Majority of participants who don’t live with Mom and Dad are losing money while they work in the anime industry.
As with most entertainment-related jobs, there’s a huge range in incomes between the lowest-paid anime workers and the industry’s top earners.
Unlike with many more conventional jobs, most people who choose to work in the anime industry do so because of an ardent passion for the industry’s finished products.
In addition, only 9.4 percent of the living-on-their-own animators said they’re able to save any money (or keep their pre-existing savings intact).