>annual salary: 2 million yen
B-but /a/ told me KyoAni paid their employees well!
http://ameblo.jp/mayakataso/entry-11946689558.html
that blog looks fake as fuck
Barely better than Ema.
>>135654468
They actually do. You have to take into consideration the cost of living in Kyoto vs cost of living in Tokyo where most studios are. Also, 2 million yen isn't that much, but its still a hell of a lot more than most animators make; thats more of a statement to how shitty most studios pay, rather one one about how well Kyoani pays
>>135654533
The comments were taken from a website called jobtalk.
They're legit.
http://jobtalk.jp/company/47735_about.html
>>135654548
>Also, 2 million yen isn't that much, but its still a hell of a lot more than most animators make
Not really.
2nd key animators: 1.127 million yen (US$9,392)
Touch-up (shiage) animators: 1.949 million yen (US$16,268)
In-between animation checkers: 2.607 million yen (US$21,726)
Key animators (genga): 2.817 million yen (US$23,513)
Color key artists: 3.335 million yen (US$27,790)
Storyboard artists: 3.723 million yen (US$31,030)
3DCG animators: 3.839 million (US$31,982)
Animation directors: 3.933 million yen (US$32,776)
Character designers: 5.104 million yen (US$42,602)
Producers: 5.420 million yen (US$45,174)
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-05-15/study-animators-earned-usd28000-on-average-in-japan-in-2013/.87762
>>135654468
it would depend how that compares to other studios
>>135654468
>/a/ told me
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, kyoani treating their employees well is a meme
>>135654709
Yes and the person who responded with 2 million yen is only in his early twenties. Hes probably in the 2nd key animator range meaning hes getting paid almost double what you quoted.
>>135654766
KyoAni is a meme studio
>>135654778
KyoAni hardly ever needs second key animators.
>>135654468
Looks like the general impression from those comments is that while working conditions aren't as bad as many other anime studios, the pay is still low compared to other jobs.
ITT: Anime production """""""""""""""""""experts"""""""""""""""""""""
>>135654568
>KyoAni, Ghibli, and Toei rating at 4.2.
That's probably as good as it gets then.
.Meanwhile Madhouse and Ufotable score 3.1 and 3.4 respectively on that website. Are there other studios listed on the site?
>2 million yen
Definitely for the love of it. You might as well flip burgers otherwise.
>>135655094
>"""""""""""""""""""[bla bal bla]"""""""""""""""""""""
what is that even mean?
>>135655363
Meme.
You guys have to consider that the USD:JPY is also really fucking strong right now. The Bank of Japan weakened it on purpose to boost export revenues. I recall for a while like five years ago it was around 75-80 yen per dollar and now it's held steady at about 120 yen per dollar, a fucking 50% increase.
So basically, if you look at 2m yen and think "holy shit that's not even 17 grand", it's worth significantly more in Japan than it is to us due to the exchange rate. Prices on goods and such in Japan have, for fucking decades, been either flat or in deflation. Cost of living in Kyoto is way way fucking cheaper than Tokyo. You can easily get random okay quality Japanese food at typical casual restaurants for like $4-5 US... the 100 yen menu at their McDonald's is a fucking 80-cent menu to us. Rent in Kyoto for a 1bed apartment is avg ~$500 a month in the city center, and only $350 a month out in the suburbs. This is to say nothing of the ultra-tiny efficiency rooms that nips are quite fond of, that would be even cheaper.
The public/mass transit system in Japan is very well developed too. It's quote doable to get by without a car there.
So yes, they can make it. They're not high rollers by any means, but basically no one in that industry is.
>>135654468
>>135654568
>http://jobtalk.jp/company/47735_about.html
Just how legit is this?
>>135655029
>while working conditions aren't as bad
They're not forced to do multiple overtimes because scheduling is handle really well and they don't choke their production line(Aside from Haruhi 2009). I think "aren't as bad" is far from it.
>the pay is still low compared to other jobs.
Well what do you expect?
Animators in general in Japan have 0 support. It's funny that the people who are involved in one of their strongest exports is still treated like shit. I'll never understand their god damn logic.
