Forum - View topicAnime budgets?
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NeoEllis
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Would anyone happen to have a rough idea of the amount of money put into the typical 13 episode series/ 26 episode series/ movie? Just wondering, really.
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Aokage
Posts: 160 Location: The Chaparral of California |
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I couldn't make any rough estimate, but a lot of factors are involved in the creation of an anime
-Is it done domestically in Japan or is it outsourced to places like China, or Korea (which is a more popular place to have work done). Is it even a Japanese anime or is it a Korean anime? -What techniques are they using? Is it traditional and hand drawn or is it done in 3D like the recent Appleseed OVA. Is it a big name studio like Ghibli, Gainax, CLAMP or Production -What is the property in question? Is it an original series done by the studio, or is it licensed by the studio based on an established proerty? All of those would go into account about the budget...and since no two series are sure to be the same in these areas...you can probably never exactly place a true average on the price range. |
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darkhunter
Posts: 2992 Location: Los Angelas |
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I think I remember hearing Ghost in the Shell SAC cost about 125,000 per episode to make.
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Cloe
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Posts: 2728 Location: Los Angeles, CA |
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Wow... Is that in yen or dollars? If that's in USD, that's amazing. I wish I had that kind of budget... |
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Arkard
Posts: 677 Location: Poland |
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The official statement of the studio said that each episode of Samurai Seven cost over 300 000$ but I have a bit trouble believing that.
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Bruce Lee
Posts: 715 Location: Seattle, Washington |
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought that Samurai 7 was the first Anime to be fully created in HD (1080i?). That would be a big jump in resolution compared to most normal anime, which is SD - standard deffinition (480p?).
This is a rather large jump in quality, so it probably took more time and resources to make this vs. say Speed Racer or (insert random anime here). Also, GitS is an established franchise, with things like visual style/look, backstory/continuity and world/surroundings all previously setup. Samurai 7 is based on the old story, but all the character designs/models story/plot points and visual style had to be created from scratch. There's no manga/feature to "work from", so that would make creating this series a much bigger undertaking that your everyday manga adaptation. If you factor these development costs into the price across X ammount of episodes, I'm sure it would add a large chunk. If that's the case, then I could understand such a huge jump in per episode costs. Also, keep in mind I'm no expert, just making (not-so) educated guesses. |
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kusanagi-sama
Posts: 1723 Location: Wichita Falls, TX |
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Standard Definition is 480/60p and 480/30i, whereas full HighDef is 720/60p, 1080/30i and 1080/60i (progressive is always better) (See - http://alvyray.com/DigitalTV/ ) From that website:
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ShellBullet
Posts: 1051 Location: I hit things, with my fist. |
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If that were yen, we'd be talking in the $1000 per episode range. There is no way that could be right; so it must be in dollars. |
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darkhunter
Posts: 2992 Location: Los Angelas |
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Yes around 125,000 and it's because Ghost SAC was a hot property. But remember, they do make a lot of it back from tv, dvd sale, licensing. You're talking about a billion dollar industry. And seeing as how a popular U.S. actor can make 15 million dollar a film, it really isn't suprising. |
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ShellBullet
Posts: 1051 Location: I hit things, with my fist. |
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Looking at the animation quality of GITS:SAC we can conclude that it's the upper limit of cost on a series, pretty much everything else must be less than that. I wonder if anyone can come up with a lower limit? Perhaps the lower limit is around $60,000 or so, that would be about half the maximum price. |
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Haiseikoh 1973
Posts: 1590 Location: Waiting for the Japanese 1000 Gunieas. |
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General Rule for Nippon/US Currency Conversion: 125 Yen (roughly) = $1 US |
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