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May 6, 2016 6:28 PM
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no wonder there is shortage of new animators in the anime industry because the salary is so low for a long hours of work everyday, the low pay of anime staff is been known for a long time but this give factual figures to how low the salary is

http://goboiano.com/list/4362-here-are-the-average-anime-industry-salaries-from-the-past-year

inbetweenering is the starting job of an animator and lol no wonder inbetween jobs now a days are outsource on poor countries (900 US dollars is actually pretty good salary range here in the philippines due to low cost of llving)

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May 6, 2016 6:41 PM
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What the hell, those figures are actually a lot better than I expected. Where's the slave labor?

I guess it kinda sucks if you're an inbetweener, though...
May 6, 2016 7:00 PM
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In fact, Clean-Up and Inbetweeners make less than the Japanese minimum wage, which is at 1,886,000 million yen ($17,569).
Minimum wages for Japanese..

Hmm.. What is the average salary for Japanese?
EsperMay 6, 2016 7:09 PM
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May 6, 2016 7:12 PM
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How do those compare to other salaries? Compared to the average American salary of $35,000/year most of those aren't too bad.
May 6, 2016 7:13 PM
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_Esper_ said:
In fact, Clean-Up and Inbetweeners make less than the Japanese minimum wage, which is at 1,886,000 million yen ($17,569).
Minimum wages for Japanese..

Hmm.. What is the average salary for Japanese?


A quick look through suggests a figure around $26,000 (or roughly 2,784,730 yen at current exchange rate).
May 6, 2016 7:16 PM
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Wow that is pretty terrible, Americans can get anywhere between 45,000 -75,000+ for being an animator/artist.
May 6, 2016 7:16 PM
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zombie_pegasus said:
How do those compare to other salaries? Compared to the average American salary of $35,000/year most of those aren't too bad.


most animating jobs are inbetweening and key animation though and they are tedious work as well as done in long hours
May 6, 2016 7:21 PM
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This figures are not as bad as people keep saying.

May 6, 2016 7:23 PM
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Wensbane said:
What the hell, those figures are actually a lot better than I expected. Where's the slave labor?

I guess it kinda sucks if you're an inbetweener, though...
the animators are still worked like dogs like you think but get paid slightly under the minunum wage here in the states

ExTamplier said:
This figures are not as bad as people keep saying.
most of the key animators, inbtws, and colourists only make about a McDonalds or Starbucks minunum wage but it's not minunum wage so they still have to work a lot more
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May 6, 2016 7:26 PM

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I'm glad that I'm not an animator...
May 6, 2016 7:26 PM

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Malarkey said:
Wensbane said:
What the hell, those figures are actually a lot better than I expected. Where's the slave labor?

I guess it kinda sucks if you're an inbetweener, though...
the animators are still worked like dogs like you think but get paid slightly under the minunum wage here in the states

ExTamplier said:
This figures are not as bad as people keep saying.
most of the key animators, inbtws, and colourists only make about a McDonalds or Starbucks minunum wage but it's not minunum wage so they still have to work a lot more
Maybe, but it was their choice. People kept saying that this is some kind of slavery.

May 6, 2016 7:27 PM

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G_Spark233 said:
I'm glad that I'm not an animator...
What a shame, we will never get GutsxFalcon hentai.

May 6, 2016 7:31 PM

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I wish I made that much money lel..............
May 6, 2016 7:31 PM

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Yeah Tbh I'd be pretty happy with those figures. I don't see much wrong with them..
Perhaps a tad underpaid? Idk.

But I still keep hearing that the industry still operates in the same old slave drive way and has hostile work environments..
May 6, 2016 7:34 PM

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ExTamplier said:
Malarkey said:
the animators are still worked like dogs like you think but get paid slightly under the minunum wage here in the states

most of the key animators, inbtws, and colourists only make about a McDonalds or Starbucks minunum wage but it's not minunum wage so they still have to work a lot more
Maybe, but it was their choice. People kept saying that this is some kind of slavery.
self-promoted mandatory slavery then
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May 6, 2016 7:36 PM

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PatheticRanger said:
_Esper_ said:
In fact, Clean-Up and Inbetweeners make less than the Japanese minimum wage, which is at 1,886,000 million yen ($17,569).
Minimum wages for Japanese..

Hmm.. What is the average salary for Japanese?


A quick look through suggests a figure around $26,000 (or roughly 2,784,730 yen at current exchange rate).
Clean-Up and Inbetweeners really have it rough.

If compare to other jobs..
http://nbakki.hatenablog.com/entry/2014/02/01/000000
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May 6, 2016 7:46 PM

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I wonder how much of an impact all the anime piracy has on these numbers.
May 6, 2016 7:50 PM
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Inbetweener is an entry-level position. Don't know how it is in Japan, but in other countries you sometimes don't even need a degree.
May 6, 2016 9:17 PM

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j0x said:
no wonder there is shortage of new animators in the anime industry

More like there's too much wannabe animators, pixiv alone has millions of good artists who can be animators.
How can you have good wages with that much competition? plus the companies are cheap as hell (outsourcing for pennies).
May 6, 2016 9:20 PM

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With government assistance pretty much everyone is eating good at the end of the day. If your not working for the passion then just quit.
May 6, 2016 9:35 PM

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Living in big cities like tokyo and kyoto must be rough with that kind of salary.
May 6, 2016 10:07 PM

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they are not forcing to do it thou.. i mean, they can quit...
"If taking responsibility for a mistake that cannot be undone means death, it's not that hard to die. At least, not as hard as to live on."
May 6, 2016 10:11 PM

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Kuma said:
they are not forcing to do it thou.. i mean, they can quit...
if that's their specialty(just that),maybe you can say life forces them to do it.
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Xillya- said:
Kuma said:
they are not forcing to do it thou.. i mean, they can quit...
if that's their specialty(just that),maybe you can say life forces them to do it.
speciality not come out from nothing.. it's still their choice to being special in that... they should already know about the low wages...
"If taking responsibility for a mistake that cannot be undone means death, it's not that hard to die. At least, not as hard as to live on."
May 6, 2016 10:15 PM

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ExTamplier said:
This figures are not as bad as people keep saying.

It is actually. Japan has a high cost of living.
May 6, 2016 10:21 PM

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BeBackinaSec said:
ExTamplier said:
This figures are not as bad as people keep saying.
It is actually. Japan has a high cost of living.
But all anime characters live in very good houses though.

May 6, 2016 10:22 PM
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ichii_1 said:
j0x said:
no wonder there is shortage of new animators in the anime industry

More like there's too much wannabe animators, pixiv alone has millions of good artists who can be animators.
How can you have good wages with that much competition? plus the companies are cheap as hell (outsourcing for pennies).


are potential animators really that abundant? or there are just too many anime shows being produce now a days?

AnimatorOnTwitter said:
322 anime TV series produced in 2014 in Japan. No wonder there is such a major animator shortage in the industry.
https://twitter.com/Thomasintokyo/status/725672231494279168


Kuma said:
they should already know about the low wages...


well apparently not

News said:
New anime studio employee gets his first paycheck…and is shocked at how small it is
http://en.rocketnews24.com/2016/01/05/new-anime-studio-employee-gets-his-first-paycheck-and-is-shocked-at-how-small-it-is/


but i think this news of the salary of anime staff will inform potential and new anime staff
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Kuma said:
Xillya- said:
if that's their specialty(just that),maybe you can say life forces them to do it.
speciality not come out from nothing.. it's still their choice to being special in that... they should already know about the low wages...
well cant really argue with that. but you cant be an expert of something just because you're trying to. so while they have choice, sometime the choice is limited.

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