>>135654468
But they do, other studios' employees don't even get half that much.
>>135656637
>They're not forced to do multiple overtimes because scheduling is handle really well
[citation needed]
>>135654709
>U.S. federal minimum wage after taxes is about 9500 in a year, if you average 35 hours a week all fucking year
Yea, it's not super great. That means a touch-up animator is making about $14/hr. That's not great, but it's also not terrible. You couldn't live in a major city without roommates, and you probably couldn't afford a car, but you could manage. But minimum wage is fucking poverty wages. A friend of mine here in San Antonio makes $11/hr and can't afford to live without roommates, and rent isn't that terrible. So unless Japan's cost of living is a lot less, these people are living under the poverty line.
>>135655662
>calling people out on their bullshit is a meme
>>135656918
Typing that way is.
The job reviews , featuring things like
- I enjoy working with anime so it's pretty cool
- decent maternity leave and childcare policies
- workplace is not garbage
- I still have to come in at least two Saturdays out of the month, there's quite a bit of overtime and the benefits aren't great but it still manages to blow every other studio out of the water
>>135656793
Not the anon you replied to, but their production scheduling is good enough only require less than half a dozen animators per episode while the industry norm tends to require twice that amount on average.
>>135657040
>- I still have to come in at least two Saturdays out of the month, there's quite a bit of overtime
B-but /a/ they me they're not forced to work overtime because KyoAni handled schedulingreally well.
>>135654468
It's fake
>>135657087
>/a/ told me
>>135657087
Many Japanese companies schedule overtime directly into their work planning because we all know nobody's going home at 5.
Overtime being a cause of bad project planning is only for countries with sane work policies.
>>135656793
If only moe archive was still alive I'll give you damn sauce. It was from an interview of Yamada done outside of nipland.
>>135657317
>Yamada
Of course she's going to say nice things about KyoAni, she's a high-raking figure there.
>Post your face if your earn more money than a KyoAni employee
>>135654468
What do you expect?
They might as well go assemble electronics in china, at least that would be a useful job
>>135657566
Making more than triple a KyoAni employee
>>135657317
>This of course was a leader for the question as to whether KyoAni indulges in crunch time, or "killer weeks", which Jonathan explained was almost a policy for studios in Tokyo, with the women and married staff allowed to catch the last train home, while the single men were expected to work through the night.
>Naoko responded by saying that image of sleeping at your desk was so cool! But KyoAni was nothing like that and sometimes worked slightly longer hours but on the whole not. There was the unspoken question as to whether this was simply the company voice but it's certainly hard to fault the studio for its continuously superb quality of output, a question an audience member would follow up on later.
https://chaostangent.com/2012/10/scotland-loves-anime-2012-day-3-naoko-yamada-qa-session/
>>135657811
As an addendum though, this is pretty old. If you look at some of the more recent interviews like the one for TamaMarket, you'll see her obliquely referring to "production problems". This is backed up by the credit list where you'll find multiple animation directors for later episodes of Tamako, which is a sign of rushed production.(You typically want just one animation director so that the style remains consistent within the episode.)
>>135657546
>Of course she's going to say nice things about KyoAni, she's a high-raking figure there.
She started at the bottom too and she knows how things were. Tell me if it's Ishihara or Takemoto sugar coating stuff.
>>135656793
Not every bullshit that came out of megax's blog is true.
>>135657087
B-But anon why can't you fucking read?
Faggot.
>>135657609
Twice here.
But this has to be fake, i'm pretty sure that a mcjob in kyoto have similar income.
![160104scrapbook[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/AmTj1b5.jpg "160104scrapbook[1].jpg")
We received many letters from overseas fans.
Thank you so much for every heart-warming messages, illustrations and photos!
We will read and enjoy them all.
All the staff of
Kyoto Animation Co., Ltd. & Animation Do Co., Ltd.
http://www.kyotoanimation.co.jp/en/information/001/
>>135657901
There will be production problems, naturally. 2009 was indicative of that. However do you see them fucking up like Madhouse or some other studio?
