Anime has long existed as an industry, various production committees have hired studios to create their series. A fixed amount is given to a studio to produce the series, and according to the producer of 8 Million, Yoshitada Fukuhara, that amount is constantly increasing thanks to international demand.
Last year, Yoshitada Fukuhara, who has worked in series like Kemono Friends, Kemurikusa and several others commented that the average budget an anime studio gets from producing an episode was around 15 million yen. Also, producing a 12-episode series cost 180 million yen ($ 1.7 million).
On August 22, Fukuhara he corrected his record and stated that on average some anime studios are making 5 million yen more per episode and can get royalties for the studio that produced the anime, if successful. This increase pushes budgets for anime up to around 20 million yen ($ 190,000), on average per episode.
The studios that earn these royalties are usually the largest, creating the most popular anime of the season. Increased revenue given to anime studios by production committees to help attract more talented creators, because foreign licensors are interested in high-profile creators and studios to sell a series, especially before streaming when there isn’t much to do for promotional purposes.
On the other hand, Fukuhara says that for smaller studios, get royalties from back-end It is difficult and that studios must have a proven track record to even make it to the negotiating table. Fukuhara reflects that future productions could be owned by the studios themselves (as they currently do Toei Animation and Kyoto Animation) with their original anime, or have a higher place on the production committee.
This Tweet from a year ago, the price has recently been around 20 million yen. This is because orders are concentrated in popular studios because overseas distribution sites place importance on the popularity of original works, studios, and creators when making large purchases. Furthermore, studios tend to be more likely to pass royalties. Continue https://t.co/DJAVEr9G7O
— Keizai Fukuhara (8million representative) tweeting entertainment information (@fukuhara_ystd) August 22, 2020
Here is a full translation of Yoshitada Fukuhara from the tweet.
This Tweet is from a year ago, but recently the market price for an anime episode has been around 20 million yen. This is because overseas distribution sites focus on the popularity of the original work, the studio, and the creator when licensing series at a high price, so most of the orders are focused on the more studios. popular. Also, larger studios tend to be able to claim royalties easily.
In contrast, it is difficult for smaller studios to claim royalties. Overall budgets are increasing, but royalties earned through national television broadcast licenses are changing and gradually disappearing. The new idea is that once an original work has a proven track record, the studio will be able to claim royalties.
To achieve this, the trend in the future will be for production studios not only to produce works, but also to create a system that allows them to do their own copyright business, merge or be acquired by a major company, or work with a production company. The number of original works is decreasing and it would be nice if there were more original anime created by the studios.
While it’s great to know that anime studios are seeing an increase in their budget to produce each episode, hopefully that money is being passed on to the staff working on the series. It must be taken into consideration that the numbers presented by Fukuhara They are an estimate and that everything depends on the current contracts. Also, don’t forget that the budget doesn’t reflect the quality of an anime that has a talented crew with a less tight schedule.
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