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Aug 25, 2009 9:32 PM
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This question just went through my mind..

what do japanese really get in making manga or anime,,?

do they earn money from this?? i mean how??

Just wondering..^^
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Aug 25, 2009 9:59 PM
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Uh. It starts off as art for the creators writing/drawing it. Then anime is a product that sells. So it's made for profit. What more is there to think about it? Why does any art exist? Why is anything marketed?
Aug 25, 2009 10:02 PM
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I think it is passion...

Some anime actually helped some town economically

I think the more recent one should be the "Hiiragi Shrine" (Lucky Star)
Apparently that town receive more tourist and is getting more rich.

again, i think it's just passion.
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Aug 25, 2009 10:12 PM
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It's just an entertainment industry like everything out there. There are money in it, so they will keep making it. It's like asking why Hollywood keeps making movies. Seriously TC, those questions are starting to get annoying. You could just Google or Wikipedia to get the answer for that.
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Aug 25, 2009 10:14 PM
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Same reason why people make TV shows.

For money.

How? It entertains people so they pay monies to buy products based off the anime.
Aug 25, 2009 10:33 PM
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It's the popularity and yeah, the passion.
I mean, you can see that anime is getting more and more popular.
More games are adapted from animes and they are all selling great.
And producing animes is not like producing normal cartoons, the story and plot of animes can actually compete with the movies and series we are having in the market now.
Plus, people love to see nice graphic and drawings.
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Aug 25, 2009 10:35 PM
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It's a basic nature of Human, you should ask yourself too, why you keep on watching anime? i guess that's the same answer when you ask, why they keep on creating manga and anime.
Aug 26, 2009 12:01 AM
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First, there was the nothing. Then Haruhi came and said

"ooooh develop a style of art so you can show me to the world"

And the mangaka wrote and drew. And the animator animated. And The Man profited.

But it was not enough and more than 2000 years were needed for them to get to a stage when they could show Haruhi to the world. When they showed, fanboying ensued. And The Man profited more.
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Aug 26, 2009 12:02 AM
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too make money. just be glad most anime at least ends at a decent episode count with out going on with endless filler and the show just slowly falls apart like most US shows do. I AM LOOKING AT YOU X-FILES and STARGATE SG-1
Aug 26, 2009 12:27 AM

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NOTE: Animation is FAR cheaper than producing regular TV shows.

Just compare the budget of producing anime series vs a show on say, NBC.
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Aug 26, 2009 12:44 AM

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KyuuA4 said:
NOTE: Animation is FAR cheaper than producing regular TV shows.

Just compare the budget of producing anime series vs a show on say, NBC.


Not really a fair comparison, because anime episodes are 20 minutes while TV are 45, also TV has much larger audiences so has significant ad revenue. Anime producers actually have to pay TV stations to air shows , where as networks buy shows in most of the world. The Japanese system is quite absurd, honestly.
Aug 26, 2009 1:10 AM

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so they are still the one who is paying to air their series??
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Aug 26, 2009 1:23 AM

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It's part of japanese culture. Just like many europeans/americans like making music.
And in japan making manga and anime can be quite profitable, too, I think.
I wished anime and manga were more popular in my country, too! :-(
Aug 26, 2009 1:29 AM

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FFFFFFFFFFF THIS QUESTION





Why do the Americans keep filming tv shows?
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Aug 26, 2009 2:38 AM

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To cater to the massive fan base.

They do earn money by selling off manga and anime.
Aug 26, 2009 3:48 AM

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Same reason why people make TV shows.

For money.

How? It entertains people so they pay monies to buy products based off the anime.
At least that's the way it's supposed to work... apparently the OP is unaware that anime is a commercial product to begin with.
Aug 26, 2009 3:53 AM

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THE MONEY
Aug 26, 2009 5:13 AM

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ezaya said:
This question just went through my mind..

what do japanese really get in making manga or anime,,?

do they earn money from this?? i mean how??

