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Real money is in merchandising. Demon Slayer is big out here in Taiwan.. every kid has pencils, erasers, buttons, shirts, pencil cases, backpacks.. the animator
by kinghtown 6y ago
Real money is in merchandising. Demon Slayer is big out here in Taiwan.. every kid has pencils, erasers, buttons, shirts, pencil cases, backpacks.. the animators are seeing none of that money yet they are a core part of why the show is successful.
Too many predatory gatekeepers offering dream jobs to kids who don’t know any better. It’s not just anime. In music, you got acts with albums in the top ten albums of the year lists with millions of plays making like hundreds of dollars per year on Spotify, same people are on tour each year in the red financially after being on the road. The economy isn’t kind to the creators who entertain everyone.
- sigstoat 6y ago> the animators are seeing none of that money yet they are a core part of why the show is successful. and the animators of shows that flop still got paid something. if you want upside risk, you have to be exposed to downside risk.
- NalNezumi 6y agoIf I'm not mistaken the IP rights still remains at the publisher + the original creator (The manga writer), and often the animation studio just do it as contract work. So I would guess the studio won't get a proportionate slice of the merchandising success.
- MangoCoffee 6y ago>the animators are seeing none of that money yet they are a core part of why the show is successful because they are worker. they get paid with the wages that they agree on. Koyoharu Gotouge probably get a big chunk of that money since she created the manga.