Kingdom animation director Jun Arai has revealed why those working in the anime industry are stuck in the unfortunate “cycle” of not being able to have permanent jobs.Arai responded to an X (formerly Twitter) post expressing concern for animators, which said, “Why do animators only do outsourced work? I wish they could get it as a full-time employee.” Arai replied, “The anime company doesn’t have © [copyright], so there are no other sources of funding other than anime production costs. So we’re in a cycle where we cannot maintain internal reserves [finances] unless we receive production costs and continue to make animation. It’s because they cannot afford to pay monthly salaries to employees.”Instead, animators in the industry mostly receive pay for the number of frames they complete, while more senior animators may receive a fixed income irrespective of how much work they complete. Unsurprisingly, this means that most animators aren’t paid well, especially younger ones, with NAFCA’s recent survey revealing that 40% of animators are paid below $16k a year. This rises to 50% for animators between 20-30. A recent animator payslip from last year showed that one worker was paid just $1.47 per frame.
Kingdom animation director Jun Arai has revealed why those working in the anime industry are stuck in the unfortunate “cycle” of not being able to have permanent jobs.
Arai responded to an X (formerly Twitter) post expressing concern for animators, which said, “Why do animators only do outsourced work? I wish they could get it as a full-time employee.” Arai replied, “The anime company doesn’t have © [copyright], so there are no other sources of funding other than anime production costs. So we’re in a cycle where we cannot maintain internal reserves [finances] unless we receive production costs and continue to make animation. It’s because they cannot afford to pay monthly salaries to employees.”
Instead, animators in the industry mostly receive pay for the number of frames they complete, while more senior animators may receive a fixed income irrespective of how much work they complete. Unsurprisingly, this means that most animators aren’t paid well, especially younger ones, with NAFCA’s recent survey revealing that 40% of animators are paid below $16k a year. This rises to 50% for animators between 20-30. A recent animator payslip from last year showed that one worker was paid just $1.47 per frame.
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