The dark side of anime production - part 2

See my original article here. I talk about the tough work environment of the animation industry.

 
Did you know that Japan's animation industry is in trouble?

• The average income of an animator in their 20s is 90,000 yen (approx. US$900) per month.
• Depending on the work output, a new employee's income can be as low as 30,000 yen.
• 90% of them quit in the first 3 years.
• Poverty and illness causes 90% to quit their job within 3 years.
• Japan's anime industry is in trouble.
• New talent isn't t being brought up.
• Techniques aren't being passed on to a new generation.
• Animation quality decreases.
• Japan's anime culture falls apart.

• Average annual incomes:
• Rookie animator (20-24 years old): 11,130 yen.
• Lead animator: 28,170 yen.
• Producer: 309,20 yen.  
• Director: 64,860 yen.
• Average annual income outside anime industry (20-24 years old): 24,800 yen.

Pyramid of annual incomes in the anime industry:

• Lead animation director: 584,00 yen.
• Animation director: 39,300 yen.
• Lead animator: 28,200 yen.
• Animator: 11,100 yen.