Name: 5 Dream Crushing Truths about Making Anime in Japan
Uploaded: 2020-05-07T19:20:25.000Z
Duration: 13 min 44 s
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- Many cuts all over your hands  -Getting into car accidents

Modal verbs - A2

- Low Salary  - You't can't enjoy Anime normally anymore

- Many get depressed  - Companies make people work too hard.

Hey guys it's Cathy Cat and ... - The director.  -What's our topic?

Today's topic is.... the past of your director!

Tata! Everyone's been curious what kind of job the director used to do.

Before he worked as Director for Ask Japanese. - I made Anime.

Yes he used to make Anime. Tell us some of the famous pieces you've done.

Full Metal Alchemist. Which one? Brotherhood? - Yes. - How about Fruits Basket?

I worked on that one too. - How about Railgun? - Yes I worked on that too

Any other anime I might know? - I worked on most famously known Anime even Doraemon

So today's topic is... the honest voice of someone who worked in the Anime industry.

I will reveal 5 good and bad facts about making anime.

You will get many cuts on your hands. - Because of the paper? - Yes

Many seem to think that Animes are made fully digitally.

But many things are still done in pencil and paper

Part of the management. - You didn't draw? - I didn't but I had to

take care of the paper that the animators worked on.

Making anime is not just about drawing, there is composition, management.

Visual graphic, high motion, background and more

There is a lot. Hundreds of people work on one anime.

And I was in charge of making sure it all goes smoothly.

So the reason for the many cuts on our hands...

There is an incredible amount of paper used to make anime. Thousands.

I had to touch thousands to check the quality of the anime

And many people cut their hands during. - Is there blood on the actual pages? - Yes

What? What the heck! That's super scary. - It sometimes happens

When there is brown on the corners, I could tell someone cut themselves again.

But I have also cut those parts and fixed the paper

This sounds gross. - The next person wouldn't like to get those pages.

There are many accidents. - What type? - Car accidents.

I was part of the production progress team so

I was in charge of the animators of my studio...

It's hard to complete an anime within one studio though.

We have to ask many other animators and studios to help make an anime

So you had to go to other animation studios? - Yes

If you watch anime ending credits you will see

that there are often names of different studios too.

and retrieve works or deliver works to animators.

But! You might have heard it that working in anime is super hard.

No time? - Not in the morning, lunch or evenings. Never

We have to drive even when wer're exhausted so....

accidents happen. I didn't get into one accident but

That's a common thing. I have never seen an undamaged animation car.

You are under a lot of pressure, not just time pressure...?

The worst is when they say "This has to be there

That sounds like out of an anime or manga. Wait oh right.

Hearing of it sounds fun but doing it is hard.

I heard that. It's pretty bad right? - Super low

It's under the average salary that graduates get

a lot lower actually. Some get 130,000 ($1300)

or less. - I heard some get only $500 per month

or even less. - That depends on your work. Animators can

earn even less. - Less than $500?  - Yeah

- like $300 per month - Some only get a few coins really.

For a whole month? - What... How do they pay rent?

They can't that way. Animators earn the least

Animators never get fully employed either.

They can't live like that. - Let's be honest...

fresh starters can't start working right away.

Like training? - In training they only get a little bit of salary like $300-400

But young fresh animators in the industry...

wills struggle to pay rent or get the help of their parents

to make do. - How long do they only earn $300 a month?

One year? - That depends. If they get good they can earn more

if they don't improve, their salary doesn't either.

That's tough. - Especially new starters in the area...

There are many processes. Some get paid per page.

it takes several hours. Use that to calculate the sallary.

But what if you draw fast but in a bad quality?

The studio will return it and you gotta do it again.

You can't get money either. - You gotta draw the exact same image again.

If you are good and fast, you have better salary. For example

Draw 10 pages, get paid $2 per page... you get $20 per day.

If you work 20 days you only earn $400 a month.

It would be better to work at McDonald's then. - Jobs pay better

Are there animators who job and do anime? - Yes

The freelancers do that. - That low salary is a problem

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