According to Nishimura, he needs between 150,000 yen ($1,349) to 200,000 yen ($1,798) per month to make ends meet.
That works out to 115,000 yen ($1,033) per month per show for a combined monthly income of 250,000 yen ($2,250).
Taiki Nishimura has been making anime for the past twenty years.
If it wasn’t enough that working in the anime industry is hard, the pay can also be shockingly low.
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