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chaosflame5 said:

F0XFIRE said:

All that money made on the back of poor animators working for slave wage. Well played Anime Industry. This is a concern. If they make such huge money, then why pay animators such peanuts of money?? One person from A-1 Pictures even died few years ago due to depression. This is a concern. If they make such huge money, then why pay animators such peanuts of money?? One person from A-1 Pictures even died few years ago due to depression.

The animation studios that are not Studio Ghibli are small companies who are given budgets based on how much their executive producers, or clients, are willing to give them. Thus, they can't afford to pay every single animator on their team (who are freelance anyway, so they hop studios) a salary.



This turns me off from ever become an animator. Wonder if down the West is like this too, highly doubted I guess.

There was a wage-fixing scandal released last year that included big-name companies such as Disney, Pixar, DreamWorks, Blue Sky, Sony Pictures, and Lucasfilms. A recent ruling means the companies involved will potentially go to trial for it. So we have that problem here in the West, too, but its on a different scale compared to what goes on with Japanese animators. The animation studios that are not Studio Ghibli are small companies who are given budgets based on how much their executive producers, or clients, are willing to give them. Thus, they can't afford to pay every single animator on their team (who are freelance anyway, so they hop studios) a salary.There was a wage-fixing scandal released last year that included big-name companies such as Disney, Pixar, DreamWorks, Blue Sky, Sony Pictures, and Lucasfilms. A recent ruling means the companies involved will potentially go to trial for it. So we have that problem here in the West, too, but its on a different scale compared to what goes on with Japanese animators. BBCode