Still, there’s aplenty of bad news reaching the shores of Japan, so says this news source from CartoonLeap.com.
Its anime industry is heading towards a downhill curve with more and more Japanese are turning away from seeking animation as a profession as several anime production companies are choosing to hire people outside Japan to do animation work for cheaper costs. In other words, outsourcing is the name of the game for many businesses, and anime industry is no different to others. This makes it very difficult for people who seriously want to make a career in anime industry especially when a lot of successful anime works/programmes were done mostly by Japanese. It’s been a major drought for quite sometime now and who knows how long will we expect to hear any recovery from this. Nevertheless, Tokyo Metropolitan Government is working hard to revitalise the industry by injecting its special programme to encourage taking anime as a career.
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http://www.cartoonleap.com/2009/01/06/outsourcing-a-disturbing-report-on-japans-anime-industry/
Source: CartoonLeap.com
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