to give some jelly beans (I don't remember if it was Jelly beans). Like in your previous video on Mangakas, these animators need to work hard to deliver as fast as possible. Once they stop and take a rest, people immediately forget the anime and move to the next dopamine inducing media they can find. We people today are considered subliterate; we don't leisurely take the time to appreciate and empathize art, and art becomes debased. Like great Mangaka Naoki Urasawa said, "If we take the time to read longer, wouldn't reading Manga be more fun?" I felt bad for Kentaro Miura when people made fun of him for releasing a Berserk Chapter for too long in between chapters as people accused him of having an Anime Loli addiction. Well that's horse pucky of course, the man was tired and sick at the time, yet he delivered one of the greatest artwork no one can do but him. I got to tell you man, people just want to feel good all the time and look down upon artists, yet they seek artwork to please themselves.

On one side they realize their dream everyday, on the other hand they are exhausted by the amount of work they have to produce. It's tough, but I would gladly overwork myself for my dream as well, that's all I can say. (Being a full-time writer I mean)

My heart still breaks whenever I hear Kyoto Animation

Japan animation has been around for over 70 years & is still going strong. The people who make this really deserve some respect and support just like the manga artists, creators & authors do. But even this kind of work couldn't be rushed. Plus they should get 8 hours of sleep, higher payment & vacations. Even they deserve to take care of their health & must never be taken for granted. They give us great entertainment all around the world in any global language. Remember the anime movie "Spirited Away" that won an Oscar for best Animated Feature Film. So to all of you Japan animators of legends & of today, thank you, try not to work so hard & let's keep anime alive, even for the next generation.

I was looking for videos like this yesterday and now I see this one just came out. Great timing!

This just makes me appreciate the mangakas and animators more because they will literally work themselves to death just to create something amazing for their fans to love and enjoy

Just discovered your channel a while ago and great video man! Hopefully the animators get their due as you can really see the effort they put in day in and day out.

It is up to the fans to pressure animation studios to stop abusing their animators. In the end, it is because of them that animators work under extreme pressure.

I worked from 2015-2017 in the mobile gaming industry in Tokyo, it was a dark chapter in my life...

This topic always breaks my heart. Anime have brought me so much joy and inspiration since I was a kid, and it still do now. I only wish those who create them could have a life full of joy too.

This is a very well researched video. I can see the time it took. Great job keep it up 👍

Really good video and really a harsh reality that hits home especially in these times.

I’ve always heard about this and I feel so bad for these guys man it’s bull sh*t that anyone should put up with that nonsense over here in America we have a lot going on they would have a better opportunity to be a animator over here Japan is so controversial with these types of things that’s why as an animator myself I will always appreciate and understand these guys here because I know what it’s like to work so hard for someone or something to entertain others but behind your stressed out that should. Be a lesson to all man it’s crazy

The journey is no doubt hard to be an animator. Inelastic supply aside, they deserve better for their service. They give a good part of their life away and in turn enhance the lives of anime fans across the globe with their work. More money needs to flow into the industry. Unfortunately there's a lot of piracy. With less of that maybe then Animators could get more money coming their way.

This video is really good,It must've taken a while to make.

So true, I vouch for it. Thanks for the revelatory video.

I just want to mention that animators and mangaka usually have more than 10 years of drawing experience before they enter the profession.

It’s so sad that for something that brings so much hope and joy in this life, the people that make it possible have such extreme violations. They definitely deserve more

I came across this channel thanks to "The Sad Truth of Being A Manga Artist" video which I really loved. Now, this is another thorough and insightful video. I feel the hard work behind it. Thanks for making such a video.

Great video ! It does make a good point on a very touchy topic that's been going on for waaay too long. You probably are aware of the Animator's dormitory project, who's trying to make rent more accessible to young animators who just got started in Tokyo. They're doing a great job, and also have a youtube channel to raise awareness on the topic. Also noteworthy is the anime series ShiroBako, which is an anime... about the making of an anime. A little similar on how Bakuman is a manga about the life of being a mangaka, but in the anime industry, with its specific challenges. Now, I wonder how great it would be to have one day an anime docufiction à la Shirobako, but of several different animation industries from all over the world (or at least the big 3, Japan, America, and France), like, having an animator or an animation producer who's going all around the world and tries to work in all the different animation industries, each with their own specificities, so that the audience could compare all the conditions. If such a show existed, it might open the eyes of a lot of Japanese young animators who would see just how screwed they are compared to the rest of world, and start raising their voices as a whole. Another thing that might help is to try and have some open discussions and lectures between professionals and highschool students who want to enter the industry who are not shying away from the financial and hardwork realities of teh industry, and how to avoid falling into these pitfalls right from the get-go, instead of mindlessly falling into the classic trap of "but I'm doing it for my passion", which not only undercuts themselves, but the entire industry as a whole as well.

