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Then who’s making money?

andirk 3y ago
Probably the Japanimation upper brass. I don't watch it but most of the characters look identical with the good guys being Japanese but looking like white Americans: large eyes, fair skin, tall, voluptuous. Maybe it's easy to find those animators since their skillset is the same across the board.
- astrange 3y ago
  That's called mukokuseki. They don't look like anime Americans, who are either black or blonde with blue eyes. And executives getting paid super-well is an American thing. They don't get paid well in Japan either. Nobody does.
- rcfox 3y ago
  Anime characters are cats. https://i.redd.it/i6awe5ngp5cb1.jpg https://i.redd.it/i6awe5ngp5cb1.jpg
  - franciscop 3y ago
    It's also widely believe that domesticated dogs and cats have been selectively breeded (either on purpose or by accident) to resemble their baby stage, which among mammals it's commonly found as "cute" (big eyes, small nose, etc): https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-12582-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-12582-2
  - andirk 3y ago
    You took my half baked opinion and proved that it's false but even better. I got overwhelming nays on this but you sir/madam have taken it to a peer reviewed (1 peer) level and I thank you for that. Even in the study my half baked opinion is mentioned then negated perfectly! That is HN.
rnd0 3y ago
Lawyers, probably.
danielmarkbruce 3y ago
Maybe no one. There is no rule that says someone has to get rich out of every industry. You don't see a lot of agriculture billionaires. Nor airline billionaires. Some industries just kind of suck.
- Thaxll 3y ago
  Food compagny buy from agriculture industry. They're the one getting the biggest cut.
  - danielmarkbruce 3y ago
    Historically, a few players made out ok. Even that's going sideways as the large grocery chains (including walmart, costco etc) have attained more power.
foota 3y ago
Consumers, who get cheap anime.
- numpad0 3y ago
  Until everything falls apart - which people in this country aren't bad at delaying at all cost.
johnnyanmac 3y ago
The anime committee. Someone linked an excellent video about how the committee is formed and how they collude to cap anime budgets. As a result they also get most of the revenue. Which is according to plan; if your biggest "stakeholder" is a merchandising outlet the quality of the anime quality only matters as much as needed to hype merch sales As a western metaphor, think of anime studios similar to the VFX industry where many bid based on some anime the committee wants to make. Sometimes studios pitch their own anime, but most can't afford to put down their own money for that arrangement.

Probably the Japanimation upper brass. I don't watch it but most of the characters look identical with the good guys being Japanese but looking like white Americans: large eyes, fair skin, tall, voluptuous. Maybe it's easy to find those animators since their skillset is the same across the board.

astrange 3y ago
That's called mukokuseki. They don't look like anime Americans, who are either black or blonde with blue eyes. And executives getting paid super-well is an American thing. They don't get paid well in Japan either. Nobody does.
rcfox 3y ago
Anime characters are cats. https://i.redd.it/i6awe5ngp5cb1.jpg https://i.redd.it/i6awe5ngp5cb1.jpg
- franciscop 3y ago
  It's also widely believe that domesticated dogs and cats have been selectively breeded (either on purpose or by accident) to resemble their baby stage, which among mammals it's commonly found as "cute" (big eyes, small nose, etc): https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-12582-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-12582-2
- andirk 3y ago
  You took my half baked opinion and proved that it's false but even better. I got overwhelming nays on this but you sir/madam have taken it to a peer reviewed (1 peer) level and I thank you for that. Even in the study my half baked opinion is mentioned then negated perfectly! That is HN.

rnd0 3y ago

Lawyers, probably.

danielmarkbruce 3y ago

Maybe no one. There is no rule that says someone has to get rich out of every industry. You don't see a lot of agriculture billionaires. Nor airline billionaires. Some industries just kind of suck.

Thaxll 3y ago
Food compagny buy from agriculture industry. They're the one getting the biggest cut.
- danielmarkbruce 3y ago
  Historically, a few players made out ok. Even that's going sideways as the large grocery chains (including walmart, costco etc) have attained more power.

foota 3y ago

Consumers, who get cheap anime.

numpad0 3y ago
Until everything falls apart - which people in this country aren't bad at delaying at all cost.

johnnyanmac 3y ago

The anime committee. Someone linked an excellent video about how the committee is formed and how they collude to cap anime budgets. As a result they also get most of the revenue. Which is according to plan; if your biggest "stakeholder" is a merchandising outlet the quality of the anime quality only matters as much as needed to hype merch sales As a western metaphor, think of anime studios similar to the VFX industry where many bid based on some anime the committee wants to make. Sometimes studios pitch their own anime, but most can't afford to put down their own money for that arrangement.