If you're getting the same pay as those hellish sweatshop then you're on better ground.
>>135658026
>>135657108
>>135656793
>>135657087
Here are your Four(You)s
Keep up the good job samefagging.
>>135658100
Moe.
>>135657546
>Of course she's going to say nice things about KyoAni, she's a high-raking figure there.
You do at least know that Yamada started out from scratch? She also did Key Animation.
So why are you invalidating her just because she already got to a position?
>believing anything on 4chan
Most Japanese animators live below the poverty line and work inhumane hours. This is nothing new.
>>135658100
>tfw KyoAni probably didn't receive the K-ON fan letter from /a/
how can anyone get into animation
extremely laborous and shit pay
and its never going to get any less laborous
>>135658161
>>135658271
>thinking a simple screenshot validates he's not samefagging
Hahaha oh wow.
>>135658256
Because they love it.
Is megax lurking this thread?
>>135658161
>Four(You)s
B-Bane?
>>135654709
>I make more then anyone on that list and work a standard 40 hour week job that lets me watch animu and read manga while working.
feels good man
>>135658361
No, but (You) are.
>>135658358
citation needed
>>135658380
Hello megax.
>>135658327
Is that the best you can come up with when people call you out on your years of bullshit?
>>135658256
Poor life choice.
>>135658361
New boogeyman?
>>135658256
It's a shit industry with 90% churn rate, also explain why we get 50k new doujin every comiket.
>>135658100
Send a fucking letter asking them to make Haruhi S3, now!
>>135658233
Oh, man.
That shit was cringe-inducing.
I hope they never received it.
>>135658100
I might be a bit stupid here, but why does every single international kyoani fan uses the same stamp?
Anime Pro and Kyoani N° 1 fan here, AMA.
>>135658688
When will you finish your PhD thesis?
>>135658412
On what basis do you say the statement that KyoAni treats their employees right is bullshit?
Tell me then. You kill yourself on a quota basis or you earn regularly by the hour?
There's no bullshit here except you people projecting that KyoAni animators were going to have 10x-100x more salary compared to other companies.
In this shit industry when you earn the same and you have a life, you fucking win.
So what part of bullshit was that again? Oh right. Those bullshit that you are trying to come up now.
>>135658721
A couple years ago
https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0786470682
>>135658654
It seems to be the same stamp appearing on both letters and postcards, so that may just be an illusion from the numerous nearly identical postmarks.
Either that or the people who sent postcards overpaid on postage as part of an organized mailing.
>>135658902
>kyoto-shi animation
>>135658935
Or one really obsessed fan.
>>135658590
Wrong company to send letter
>>135658688
Can Kyoani, in fact, find a way?
>>135659047
I think it's over, kyoani is finished.
>>135659047
>Lewd World
>Eupho 2
>Yamada KnK
Always.
>>135656637
>involved in one of their strongest exports
Put a trip on so that I call filter you and ignore everything you'll ever say.
>>135659342
B-but muh CR subscription!
>>135659342
It's shit as an economic export but as a cultural export it's at least worthy of attention.
>>135658364
underrated post
If Shaft were Kyoani, i'm pretty sure K-On, Haruhi, and FMP already milked to ded.
>>135659670
Shaft sucks up to Aniplex, they don't get to decide shit so blame Aniplex.
>>135659342
Stop being autistic. He said one and not strongest.
Imports are not all rated by the $ value they produce but by soft power.
The industry has always been hanging by a thread. The publishers reap all the money while sucking dry the studios.
>>135659670
I respect Kyoani for explicitly saying that K-ON ended with the movie and they would not milk it further.
>>135659863
Are you retarded?
Look up Japan's most exported goods. Anime and Manga are already niche in Japan and you're telling me it is one of their "strongest exports"?
>>135659948
Ok I'm totally retarded along with The Japanese govt that recognizes anime as a big cultural export.
So big that they finance anime to promote their culture to the world.
Thanks for playing.
>>135660066
Yeah you are fucking retarded you retard.
