Being a professional animator for anime in Japan may sound glamorous, but the pay often leaves animators in the poverty zone. The Animator Dormitory Project, which both helps animators and gives them a more affordable place to stay, shared a video about a new animator …Read more »
With Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba making mega yen in Japan, weekly rag Spa! has decided to delve into that time-honored topic: poor conditions for animators. To learn more about conditions on the ground, Spa! interviewed a 43-year-old Japanese animator going by the pseudonym Daigo …Read more »
COVID-19 is taking its toll across virtually every industry, including anime. Several big-name films like Violet Evergarden and Detective Conan have been delayed, as has the latest season of Sword Art Online and others. Now one animator has a bleak prediction for the upcoming summer …Read more »
Readers of Otaku USA know the anime industry can be tough for animators. Despite record-high revenues, animators in the trenches are faced with poor wages and labor standards. According to one NPO, the starting salary for over 80% of young animators is under 100,000 yen — …Read more »
Seiichi Hayashi might be one of the most famous manga artists you’ve never heard of. Not only was he a prominent member of the avant-garde art movements of the 1960s and 1970s, but Hayashi also made “geki-ga,” comics that rebelled against kid-friendly manga. Red Colored …Read more »
Studio Ghibli is looking for a few good animators. Specifically, the studio is looking to hire in-between animators and background artists for Hayao Miyazaki’s next and supposedly final film, the existence of which was revealed back in November of last year. The jobs are set …Read more »
We’ve been hearing for the past few weeks that work on the latest, long-delayed Evangelion film is progressing, and here’s the surest sign yet: Khara, the studio behind the films, is hiring animators. Khara updated its recruiting page April 15, and is looking for in-between …Read more »
Tetsuya Akutsu stands with his hands in his pockets, an embarrassed grin on his face. “I haven’t cleaned the place in a while,” he explains. In his defense, the place, a room on the second floor of a house in west Tokyo, isn’t so much …Read more »
The current season of anime has seen an above-average number of shows ( Long Riders and Brave Witches , to name just two) that have had to delay the broadcast of at least one episode because of production problems. The problem caught the attention of …Read more »
We’ve all heard horror stories about just how little money rookie animators make in Japan (despite the high demand for their services). Now one lawyer has weighed about anime’s low wages in an opinion column that suggests the industry’s practices might not even be legal. …Read more »
Studio Ghibli producer Yoshiaki Nishimura (actually, ex-producer, as he made sure to point out in his apology) kicked up a ruckus last month when he declared that women are “realistic” as compared to “idealistic” men, making the former unsuitable for directing Ghibli films. Never mind …Read more »
Anne Happy 's Ruri Hibarigaoka A frazzled animator has taken to Twitter to complain about the length of time that goes into drawing anime characters’ eyes, which have become so detailed in recent years, says the animator, it’s impossible to draw them quickly enough to …Read more »
Seems like we use the ol' "burnt-out Shirobako characters" image a lot these days... We’ve posted a lot over the past few years about the dismal wages in the anime industry. But a lot of what we hear is anecdotal, with a lot of rumors, …Read more »
by Valerie Lopez Dragon Ball Z is no stranger to being rereleased, remastered and reworked, but a fan project currently underway may be the coolest spin on the classic series yet. A group of artists working under the name “Seven Star Re-Animate” are recreating the …Read more »
It’s been about a week since animator, character designer and blogger Sachiko Kamimura stirred up a lot of discussion – both in Japanese and English – about the low wages paid to new animators in Japan. Kamimura wrote in her original post that because animators …Read more »
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