Japan Just Killed Anime.

[@BoobaMilkTea]

Thank you for watching, I've heard the background audio may be too loud for some. Sorry I don't know how to fix it. Thank you for telling me, I can lower it more next time.

[@TheCheeseWall]

No problem, amazing video! Keep it up my friend

[@WolfIonGaming]

Sounded great to me and it was very informational video!

[@mrmeekmerp7589]

7:06 Just a note, 27%+77% does not equal 99%. Also those are separate statistics so it would be 77% of people believe they will be negatively impacted and 27% of people believe they will go out of business. I understand making videos can be tiresome and mistakes will get through and researching this topic without many reputable sources is difficult, but please do make sure to check that your sources, video, and script match.

[@yol_n]

Yeah it's horrible mixing.

[@keifuchan7265]

Too loud is better than too quiet😅

[@mathology5710]

The one shocker for me was that performers (actors, voice actors, etc.) are paid under a buyout system (one payment upon completion of the project) unlike the Hollywood residual system where actors can receive a percentage from sales/views. This basically means Japanese VA have to constantly keep working to survive.

[@BoobaMilkTea]

i didn't know that Hollywood had it like that...feel like that might just be for the biggest stars and per contract basis. There's no way that a new random background actor get royalties lol.

[@corni4522]

You compare Hollywood with anime industry. Even that we have Hollywood strike recently because they get pay like peanut. You should compare with Dub VA and Power Rangers actors and lots of controversy already. Don't compare normal people with Tom Cruise or other popular actors/actress sigh.

[@hkillerpr]

​@@corni4522tbh I think they mean mostly on how they get paid not how much there getting paid and yes is all under a contract that is cannot be change (like how the breaking bad actors got paid less wen the show started being stream vs what they would get for it being a TV channel)

[@goldmegaman1000]

@@BoobaMilkTeathey do every union actor does even if it’s just a tiny roll as a background character. Might be Pennie’s but they get payed

[@JohnBrown-tw2qi]

@@BoobaMilkTea writers and actors tend to get small residuals in anything they work on, though if it weren’t for SAG and the Writer’s Guild then they wouldn’t be getting anything.

[@saceurai6629]

Nothing good has come out ever since Kishida has become the prime minister. Every single decision he made, every single thing he got involved with got ruined or had disastrous results. Heck, even locals hate him here. The alleged "assassination attempt" on him was a no surprise TBH.

[@czaczaczar]

That's what liberals do everywhere.

[@WaningLoon]

damn bro the japanese people really don't like their prime ministers

[@kiedisboughen5318]

​@@czaczaczarshut your political BS up mate, would you rather be a slave or something?

[@kuzorokizo3449]

Holy shit

[@NyarlathotepCrawlingChaos]

APAB: “All politicians are bastards.”

[@dudeguy1894]

I've noticed that many big businesses underestimate how much fans and "lower-rank" employees understand about their industry. They'll think "Sure the quality isn't as good, but the fans won't notice. We're pretty good at hiding that." No, you're not. We can tell. And this isn't just an issue in Japan. Western companies fall into this habit too.

[@supermaster2012]

Yet people still consume that weeb shit like it's made of gold. They don't care cause weebs are stupid.

[@NobleDemonTim]

Ugh. Trust me. I learned that the hard way as a Digimon fan, especially when Bandai Namco is content with living and dying by Dragonball. Seriously, Digimon Adventure was the most viewed Top 5 on Toei Animation's own Japanese official KZbin channel, but put more money onto Dragonball Super instead.

[@SemekiIzuio]

You say that but there arejust as many oblivious ignorant fans who dont understand or simply dont see it as their problem. Look at JJK,yes there havebeen very top notch episodes but there has also been low quality epsides who cant acknowledge how bad of a state JJK is in just because 2 3 episodes are good

[@dreemurrprince]

@@NobleDemonTimIts hilarious too, they not only screwed digimon, BUT THEY ALSO DID A SHITTY JOB WITH DBS its like they’re TRYING to piss as many people off as possible

[@NobleDemonTim]

It's TOEI. They're gonna live and die by Dragonball, to the point they ended Mazinger Z with Infinity and stopped making Getter Robo anime since the 1990s. @@dreemurrprince

[@barbi111]

Why creativity is under attack globally?

