{"id":49446,"date":"2025-06-27T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=49446"},"modified":"2025-06-26T17:26:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T08:26:30","slug":"kadokawa-wants-all-its-animation-staff-to-be-able-to-afford-a-benz-as-it-shifts-to-higher-budget-global-anime-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/nongaming-news\/kadokawa-wants-all-its-animation-staff-to-be-able-to-afford-a-benz-as-it-shifts-to-higher-budget-global-anime-production\/","title":{"rendered":"Kadokawa wants all its animation staff to be \u201cable to afford a Benz\u201d as it shifts to higher-budget, global anime production"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Kadokawa, a major Japanese publisher and owner of many famous animation studios<\/a>, is looking to raise the production value of anime. In a recent interview with Otaku Soken<\/a>, Kadokawa\u2019s Chief Studio Officer Go Kikuchi and producer Junichiro Tamura talked about the key correlations between expansion to the global market and anime production becoming higher budget. They also mention the importance of having the revenue trickle down to actual animation staff, with the somewhat humorous goal of \u201cmaking all their animators able to afford a Benz.\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kikuchi believes that the key to being able to raise the production budget for anime lies in expanding their business to the global market. As an example, he compares the American animation industry to Japan\u2019s \u2013 \u201cWhy is there such a difference in unit cost between an American Disney production and a Japanese animation production? \u2013 That is because Disney\u2019s target market is the whole world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf we create anime under Japanese standards, that means we\u2019re limited in how much we can spend on production budget. However, if we aim to sell under global standards, Japanese content itself needs to change. So, we created overseas branches to sell our works globally. We give out directions to each branch and do localization, and that way keep generating revenue from the market. [\u2026] Right now, we are making good anime, but we still haven\u2019t completely sorted the means of putting them on the market.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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He brings up how Korean dramas, for example, are made in high-budget productions, but that is because they are watched all over the world. Going by the same logic, anime could meet similar kind of success if the production budget is raised \u2013 and Kikuchi believes Japan is up to that task.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kikuchi presents this as a way to further expand Kadokawa\u2019s business to the international market and gain more revenue. However, he also emphasizes the importance of correctly using said revenue. He states that, right now, despite production costs already rising in the industry, the funds aren\u2019t being properly distributed yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cIf we manage to redetermine how assets are distributed between production companies and staff, there may be a future in which all of the production studio staff could be riding a Mercedes Benz.\u201d Given that the industry doesn\u2019t have enough skilled animators to work on feature-film quality production<\/a>, and considering many of those already working in the industry have experience with being overworked and underpaid<\/a>, it makes sense that raising the production budget would not just be crucial for international expansion, but also a way for their animators and the company staff to earn more and afford a higher living standard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe industry as a whole,\u201d he emphasizes, \u201cmust raise the production budget and earn money via the global market.\u201d He says, \u201cBrazil and Mexico are a goldmine,\u201d listing them alongside countries like India as new potential candidates where the anime industry could thrive. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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