Japan exports vehicle parts since you know, they have a huge fucking automobile industry. Just like they export a fuck ton of machinery and electronic parts for various industries. That is what "one of their strongest" looks like.
>>135660270
>2015
>one of the most developed countries in the world
>applying 1950 export definitions
You really are dumb, anon. Learn some current economy trends or shut the fuck up.
>>135660671
Yeah man, cultural exports really are relevant exports, or part "of their strongest". Especially when the "cultural export" isn't even mainstream in the home country.
Animators get paid culturally too.
>>135654468
Animators aren't well paid anywhere. It is one of the most slave jobs you can get as an artist, even below comics.
>>135658902
>Dani Cavallaro
Hack writer.
>>135656549
>So yes, they can make it. They're not high rollers by any means, but basically no one in that industry is.
[Anno, Miyazaki and other industry fatcats laugh in the distance]
>>135660789
Shit, I'm not gonna make a serious, off-topic lecture here. Go listen to fucking Amerika by Rammstein and replace burger stuff with weeb shit, then you should have a grasp of what cultural export really is.
>the japanese government should support an industry that brings no money to the country by putting money into it
Why? What kind of commie logic is that?
Industries that can support themselves do it. Industries that cannot don't and die.
If an industry is incapable of survival it's not the fucking government fault for fucks sake.
>>135661114
No one fucking cares about anime and manga, this comparison is literally pantsu on head retarded.
It's niche in Japan and not relevant to anyone else.
I get what you mean but calling something like anime and manga "one of their strongest exports" is absolutely fucking idiotic.
Does it find its way in to other countries? Sure.
Is it of relevancy in those countries? No.
Only people that have a legitimate interest or have seen it more than once in their time, will think of weeb related shit after being asked to name Japanese cultural "export goods"
Hell, most people don't even fucking know where Japan is located on the map.
>>135655363
/tv/ meme
>>135661338
>No one fucking cares about anime and manga, this comparison is literally pantsu on head retarded.
Yeah it goes to show why a lot of the people in /a/ shitpost instead of actually watching anime/reading manga.
Go back to your cancer "normie" board.
>>135661457
>Go back to your cancer "normie" board.
Which would be? How is this even relevant to the discussion?
>normie
So you're not actually an /a/non?
>>135661457
>we like it so that means a lot of people like it
Yeah no, you fucking retard.
I'm OK with the anime industry downsizing to pre 2000s status. 30 moeshit series every season is too much and I don't watch them either. At least 20 years ago when they made a series they made sure it was good enough to sell.
>>135661338
Educate yourself bruh
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/07/reference/anime-makes-japan-superpower/#.Vop1S_l97IU
>>135661532
back to reddit
>>135661561
No you go back to reddit.
/a/ was never about celebrating shovelware anime.
>>135661514
Of course not. Wasn't it obvious that the kyoani defense force has arrived?
>>135661542
>anime makes makes Japan superpower
>japantimes
I don't even have to open this.
>>135661147
>the japanese government should support an industry that brings no money to the country by putting money into it
Gonna [Citation Needed] on those.
I hope you show some figures.
Anime is actually being used for tourism so I dunno why you make it seem that the anime is a failed industry.
The only failure in the industry is the policy for the workers. I won't say that they have to be some high paying job but what they need is better benefits. Supporting a worker is not exclusive to just raising their god damn salary.
>>135661561
>went to reddit as I've been told
>saw a KyoAni thread
>ultimatemegax's comment
https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/3zebrn/kyoani_thanks_its_international_fans/cylgl8m
>>135661620
>>135661645
Holyshit. He's even more autistic on reddit than on his twitter
https://www.reddit.com/user/ultimatemegax
>>135661645
She died for this.
The /v/ is strong in this thread.
Trying to hard to be a normie.
>>135661691
You should see his askfm account.
>redblr drama
back you go
>>135661691
https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/3yykf4/kyoto_animation_launches_english_site_plus/cyhsxix
>Most of the official sites are run elsewhere (Kadokawa/TBS/Pony Canyon), so those can't be controlled by KyoAni. They only run their site and the KyoAni Shop site.