[@dallassegno]

It's not

[@phantaivinhtien7153]

Old people

[@Toastcat890]

Greed

[@Trainboy1EJR]

To "protect the children" so that they never see anything questionable, because parenting is nonexistent. To increase taxes to increase money for politicians who are out of touch with society/industry. To increase profit for shareholders by playing it safe and not taking any risks. Cancel culture because someone enjoys it and they hate anyone else enjoying anything. Advertisers saying exactly where their ads can be shown, making entire platforms unviable. Lawyers/copyright gone berserk to erase every meme, audio clip, and abridging, to the point that no one knows about it because all free advertising was eliminated in the name of protecting profits. And any single one has a chain reaction on the rest.

[@molerm9442]

All of the responses you received are wrong.

[@TubeofDestiny]

So they're modernizing their tax system, but instead of giving incentives to do so (like a slightly lower tax bracket for a few years), they're simultaneously increasing the taxes for the least financially capable participants in the work chain? That's incredibly stupid. It could easily be fixed by keeping the taxes to 0% for the workers (who are so broke anyway, the money they won't pay in taxes will be paid in local goods like food and bills, that are taxed already and make the economy run, so will circle back to the gov anyway), while granting a brief tax rebate for companies transitioning to the new system.

[@BoobaMilkTea]

actually it gets worse, their VAT equivalent (the JCT) always goes up over time, so now that poor anime workers have to pay it, they've set the precedent where they'll be subject to the ever increasing taxes now

[@AlternetRedSkys]

Sales taxes on luxury goods is always a decent move. It's why people are fleeing California and New York and going to places like Florida. But then again look at Colorado. It used to be low taxes then Californians moved their but instead of changing what they vote for. And well rest is history. Case point it's going to go down to the voters to decide they've had enough. Which is sad struggle even happening in the states. Where we too are vastly lead by a different breed of slightly younger fossils.

[@Troyster_Ratsou]

Dang I don't pay taxes yet but if I do I could tax evade if I am tired of tax ong.

[@Unethical.FandubsGames]

"increasing the taxes for the least financially capable participants in the work chain?" Every conservative Government ever. The economy is basically held up on the fragile arms of those who can afford to put money into the smaller, local, economy. Without the average family having money to spend at the end of the working month: the economy always falters. Seen it happen enough times and yet the greedy rich fucks always piss about.

[@alpha-1redrighthand829]

@@Troyster_Ratsouirs knows. IRS will find you I wouldn’t recommend it.

[@LostWallet]

maybe its time for a cultural change in japan. demand more wages. the work culture in japan is abysmal

[@hehashivemind6111]

The problem is that young Japanese people are super uninvolved with politics or voting

[@LostWallet]

@@hehashivemind6111 their population have a higher population of older adult and old people than young people. imagine trying to vote and getting out voted by the older generation anyway. that would make you less likely to want to involve in voting as well. japan birth decline is also a factor as to why their young population is so low

[@Towhomitmayconcern9293]

As long as they don't take libertarianism too far like America has. You know its a problem when Americans hate their country so much that the American flag itself is something offensive. I know japan definitely has its problems, but its whole lot more respectable, but yes, building a culture allowing more liberty for the individual there would ideal, while still keeping to their values.

[@marquisstevenson7036]

@@Towhomitmayconcern9293umm what American hate there flag I’m really curious because it seems like you don’t know what your talk about😅

[@Towhomitmayconcern9293]

@@marquisstevenson7036 Socialists and liberals in general. Simply having the the American flag up means you're a bigot and an evil capitalist to them, its honestly insane. The amount of self hatred America has is honestly very concerning.

[@RadenWA]

Anime has never been a bubble. It is inconceivable that there could be an industry so powerful and prevalent yet being the complete opposite of “lucrative”.

[@AVeryNormalGuy]

Yeah wtf is he talking about? If anything anime is a failing industry

[@Marci-Ana-GMM]

@@AVeryNormalGuy The anime industry is not like MARVEL or Disney, people it's not interested in 🌈 politics, they're interested in good series.

