Working permanently in the Japanese animation industry is not that easy, since the industry has been struggling with the labor crisis and the meager salaries that animators collect for years. But how much exactly do the key animators hired by the companies make?
A distinction must be made between freelancers and actual employees of the animation studio, with a monthly net salary independent of the number of cuts made. For the first group, it is known that their average salary is about up to 500 euros per monthwhile for the second things change depending on the company.
In fact, the studies that you can afford are mostly permanent ones key animator, can be counted on the fingers of one hand. When set by the MAP study of full-time animators for two years and as trainees for chainsaw man, the position guaranteed the selected employees a monthly salary of 230,000 yen (about 1765 euros). We know that instead TOEI animation and Kyoto animation They guarantee €1788 and €1550 for new hires. behind the Studio Ghibli with a base salary of 1534 euros.
In all cases, however, there are no time- and performance-based bonuses that can increase salaries. To give you an idea of the value of these numbers, an English teacher in Japan earns about the same numbers and it’s still very difficult to get through the month. And you instead, what do you think of this data? Let us know with a comment below.
~ Few studios are known to have salaried staff like the above, while most operate on a price-per-cut basis
~ Mappa had offered 230,000 yen for a 2-year contract for a trainee position in 2021
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