Nao Hirasawa, CEO of the anime production company Arch, reveals TV production costs have risen to as much as over 300 million yen per episode (~$1.9 million).
  • nyan@lemmy.cafeEnglish
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    6 hours ago

    Expectations have gotten a lot higher. These days, no studio would even try to get away with something like Violinist of Hameln (13-ep budget stretched to cover 25 in the hand-drawn cel era, although IMNSHO the show succeeds despite all the corner-cutting in the visuals).