As anyone who’s interested in the anime industry knows, animators (especially young ones) face chronically low wages, causing a majority of newbies to drop out of the industry within one or two years. Why the low wages? Many blame Osamu Tezuka, the “god of manga” …Read more »
AT&T is looking to sell Crunchyroll to Sony for $1.5 billion. That’s the report from The Information, who are citing “three people familiar with the situation.” The Information is also reporting that Sony has balked at the $1.5 billion price tag, with negotiations ongoing. Meanwhile, …Read more »
Things are a long way from normal in Japan, but efforts by health professionals and citizens doing their best to stay home have led to a reduction in cases in Tokyo and elsewhere. Meanwhile, it looks like anime voice actors, who were largely on standby …Read more »
On the morning of April 20, the phrase “anime industry” was trending on Twitter in Japan — and as you might guess, it wasn’t due to happy news. An article out today from Sports Nippon takes a look at the various COVID-19-related troubles facing the …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 »
Manga is a giant business, both in Japan and abroad. In the US, we regularly hear about how volumes of One Piece or Naruto outsell homegrown American comics by a wide margin, and new players are getting into the manga publishing game all the time. …Read more »
It’s about to be Christmas for anime industry data crunchers: the Association of Japanese Animations, also known as the AJA, is putting out their yearly report next week. As a bit of a teaser, they’ve revealed one number every would-be Nate Silver wants to get …Read more »
Shirobako 's Ema reacting to her paycheck. A newbie animator in Japan gets paid around 120 yen – that’s one, yes, one dollar – an hour. Kamimura (photo by Okki ) That’s the word from animator and character designer Sachiko Kamimura ( City Hunter , …Read more »
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