Numerous red flags over the future of anime are raised by long-time industry professionals following the Japanese yen's continued fall.

Paraphrasing: “The JPY is too cheap for Japanese studios to continue outsourcing to Korean and Chinese studios”

Huh? Where’s Holo when you need her?

  • 柊 つかさ@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    6 months ago

    Maybe they can pull a fucking Gintama action and just show the story board and have the characters tell the viewers that the animators didn’t make the deadline :)

    • zabadoh@ani.socialOPEnglish
      13·
      6 months ago

      Or just show the VAs speaking while waving paper cutout characters.

      Also, I could totally see an episode of Blue Lock presented in powerpoint.

  • Kissaki@ani.socialEnglish
    17·
    6 months ago

    alleged that 90% of animators quit their jobs in three years

    Insane number. But not implausible to me. Bad working environments with impossible schedules do that.

    I wish they would improve working conditions. As an industry, or through regulation because evidently, the industry doesn’t.

    To finance it - I wish they would make anime more easily accessible and buyable.

    Less oppressive checkboxed mass/standard productions would surely improve what we see as products too.

    • eleventy_7@kbin.social
      7·
      6 months ago

      I believe most game dev studios have similar levels of turnover for new developers. I guess it shouldn’t be surprising, both industies rely on the passion of their employees to get products out the door, while under-paying and overworking them.

      The source the article gets that 90% statistic from, the anime dormitory project, is actually a pretty good charity if you’re looking for ways to support animators and their working conditions. Right now they’re subsidizing housing for more than 10 animators, and I think there’s a fundraiser still running at the moment that’s trying to make real change to improve the industry’s working standards overall. Here’s a recent YouTube video they made on the subject.

    • zabadoh@ani.socialOPEnglish
      8·
      6 months ago

      That’s right about the time No Game No Life S2 is scheduled for production

  • ReluctantZen@feddit.nlEnglish
    6·
    6 months ago

    They could invest in their own domestic animators instead of paying them scraps while demanding a lot. Maybe they’d stick around then and you won’t need to outsource anymore.

    I think this is largely of problem of their own making

  • Kissaki@ani.socialEnglish
    2·
    6 months ago

    I recently watched Back Street Girls: Gokudols, which has a very low frame and animation count. It still worked well as a comedy. It was enough.

    Not that I want anime to be that way, but it can work for some.

    • zabadoh@ani.socialOPEnglish
      2·
      6 months ago

      Every season, there are some shows that have bottom-of-the-barrel art quality and framerates.

      But when I say that, the quality at the lower end of production is about comparable to the old school broadcast TV shows, just not up to today’s high standards.