Just wondering..^^
Why are cars still made even when it was losing money? Why is the internet still around even though most people just surf it? That's a silly question. If there wasn't money to me made none of these would have exist.
What if the Hokey Pokey is what it is all about?

Aug 26, 2009 6:14 AM
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It's in human, I mean Japanese nature, to make animes.
Aug 26, 2009 7:48 AM
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They like it,its popular and it makes good money in japan.

its like the question why do we have so many pointless reality shows? who the fu*k wants to watch reality!
Aug 26, 2009 7:52 AM

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Anime is culture in japan.

We germans would never stop making beer and cutlet.
Aug 26, 2009 8:28 AM

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First, I am sorry for poor english.

50 yars ago, TV channel made animathion for geting sponsors.
At the time, TV channel's business is geting sponsers they didn't made about animathion good.
#But some conpany made a good.

next, a sponser made animation.
Famous sponser is House Syokuhin and Toshiba.House Shokuhin made Syoukoujyo Serra and many classic animation.
Toshiba is making Sazae san

Now, Many sponsers pay money for make animation.
And Sponsers can get many rights. Some sponser can get DVD rights, some sponser can get toy rights, some sponser can get broad rights....
Many light is controled by direction company.
Did you watch "We've" "D-rights" at endhing?
They are director.
This system was called "seisaku iinnkai housiki".

Maybe you can see "******委員会" at endhing.
It is name about the animathion.

Well, The animathion raise many easy by Seisaku Iinkai Housiki, but every sponser wan't pay enoght many.
Why?
Sponsors will get the money commensurate with the investment difficult.
But Sponsors are hoping to make it big thing.
So, K-on, Lucky star.....

It is like angel pay a many for the company to IPO.
Aug 26, 2009 6:38 PM

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ezaya said:
This question just went through my mind..

what do japanese really get in making manga or anime,,?

do they earn money from this?? i mean how??

Just wondering..^^


I think perhaps the most funny thing about anime, is how numerically speaking, most Japanese don't like anime.

I think numerically speaking, it is likely more North Americans like that dreadful shit known as reality tv than Japanese like anime.

But it isn't free, so clearly there is enough out there that see it as being of some use to make it to them.

Hey, I often wonder how wargame making companies justify the cost and effort to make wargames consider how little profit there is in making them.
While not technically anime, currently I am a big fan of Hatsune Miku.
At least I can go see her in concert.
Aug 31, 2009 5:21 AM

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show1222 said:
First, I am sorry for poor english.

50 yars ago, TV channel made animathion for geting sponsors.
At the time, TV channel's business is geting sponsers they didn't made about animathion good.
#But some conpany made a good.

next, a sponser made animation.
Famous sponser is House Syokuhin and Toshiba.House Shokuhin made Syoukoujyo Serra and many classic animation.
Toshiba is making Sazae san

Now, Many sponsers pay money for make animation.
And Sponsers can get many rights. Some sponser can get DVD rights, some sponser can get toy rights, some sponser can get broad rights....
Many light is controled by direction company.
Did you watch "We've" "D-rights" at endhing?
They are director.
This system was called "seisaku iinnkai housiki".

Maybe you can see "******委員会" at endhing.
It is name about the animathion.

Well, The animathion raise many easy by Seisaku Iinkai Housiki, but every sponser wan't pay enoght many.
Why?
Sponsors will get the money commensurate with the investment difficult.
But Sponsors are hoping to make it big thing.
So, K-on, Lucky star.....

It is like angel pay a many for the company to IPO.


I do not understand this part, anyone care to translate?
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AirStyles said:
show1222 said:
First, I am sorry for poor english.