When you want to become both an animator and a mangaka 💀

am just a 15y old highschool student who wanted to be an animator and manga artist in the future and after many people and many vids say "being an artist isnt going to give u that much money" YES IK! IK IT WONT GIVE ME HAPPINESS THAT I WANT sometimes i even worry bout my own career but still drawing is my passion and ill keep aiming to reach my dream even tho its a path of thorns

It's really sad to think that many great works, that changed many lifes and give us a spark of happiness in each episode, are made of so much inhuman and unfair ways. I know that this is, in some cases, a choose of them. But I hope, deeply in my heart, that all of the artists in the world have good labor conditions to keep doing what they love.

another great video , keep killing it , 20 k soon

These animators need justice and need to be under someone who cares about them. It is so sad that their company takes advantage of them. drawing is never easy and it's worse when you have to draw the same pictures billion times just to make them move. As someone who is terrible at drawing and loves watching anime, I respect all animators. Bless their souls and hope their company is kind to them.

According to Marc Elliot biography od Walt Disney : Walt was an Inventor of cheap, mostly Slave work, because he hired mostly students of Art, and every tallented animator when asked for a better salary, was kicked out from Animation Studio. And Disney was one of the first Studio, which outsourced in 80's works in other countries : Korea, Japan, Australia because there was cheap workforce (when we compare it to US salaries). It's enough to check credits list when movie comes to an end. Sad, but true. But as was mentioned in your material : this ist their choice. Thank you.

That was a good glimpse into the Japanese working style, life, and traditional values. Learned a lot from this video thanks for sharing.

I think after watching this I think it makes me appreciate art even more on how much hard work they put in to adding the frames, the background, the characters etc im just proud that I came this far as an Otaku but I don't think that burning passion of watching anime is within me anymore idk why which is kinda sad honestly...

I just watched the one about being a manga artist and I can already tell this one will be as harsh

If I had some wishes, I would certainly wish for all animators to be paid slightly more than other jobs, expanding anime culture further and likely even outside of Japan way more than today

Bruh anime really inspire me a lot and after seeing behind the anime i mostly watch inspire me more and makes me more DETERMINED to join them even thoe it's hellish job. Even thoe I'm not a japanese....

Thank you for this video.. I got a lot of information

That's why I have a huge respect for animators . ❤️❤️❤️

The work behind each episode is insane, and these people are worked to the bone and barely earn enough to survive. The anime industry is like a ticking bomb, one day it'll explode because the conditions these people work in are awful. You really have to appreciate any kind of animation when you know what happens behind the scenes

good info in the vid, straight up

More people need to be talking about this.

This is one of Japan's darkest sides in the Japanese entertainment industry. It's now 2022 and covid has been delaying, restricting, and cancelling animes. In the other part of animes, one of my favourite female seiyuus, Maaya Uchida got harmed by the covid and now she's fully recovered! This is a sad life of Japanese animators working in many animation production studios in Japan like: J.C. STAFF, TMS Entertainment, and LIDEN FILMS just to name a few. I just saw an article published by Comicbook yesterday and it says this about Ken Akamatsu: Last year, Akamatsu joined voice actor Atsuko Enomoto to discuss problems that the industry is currently facing, with the actor having this to say about the current state of the industry that needs to repaired: "The fees for animation work are too low. We can raise prices, but the reality is that there is dumping going on. Most companies cannot raise prices. Only those who have been performing for a long time and are confident can afford it. We have been asking for an improvement in the working environment, but we know that there is no money for production, so we have been saying for a long time that there might not be any improvement, and we have been wondering what to do."

Thanks for the information

Lesson for this one? I must say! "Always be thankful and grateful"

I respect mangaka and animators without them the anime is no longer exist

i actually worked for a japanese company as a freelancer. At first it was 12 - 15 $ a week (based on projects) then it decreased to less than 6$ and I had to stay at night before it reached deadline. Each project had a time of one 5-7 days. At first I was exited on my first overseas project but after 2 months things started to change and only low budget projects started to come in. One time I asked them " can you increase the money a but" and the reply I got was " we have other freelance artist working with us aswell if you don't want to work with us anymore just tell". Later I worked on 2-3 projects and then quit. Overall it was quiet a good experience for me and I got to know how freelance artist struggle in Japan. I'm not Not saying every company is like this there maybe some studios where freelance artist like to work. Don't get me wrong I love Japan, I like to see the countryside, mountains, temples the shrines and experience everything. Even if I get a chance to work as a proper artist in one of the amazing studios in Japan I would still consider going there. And I truly and hopefully believe that something in their system changes and brings favour to Japanese artist and animators and every else who's working in the anime industry. Hope that day comes soon... (NOTE: I got this job offer when I lost my job so I had no other options but to take it)

I know there is another similar video from Asian Boss made 3 years ago, but this also dives into a top animator role salary, work ethic, obligations, and deriving systemic issues revolving around karoshi culture & zealous passion from animators! Thanks for providing further insight on this... TnT

Seeing this video and seeing mappa and their workers right now with jjk s2 and other shows is undescribable

I honestly would love to travel to Japan and be an animator but to be honest I’m doing a lot of research and it seems really hard, along with being a mangaka and I really want to be an animator to be honest I love art I don’t think I’d be able to be a foreigner in Japan and an animator because it seems honestly really hard but tbh o think I’m just going to keep trying hard and working. I’m trying to look at more of the bright sides but idk. I hope I succeed.

