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In a recent shareholders\u2019 Q&A briefing<\/a>, Capcom revealed interesting insights about its workforce \u2013 about half the company\u2019s development staff specializes in character animation and visual effects. <\/strong>Capcom had 2,846 development staff as of the end of March 2025 \u2013 meaning more than 1,400 of them are working in animation-related roles.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moreover, Capcom\u2019s answer comes in response to an inquiry about staffing shortages, and the company says it\u2019s actively working on strengthening recruitment for these roles, suggesting they\u2019re still in need of more animators. To this end, Capcom has even acquired subsidiaries specializing in animation and visual production. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As is evident from their AAA titles, particularly the Monster Hunter series, Capcom places high importance on realistic character animation. In 2023, they established the new Creative Studio<\/a>, a facility that houses 150 cameras, including state-of-the-art, ultra-high-resolution models, in one of Japan\u2019s largest motion capture stages (11m \u00d7 15m \u00d7 5m), allowing for large-scale motion capture sessions. The studio is also integrated with Capcom\u2019s in-house Re Engine. In addition, one of Capcom\u2019s recent acquisitions, Swordcanes Studio, is known for its strength in video production and has a solid track record in animation, which tells of Capcom\u2019s focus on enhancing its capabilities in this field. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Capcom is significantly upsizing its overall workforce as of recently (with a target of 100 new employees each year<\/a>), it seems they\u2019re particularly focused on acquiring talent in the fields of character animation and visual effects. Japan is in the midst of a severe shortage of high-skilled animators, which has been worsening ever since the Covid-era. This has been a problem not only for the anime industry<\/a>, but for the game industry too, where, according to industry professionals, “it\u2019s not just companies fighting over skilled animators, but different departments within companies grappling to get animators on their projects.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Related articles: Capcom celebrates fivefold increase in profit over the past 10 years thanks to focus on PC support, digital sales, flagship IPs\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Amidst Japan’s severe post-Covid shortage in animators, Capcom is determined to acquire more talent in the field.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":49011,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-49009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"\nAbout half of Capcom\u2019s dev staff is in animation-related roles, and they\u2019re still in need of more animators\u00a0 - AUTOMATON WEST<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Amidst Japan's severe post-Covid shortage in animators, Capcom is determined to acquire more talent in the field.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/about-half-of-capcoms-dev-staff-is-in-animation-related-roles-and-theyre-still-in-need-of-more-animators\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"About half of Capcom\u2019s dev staff is in animation-related roles, and they\u2019re still in need of more animators\u00a0 - 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