[@reubenprasanth271]

The only thing that will fail here is anime being constrained in Japan. There are already Chinese animes out there taken from wuxia(and more) novels. If they consider the payment terrible, then they'll (freelancers) move out or will start making it outside japan by getting licenses by which the pay will obviously be more generous than anything japan (laws) could provide. So anime won't fall ever. It may get liberated and become a non-exclusive of Japan

[@snintendog]

​@@reubenprasanth271Chinese animation nah it's all copy and paste you should look at the tracing scandals of EVERYTHING coming from China. if anything south Korea is more likely the competition

[@MrMarco302]

@@snintendog you say that as if we don't have 70% of anime coming out since SAO having the same bland desing

[@pocketrocketradio]

I'm really sad by the anime industry changing the content of its work to accommodate for western tastes. The reason I got into anime originally is because it was a huge middle finger to western entertainment, which is mostly boring in my opinion.

[@QuinnMillard-jv3ri]

western media consists of about three stories with different charachters

[@Dakayto]

Western entertainment actually helped anime in a lot of places back in the 80s and 90s, but yea, modern Western entertainment is garbage.

[@Fennekku]

don't be a snob, theres plenty good western media, and a lot of garbage anime media. Especially the whole pedo-bait and isekai genre

[@solitarioerrante4296]

​@@Fennekku i agree but not all isekais are bad, the problem is the unhealthy quantity of generic isekais that are either mediocre or terrible.

[@tonyilias2561]

@@Fennekku Wrong. Western media as a whole is in 1 of the worst shapes it's ever been. We've seen more box office bombs, failed and canceled shows with huge budgets, huge Triple A failed video games, etc. now and in recent years than we ever have before. People have switched to other forms of entertainment and more independent media like youtube, twitch livestreams, anime, k-dramas, eastern music like kpop, and podcasts instead of watching western movies in theaters, watching western media on streaming services, etc. Anime and Kdramas became super mainstream in the past few years because people have seen the high quality and creativity of media from the east and are burnt out on unoriginal, corporate, bad Hollywood slop like constant sequels, reboots, remakes, spin-offs, etc.

[@EPICSAWIKI]

My heart goes out to these incredible animators. Anime is absolutely massive and viewed by so many people and yet they make freaking pennies, it’s so insane to me. Corporate greed runs rampant literally everywhere man..

[@cheesesnadwich815]

Greed is the root of all evil, my dude

[@orga7777]

It is more than just corporate greed. The Japanese population has been conditioned for centuries to do as they are told by their superiors without complaint. This is a cultural problem.

[@botezsimp5808]

With animes it's also consumer greed. How many people that liked this comment watch anime for free on websites that steal there content? I know I have.. many times..

[@EPICSAWIKI]

@@botezsimp5808 Buy DVD’s to support the studios. Definitely better than throwing your money away on a crunchy roll sub.

[@DanielGarcia-rx3kt]

@@botezsimp5808 piracy is usually because the actual services you pay for are worse than what you can get for free. I wouldn't want to give money to an industry that treats its creators like this anyways since the creators would see little if not none of it.

[@chainsawkas7545]

We see the root of all the problems: anachronistic old people

[@ma.2089]

Japan is full of them haha. For all their complaints about the birth rate and how there’s no young ppl to keep the economy going, they sure love to hurt them and prevent them from living a decent life and prevent them from having families. Tho, I suppose that’s every country. It’s especially worse in countries with more elderly than young ppl like Japan tho.

[@TakuyaDelahoya]

Just like when parents yell at their children for watching anime Very relatable

[@Randomlabomoty]

@@TakuyaDelahoyamust be those damn videos games, those kids are not up to no good,etc.

[@CheeseOfMasters]

I can't shake the feeling it's also western influence, seems like Japan is too successful again, can't have that can't we, Disney?

[@lucky4d725]

@@CheeseOfMasters ....how ?

[@TheXell]

I dont understand how a "purge" could be seen as a positive thing. If anything, Isekai Adaptation Nr. 105825 will be even MORE likely to be made over productions with creatively driven or financially risky premises

[@BoobaMilkTea]

Yeah lol we need more companies involved, not less. We're already barely seeing any original stories these days

[@privatedoorknob7408]

​@@BoobaMilkTeadude I just found your channel, that home page banner has me cracking up. +1sub

[@RKNancy]

​@@BoobaMilkTeaso it's not just me that's noticing the pattern of repetitive story telling. I swear, some of these female fanservice loving people will claim that Anime is the best out there. But beating Hollywood isn't a big accomplishment imo.

[@HamguyBacon]

its simple, it will be outsourced to Korea or Taiwan and locally made manga and anime will fizzle out.