For more senior animators things are not much like what the video said. First most animators want to work on different projects so they rather not to be fully employed to keep the right to choose what they want to participate. Second, usually production companied pay a certain amont of money usually no less than 100000 jpy ( if you are more experience you get more sometimes 300000 to 600000) to make sure the animator will fully or at least make time for their projects. It's called "kousoku". Third, the population of youn animators are declining because of lack of passion and not payed enough or low birth rate ,etc, so the japanese aniamtion industry is suffering not only finacially. For young animators The first 3 years for them are more like educational years. Most of the Know Hows can not been obtained from school so they have to catch up a lot of informations during working on real projects. I do agree there need to be a healthier system to support young animators to fit in the industry quickly but the production company is not making most of the money so they couldn't provide more otherwise the company will be in danger of not making enough money. So where does the money goes? Ask the publishers.

The sad thing is instead of increasing payment for the artist, anime industry outsource their work abroad or rely on 3D animation.

I'M JUST HERE TO INTERACT SO THIS CAN BE SPREAD FURTHER ACROSS THE ALGORITHM BUT THEY DESERVE BETTER !!

I'm not nearly as talented/skilled as these anime-artists, but I am passionate and I realized it isn't really a choice to work in animation if that's the only work you have a drive for and everything else makes you horribly depressed. If it truly was a choice, nobody would choose it, because of the horrible working-conditions alone. Anime is a highly-valuable artform and it is beyond messed up that the masterful artists making them get shit-pay for it. Greatness should be encouraged and financed, and there's plenty of greatness in anime.

As an otaku and weeb at the same time, being an Animator in japan is like my big motivation to continue and pursue art. Drawing surely is my passion and no one can explain how happy I am to talk about it. But then after watching this, my whole dream crashed. I gaved up. I don't even know what career job I'll pick beside animation. And till now my motivation keeps going down.. I can say watching anime is the only thing that keeps me goin'.

i’m sure if they went on strike things would change but who knows if they’ll ever do that. they love animating so much.

I hope that animation studio can get better and also the animations worker's condition too

I don't understand. Anime industry is sooooo big. Then why don't companies pay them more? Is the case "evil corporations"?

*As a manga artist, I understand both the 'artist side' and the 'business side'. Although it's true that these amazing Japanese artists should receive higher salaries, we have to remember that a large portion of companies budget goes towards marketing/advertising the manga/anime they produce, which is why the salaries for these artists are lower than expected. Without spending vast amounts of money on advertising, the manga/anime won't sell, and the artists won't have a job. Even if they increase the cost of the manga/anime for the customer, maybe many people won't buy at the higher cost. We have to remember that at the end of the day, it's all business, and the owners of the manga/anime companies can pay lower salaries if the government allows it. This world is not fair (especially in business), and there is much injustice. Just my 2 cents* 🙏😊💖

My dream was always to become an animator in Japan but now I'm rethinking of it that barely get paid and they deserve more than they get paid art is a skill it's so hard hopefully thinks will get better later

Just recently picked up animating and yep, it's hard. But soo rewarding visually.

the only way to solve this problem is to reduce the production rate made by each studio per year. you cut down on excess hours and lessen the feeling of being underpaid for so much work. However, decreasing production also means decreasing the number of people employed... hard decision

For the Anime Industry to change Japan's whole Work Culture has to first so the Animators get get better working conditions and wages.

i love your vids so much my g

I really enjoyed your message

Japanese mangas and stories have the potential to be the best dramas. Korean use it as "inspiration" to make insanely popular dramas such as boys over flowers from hana yori dango. Japanese stories need more attention

As one of the millions who love Japanese anime, I'm sorry to see such wonderful gifts and talent being shamelessly exploited. Someone should do an expose documentary on the elites who profit most from the billions being made off the sweat equity and creativity of these artists. Include footage and images of the most unethical exploiters coming and going from their ultra-expensive mansions, automobiles and exclusive venues. Or an anime parody of the industry could be effective while keeping production costs lower. Just an idea.

