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Sony to Launch Academy to 'Nurture Anime Creators in Global Markets'

Anime in crisis? Japan's signature artform at risk

Anime is a multi-billion dollar industry for Japan. But many young animators who have just started off are living in poverty, or chooseing [sic] to quit the industry all together. NHK World's John LaDue looks at why that is, and how some are hoping to fix it.

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/videos/20240529203516793/

Technically it's already being done with a lot of current anime animation being done by overseas animators companies hire and contract out. I know plenty of foreign animators work on shows like JJK and One Piece already. Specifically I know that Kay Yu guy who made the HoloCure game worked on Onimai last year

I don't have an issue so long as they just remain as workers doing what the creators tell them and respect the art and don't try to change things. Sony's name being attached to this is the most worrying thing to me given how they treated their Japanese games the past couple of console generations so their motivations are suspect to me.

@Rob19ny

Without the global market you are so upset about there would be no legal anime available outside Japan.

Alan45 wrote:

@Rob19ny Without the global market you are so upset about there would be no legal anime available outside Japan.

Reactionary talking points argue otherwise, screaming about some conspiracy that I have chosen to look with utter dismissal.