This is false.
Most of the websites of KyoAni's anime (aside from Kadokawa's shows) are hosted on the same server as the defunct Munto.com.
They even have the webmaster's name in the anime credit.
It's funny coming from a guy who made a comment like this
>Glad to know you're proud to be an idiot and spreading idiocy. Keep up the good work making this a horrible place.
>>135661514
>Which would be? How is this even relevant to the discussion?
What discussion? You call this shit a discussion when you do blatant uninformed posts?
The only reason traditional animation is still a thing is because studios in Japan put more effort. It even came to a point where it's dead elsewhere and what you see mostly are flash animation crap that don't even hold a candle against some B-tier studio work.
If anime is dead end business, why is China trying to contest this shit? Not to mention even Korea which is pointless if it were a dead market considering they have kpop shit.
>>135661958
Don't forget Vietnam, Philippines, and rest of the South East Asian countries. Ironically, all of their 2d animation industries were bootstrapped by Japanese studios.
>>135661839
The CTFKE sites are on KyoAni's servers(that's how Eupho was first confirmed as KyoAni, by running a whosi on anime-eupho.tv)but the pre Chuu-2 ones are definitely run by other people.
>>135662024
>the pre Chuu-2 ones are definitely run by other people
Of course. Those are Kadokawa shows like I said.
And TBS shows didn't have their own websites.
>>135661958
We're talking about Japanese anime not the art of animation. And again, no normal person will name anime and manga as an important Japanese cultural export.
>>135662097
>We're talking about Japanese anime not the art of animation.
And it is directly related to that you numbfuck. 2D animation stagnated ever since 3D became such a thing. Japanese anime is 2D animation's frontline right now.
>And again, no normal person will name anime and manga as an important Japanese cultural export.
>No normal person
You fucking idiot. The culture is Japanese animation tradition. That's what the culture is.
Also normies don't fucking know I guess where that Micheal Bay movie with robots and tons of explotion was based on. Where that original material was made and who helped make it.
Yep. Definitely not Japan. They don't know that.
I really hate this kyoani obsession that /a/ has
>>135662317
I really hate how a lot of shitposters in /a/ don't actually watch anime
/v/ tier faggotry.
>>135662317
>stop liking good things
>>135662237
This would be true if 2D animation was insanely popular, but it isn't since 3D overtook it. You just said that yourself. Normal people don't care about animation as much as normal live action and if they do, they watch American Pixar animation.
No one is trying to deny origins or the fact that there are people outside of Japan that care about anime and manga.
What you have to understand is that it is a small group of people, a dedicated one at that and also one that you can't compare with people that like or perhaps occasionally watch 3D Pixar.
None of this makes it "one of their strongest" cultural exports, which was the original point.
If I ask 100 people on the street about Japanese culture, not even half of them would come up with Japanese animation let alone manga.
>>135662317
Stop being obsessed with /a/ obsessions.
>>135662353
>>I really hate how a lot of shitposters in /a/ don't actually watch anime
>watching shit
Literally offboarder redditer faggot.
Again /a/ was never about shovelware anime.
>>135660066
>>135660671
>>135661114
>>135661457
So you're one of those people who kiss japan's ass so much but only knows about anime.
>>135657040
>but it still manages to blow every other studio out of the water
BASED KYOANI confirmed best studio in the industry.
>>135662354
Liking and obsessing are not the same thing.
>>135662317
I'd tell you to go back to reddit but you can't even do that because there isn't a single place on earth that doesn't love Kyoani
>>135662097
Then that "normal person" is dumb.
>>135661634
>Anime is actually being used for tourism
Oh please. If anything they're embarrassed by it. Their officials are tracking down loli content before the Olympics.
>>135661700
>Using 'normie'
Pot calling the kettle black.
>>135662456
>This would be true if 2D animation was insanely popular, but it isn't since 3D overtook it. You just said that yourself. Normal people don't care about animation as much as normal live action and if they do, they watch American Pixar animation
Just because it's not as big as 3D it doesn't mean it's a dead business. That's some bullshit logic. To say that anime is not a good export just because it hasn't had any traction the same as any 3D is downright stupid.
