33 dead after arson attack at Kyoto Animation studio, dozens injured

Re:33 dead after arson attack at Kyoto Animation studio, doz... by swebs on Thursday July 18, 2019 @08:23AM (#20469000)

>they're often paid on a per-frame basis rather than hourly pay

That's interesting. Is there any in-depth source on how the anime industry operates?

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Re:33 dead after arson attack at Kyoto Animation studio, doz... by mrpara on Thursday July 18, 2019 @09:05AM (#20469314)

I don't know about in-depth, but a cursory google search brings up plenty of results regarding animator wages[1,2]. If you want to know more about how the industry operates, not so much salaries but how production works, working conditions, who's responsible for what, etc, then I highly recommend that you watch the anime Shirobako. It's an anime about anime production, and it's both very informative and simply very good in terms of storytelling, humor, etc.

[1] https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2005-11-02/animator's-...

[2] https://80.lv/articles/how-much-do-japanese-animators-make/

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