[@soldierbreed]

There nothing wrong with having a lot of choices....you dint have to watch every anime. But maybe some one out there would love that anime they should be able to enjoy it.

[@shadowkras]

This is all insane. Books and comics (which include manga) should be taken as culture and education, and pay 0 taxes. Books here in brazil cannot be taxed.

[@jwiskikruger8921]

nah, they can. i did bought some Japanese books and got taxed.

[@shadowkras]

@@jwiskikruger8921 No, they cannot. Not even ebooks can be taxed. It doesnt mean they wont. But thats illegal and they know it.

[@AnhVu-ey7di]

jap gov: "I don't think so, there is a tax for that"

[@karambiatos]

Brazil taxes computer parts insanely so, because your government is moronic. Please don't use Brazil as an example for anything ever in your life again. Unless it's an example of how things shouldn't be done.

[@shadowkras]

@@karambiatos Brazil doesnt even enter the top 10 on highest import taxes, bro. Dont spew crap. Wanna hear whats stupid? Sanctioning another country so nobody can trade with them.

[@Miyu936]

It's not just anime. I work in Japan as a freelance manga translator, and it's hitting us hard too. I've had to take a 10% cut to my pay rates because doing so is still less expensive than getting an invoice number and having to pay consumption tax. It's absolutely wild that this system has actually been put into use because it actively hurts workers while not really doing anything to prevent fraud and tax evasion by bigger companies... plus, literally no one knows what the new laws mean. When my pay got unilaterally cut (supposedly illegal thanks to antitrust laws), I had to call multiple helplines and govt offices to see what my options were, which surprise, there aren't any. But until I got the antitrust people on the phone, not a single tax office worker or invoice system helpline worker could explain what the new system meant for freelancers like me. Add in sales tax hikes, inflation, and stagnating wages and things are not looking great... I love my job and want to see the anime/manga industry thrive, but I worry for it's immediate future.

[@wolvesarecoming022]

Revolution!

[@toastycarp]

Do you know where I can read the new laws and regulations surrounding this? Not an outline but the actual publicized legal documentation?

[@Zhinoi]

Yeah stuff like this is what made me want to get a real job in the states instead of going abroad to be a teacher. I realized I'd be making minimum wage losing years of my life that I could spend more productively. It's sad that I had to give up the dream, but financially I couldn't see much choice in the matter...

[@Zhinoi]

It's insane that these practices are the way they are with how much this industry does in terms of drawing attention to Japan and it's culture. Something needs to change 😅

[@dangerousdays2052]

The poor have to get poorer for the rich to get richer. Wealth is finite and the parasites at the top pass laws to make sure the money keeps flowing up.

[@qizeaqfile]

Japan has been suffering constantly low population for decades now, but they still refuse to adapt or change even they know if these thing keep on going, Japanese will be nearly extinct within roughly 70 years. Their culture is their biggest enemy and also their biggest asset. The thing is, the old people who are in charge will destroy the lives of the people of Japan to keep their old culture alive rather than making meaningful change to help their people adapt for the future.

[@BoobaMilkTea]

Population collapse means no taxes, which means rip govt. These JCT taxes (Japanese consumption tax) will continue to be paid by the younger gen. at a higher rate. As long as the population keeps dying the younger people are gonna keep paying

[@azurekite3870]

yea that they need to stop over working people to bone cuz they no time for love and let other people in for romance to find and have babies besided just themselves:( it's so sad that japan is sounding like china no with low birth rates:( and it's so sad:(

[@williansnobre]

They still refuse to move on from fax machines

[@Iamwolf134]

One side note you might be interested in is that the older generation is dying out. Addendum: Simply pointing this out does not mean I wish death upon the older generation.

[@Ramtech-117]

​@Iamwolf134 yes, but not fast enough...

[@Jombo1]

"I have an idea. You know those people who are barely earning enough to survive? Let's make them earn less!" - Japan probably

[@BoobaMilkTea]

Gotta keep them poor!

[@mariosblago94]

the US too, just in different ways. It's a capitalism issue. If no one complains, they can just keep getting away with it. Politicians only bend the knee when people stop voting for them.

