Matt Schley
April 30, 2017 
The past few years have seen no shortage of folks from the anime industry taking to social media and giving us a glimpse inside the dark inner workings of the business.
You can now add director Taiki Nishimura to the list of anime-making grievance-airers.
Nishimura, who is mainly known as an episode director, has helmed episodes of series such as Naruto, Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny, Medabots and School Rumble.
The director took to Twitter April 29 to say:
“Recently, when it comes to getting paid, I keep getting asked to wait. And when I do get paid, they ask for a 50% discount. When as director I ask for a retake, I get told “it’s not necessary.” It’s making me want to quit anime. Or, at the very least, work with a reputable company.”
最近、ギャラの支払いを待ってほしいと言われてばかりいる。払われても、半額にしてほしいと言われるし。演出がリテイクを出しても「やる必要がない」とスルーされたり……もう、アニメを辞めたくなるよ。せめて、真っ当な制作会社に移りたい。
— 西村大樹 (@taiki_nishimura) April 29, 2017
The next day, Nishimura followed up with a tweet that put a concrete number on things, saying that last year he made ¥1,600,000 on anime. At the current exchange rate, that’s about $14,000.
アニメの演出料の安さって、あまり話題にならないんだよね。自分の昨年のアニメ仕事だけの年収は、160万円だからね。
— 西村大樹 (@taiki_nishimura) April 30, 2017
When we hear about the low wages in anime, it’s usually from in-between or key frame animators, who get paid per frame, and as Nishimura himself pointed out in his follow-up tweet, directors’ wages don’t get nearly as much attention. But, apparently, folks like Nishimura aren’t exactly living like kings either.
Source: Yaraon
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