50 yars ago, TV channel made animathion for geting sponsors.
At the time, TV channel's business is geting sponsers they didn't made about animathion good.
#But some conpany made a good.

next, a sponser made animation.
Famous sponser is House Syokuhin and Toshiba.House Shokuhin made Syoukoujyo Serra and many classic animation.
Toshiba is making Sazae san

Now, Many sponsers pay money for make animation.
And Sponsers can get many rights. Some sponser can get DVD rights, some sponser can get toy rights, some sponser can get broad rights....
Many light is controled by direction company.
Did you watch "We've" "D-rights" at endhing?
They are director.
This system was called "seisaku iinnkai housiki".

Maybe you can see "******委員会" at endhing.
It is name about the animathion.

Well, The animathion raise many easy by Seisaku Iinkai Housiki, but every sponser wan't pay enoght many.
Why?
Sponsors will get the money commensurate with the investment difficult.
But Sponsors are hoping to make it big thing.
So, K-on, Lucky star.....

It is like angel pay a many for the company to IPO.


I do not understand this part, anyone care to translate?

I think the gist of what is trying to be said is that sponsors are the ones making the money, not the people doing the work. As such anime is created, with few exceptions, to make a profit which has already been stated as far back as the second post in this thread. It also rarely does so.
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Well because most american artists don't draw people in kimonos with huge green eyes and blue hair.... and because the japanese are good at it and they make a living off it in american money.... yea...
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Absolutely_Steve said:
AirStyles said:
show1222 said:
First, I am sorry for poor english.

50 yars ago, TV channel made animathion for geting sponsors.
At the time, TV channel's business is geting sponsers they didn't made about animathion good.
#But some conpany made a good.

next, a sponser made animation.
Famous sponser is House Syokuhin and Toshiba.House Shokuhin made Syoukoujyo Serra and many classic animation.
Toshiba is making Sazae san

Now, Many sponsers pay money for make animation.
And Sponsers can get many rights. Some sponser can get DVD rights, some sponser can get toy rights, some sponser can get broad rights....
Many light is controled by direction company.
Did you watch "We've" "D-rights" at endhing?
They are director.
This system was called "seisaku iinnkai housiki".

Maybe you can see "******委員会" at endhing.
It is name about the animathion.

Well, The animathion raise many easy by Seisaku Iinkai Housiki, but every sponser wan't pay enoght many.
Why?
Sponsors will get the money commensurate with the investment difficult.
But Sponsors are hoping to make it big thing.
So, K-on, Lucky star.....

It is like angel pay a many for the company to IPO.


I do not understand this part, anyone care to translate?

I think the gist of what is trying to be said is that sponsors are the ones making the money, not the people doing the work. As such anime is created, with few exceptions, to make a profit which has already been stated as far back as the second post in this thread. It also rarely does so.


The more you know...thanks for the link.
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Aug 31, 2009 7:46 AM

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It starts off as a form of art in which develops into careers and entertainment where people earn money off of it. As time passes by, the popularity tends to rise and in the long run, both anime and manga can be used as a tool for helping the economy and tourism while at the same time, it can also spread political beliefs and ideals in a way that is most acceptable. Generally, both anime and manga is essential for a flourishing economy and thus, there will never be a time in which animes and mangas are stopped from production. Actually, the demand for manga and anime have increased over the years as that the number of visitors to Comiket are increasing per event. In other words, the creation of mangas and animes have become a natural thing.
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I heard that the reason the Japanese make so many animes is because they lack the money for big block buster studios and lack the money to make all the special effects that may be required for certain stories.It does somewhat make sense, it is probably much cheaper to hire animators and voice actors than it is to hire live actors, studio sets and special effects.
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It's their ultimate trademark I guess xD
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Why do ppl use money do buy stuff? Why can't they all be for free? =P

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Sep 3, 2009 2:20 PM

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Same thing as "Why do we keep making Cartoons?"

They do get alot of money from creating a anime series.
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To give something otakus can fap to.
Sep 3, 2009 6:49 PM

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I think they only get money at the manga that they sold,,,

in anime they are the one who is paying to air it...

right??
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see how anime create a world wide sensation among us? it's a good way to make money as well as to spread their culture.

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