Sadly we experience this at the game industry as well… lots of freelance contracts, low paid jobs and crunch

I am inbetweener/animator at japan branch studios, everyday we got task with one or two days due date depends on how hard the genga(keyframe) is. If the task is hard, we usually finish our task around next morning. Despite the overwork, the unhealthy our lifestyle is, we always try to be positive in our studios. I think one of the reason we dont quit because our colleague always help each other with their task and the studios is always have the positive vibe. atleast that somethin that keep us motivate to stay working there. we always bring joke when our staff got to animated a spoiler scene like Ace got killed in front Luffy scene etc. yes its tiring, but to me its fun to get to animate ur favorite anime. Those who want to achive ur dream to work in these industry dont just give up yet. if ur still young gather as much experience as u can. Try go it first n u will find wat u really want. regret or grateful it all comes later. this is all just based on my opinion n experience workin at japanese studios.

maynn i wanna go to japan and do animation but this is the problem

I think the reason why these animators get the short end of the stick is there is always an abundance in supply for young people with the passion to get into this industry. From the company's perspective Profit & Loss will always, always take priority over employee welfare. If there are people who are willing to do the job, it doesn't make sense to just increase the wages of the existing employees. Bosses can afford the "If you don't like the job, then get the F out" attitude To get companies to treat animators more like humans, I think the only way is to create a sudden shortfall of these roles to the point it will cripple the entire anime industry. E.g. animators just quit en-masse. Look at China now, the concept of Lying Flat is getting popular among the younger generation and industries that rely heavily on manpower are not getting enough people to run the factories to the point that the bosses have to go out into the streets to recruit people. If this can happen to the anime industry I believe the wages and benefits of animators will significantly improve

Animators, comic artist, illustrators, fine artist etc, are the most skilled, disciplined, creative individuals I have ever seen and they would all be millionaires if the world made any sense.

thank you for the info its really helepfull

Finding out that Japanese animators got paid so little was shocking. It seems like working as an animator is treated the same as working as a cashier or the food industry in America which is wierd considering how much more thought, effort, and creativity you have to put into it. Earnestly it kinda seems worse cause some ppl with those kinds of jobs in America actually make more then $38 dollars a day

Japanese artist need a reality check, making a proper living is just as important as passionate work. No one will give a sht if you get sick and can't afford to pay healthcare. If you don't have enough for rent/food and many other realities. I know passion for art. I'm an illustrator myself, but this is inhuman. We are human beings not worker ants. I'm not saying the work should change because regardless art will always be hard. But the reward for such hard labor should be fair and worth all the health risks and life sacrifices artists do to create art for others. This systematic issue in japan seems to come from people thinking that an art career is lazy, non-essential, and easy work. ITS BULLSHIT, its hard, time consuming, life fkn consuming. No less competitive, no less hard. It's work, its a career, it is a fkn legit pursuit and should be treated like all others are because at the end of the god dam day its work done for the benefit of everyone and the people who do it shouldn't receive any less than those don't.

Awesome video. I totally relate. I was an in-between for some animation studios here in my country some 20years ago. We were outsourced some European animation at one studio and another totally dedicated to anime from Japanese studios. Because of the cheap labor here I was getting paid like P20 pesos per page. That page rate meant I wasn't even making a dollar per page. I would have to finish dozens of folders of invetween frame for key sequences just to make ends meet. Even bringing a lot of work at home. Had to make my room into a makeshift studio etc. Sad to hear that even in Japan where anime does come from much hasn't improved 😭

almost all of my work experience is from japanese companies based in my country. they rly don't know when to stop working. i had a lot of health problems because of it. i was struggling both physically and mentally. after almost 8 hours of work, they'd give you a new task right at the end of the day where it's time to go home and make you work 4-9 more hours for it. they don't give incentives and rewards to their employees for successful projects too. it's like the work you've done, finishing it, is taken to be the reward itself. i can't imagine how hard it is for these people but this situation of overwork is so deeply ingrained in them already. the most an employee complains is just among themselves. they rly do hate confrontations. i'm working towards being a mangaka but the japanese work culture scares me. i hope the future of the anime industry becomes better and the artists who put the exhausting work, live comfortably and happily.

Now this is wut I call listening to fans ur awesome mate

Seems to me that these artists should just organize and create their own anime studio. If they ban together they can create their own RU-vid channel and put money directly into their pockets. Is this not an option for them? What's preventing them from doing this?

This is so sad because i was studying about animation bbut however that doesn’t mean that i have ti change i still wanted to be an anumator and mangaka and work with japanese industry for fun but overworked and underpaid is the thing i never ignore so i must stand up and help them when im adult because i respect the mangakas and japanese animators for their good hard works

Great content per usual, ACC. #comeup

According to the "Demand and Supply Theory", that could only mean either 1 of the 2 things (or both): A. There isn't a high demand of animator work. B. There are too many animators on the job market. Unless at least one of the two conditions changes, I don't think there will be any improvement of the compensation.