Let me put this for a CERTAIN people. It's the same argument with DS and PSP. People keep saying PSP failed just because it sold 1/4 or a 1/3 of the total DS sales. Selling a 1/4 or 1/3 of a 150+ console? Business failure?
Anyway I fail to see what you want to impose. A while ago you were bringing up cultural aspects. Anime's importance to Japan. I've answered that already.
I just wish you would agree that the industry is being managed so poorly and things could be better on one aspect or the other.
>>135662766
Yes and? That's the entire anime industry?
>>135654778
>Kyoani gets paid twice as much as other studios
How do they afford it?
>>135662317
You're not alone. It's one of the most vocal group /a/ have ever seen. They also really get defensive on the slightest things. The arguments they use is always the same:
>Their employees are high paid compared to other studios!
>But their working conditions are great!
>But their scheduling are excellent!
>They come and go home early!
>They're not like other studios!
>At least they're doing it for love!
>But muh kyoani shop!
>At least they train their own animators!
>At least they're rich from all the previous shows!
>At least they're located in Kyoto!
>At least they've got integrity!
It's like they must absolutely win every arguments online. It's honestly embarrassing.
>>135662657
Actually, Reddit very much adores kyoani. You'll fit in right in there.
>>135663308
Thanks for reiterating what I said.
Kyoani is adored everywhere including /a/ so if you don't like them you should just kill yourself.
>>135663265
Huh? You're still upset?
>>135663265
>arguments are always the same
>11 different listed
That's honestly more than any the retards who hate them can muster up which mostly center around "moeshit".
>>135663265
You seem defensive.
>>135662317
>>135662657
>>135663265
>>135663308
>>135663340
In other words kyoani is just another thing that's passed the threshold of popularity so you're either considered an obsessive faggot for liking them or a triggered autist for disliking people liking it.
Nothing new here
>>135663265
Are those supposed to be bad things?
>>135658378
what is your job.
>>135654545
They get paid pretty well actually for the easy easy stuff that that they do.
>>135663648
>easy easy stuff
Such as?
>>135654709
>those sallaries
Every time I see the peanuts they get paid I think they'd have a much better time flipping burgers part time for food and then just drawing porn for some extra bucks.
They'd have
>more free time
>more money
>more freedom
>a better life and health altogether
Really I'm not surprised that animators, vas, etc. are dropping like flies from health problems. Those Easter Europe tier salaries with their overtime is fucking slavery.
>>135654709
Sysadmin here. Watch anime and do jackshit all day
55k
Ayy
>>135663265
Kyoani fanboys shit on every other studio and show but want to have their circlejerk undisturbed.
Why are some anons acting like getting into art anywhere for money isn't retarded?
>>135663932
>Why are some anons acting like getting into art anywhere for money isn't retarded?
>meanwhile there are professional artists that get jobs every month also get 5k+ on patreon as we speak. on top of selling originals and doing commissions.
Define money fem?
If you're a good smart artist you will do good no way around it.
If you're a shitter you can do it semi hobby like a furfaggot and you'll still do ok.
Only japs are backwards enough to slave away their lives at 9 to 5 jobs like retards. That's why when they depict a doujin artist type person or mangaka in anime they always have their own apartments and studios and shit, meanwhile there's Ema the myogoreng noodles bimbo queen as a depiction of an animator.
If you're not self employed in art you're doing it wrong that's about it.
>>135662456
Let's see some salary scales from Pixarr, Lucasarts,and Walt Disney then!
>>135663340
Adored by reddit you mean
>>135663391
>>135663446
No.
>>135663598
It's the people parrot them that's annoying.
>>135665349
Mad.
>>135665349
Hello reddit
>>135665436
Make sure you copy the points so you can use them in your studio's threads. Have a good day.
>>135665819
Mad.
>>135663925
Doesn't help they swarm into any thread even remotely relatable.
>>135666079
Unhealthily mad.