[@starshinewindlord2716]

@@mariosblago94 while being surrounded by staffers telling them from a spreadsheet that their numbers look OK as long as they look better than their vote-competitor never mind that any numbers hiding behind those mis-stated spreadsheets are people with hopes and dreams

[@TBKSSS]

you guys make it sound like japan is the only country with taxes rotfl it's the same problem in the whole world, big guys have the resources and the know how to game the system, small guys don't, so the system have to fall onto those that can't game it always was, is, and will be, if you want to revolution something, revoluton the human nature

[@novacorponline]

@@mariosblago94 It's a government issue, not a capitalism issue. Under capitalism, market forces pull people into an equilibrium of power. Your employer isn't paying what you're worth, or is mistreating you? If you've got talent, a competitor will be happy to have you work for them instead. Now your old employer needs to start paying more or treating their other employees better or they'll leave too. But then the government comes along and fucks it up. Rather than breaking up monopolies and stopping anti-competitive practices, more often than not, the government ENCOURAGES the growth of monopolies by adding fees, taxes, regulations, or implementing new laws that make it harder for competitors to survive while big businesses bloat in the absence of meaningful competition. What people blame capitalism for is not really capitalism. it's corruption. A problem that can arise in any economic system, and it's the corruption that needs to be rooted out, not the whole system entirely.

[@slevingaius]

Welp not to long ago there was a shake up in the JAV industry. Things moved on despite mild protest. As for anime its been known for some time that some titles outsource their works. Not sure what the outcome is moving forward but looks like the entire entertainment industry is getting a shake up.

[@LurkingLarper]

It's long overdue for animators and voice actors in Japan to unionize. Corpos won't take care of you and they have shown that by paying slave wages and demanding long hours for decades. The only answer is to gather the workforce together under the same umbrella and negotiate for better terms. Japan just needs to get over it's conformity and start unions in the animation industry.

[@mmyr8ado.360]

I don't think unionizing would solve the problem in the long term. Negotiating for better deals might be good, but they can also demand exclusivity for certain projects and studios, thus depriving many opportunities for freelance animators. If the demands of the unions were met, unexpected consequences would arise such as lay-offs just to meet the salary increase of the unionists, and would be unfair for those who aren't within the union who have the same job as well. If there are unionists that don't meet the demands of the company but still get paid the same way, it would promote a culture of incompetency within the workplace, which would affect the final product and the projects that they are involved with. Fortunately, Japan has good work ethic for the most part which makes such cases very rare, but it doesn't mean the present work culture justifies it. Ultimately, the problem lies within the work culture and labor practices in Japan, particularly in the entertainment industry. Labor and tax reforms are needed, but it's not enough to change the Japanese work culture, and it would take a while before significant changes are felt if it were ever to happen.

[@supermaster2012]

Advocating for communism, wouldn't expect less from a weeb that never showers.

[@coloxrme]

Slaves don't get wages though. A slave is someone who works without any incentives. These people still earn a living, but maybe not the pay that they expect. I get where you're coming from, but unionizing is just not a solution for the long run. Just look at Disney and all the other western companies who are embracing diversity, equity and inclusion, along with unions, look how fast they fall apart. It is not the best way. If Japan wants to get out of this hurdle, overhauling their work culture is the way to go, not some short term unionizing solution.

[@graveyardshift6691]

Unionizing hasn't worked in the US. It won't work in Japan. The last time the unions went on strike and came back was when we saw the downfall of the entertainment industry. You have 10+ writers for every project and they can't get anything done let alone make anything entertaining 'by committee'. The only things that were good was in the older years where you had 1 primary writer, a back up, and maybe a tetutary if you were rich enough or just thought it necessary. Hell the actors and voice actors are currently on strike and people want them to STAY out of work. The drama is far more entertaining than the actual shows and movies. Unions do not solve anything. The work culture is what needs to change.

[@Kiritomens]

@@coloxrme I'm sorry, but you don't seem to get that the "embracing diversity" has absolutely nothing to do with unions at all lol. That movement came from the Black Rock social awareness credit rating system implemented a few years ago. That system rates companies based on their rating. Meaning if they are not at least on a A rating in that scale they lose a massive amount of investors. The unions in comparison actually saved writers from literal extinction by making the big companies like: Netflix, and Disney. Pay the writers a livable amount, get residuals per stream and that they cannot be used as a one time template only to be replaced by AI in the middle of working on set show. And modern slavery is a thing. Also some slaves did get paid, but you don't get paid enough to ever get freedom. Basically every Japanese work environment talked about in this video. Oppression from above, low wages just enough to live paycheck to paycheck, and no safe way to exit because you could face being blacklisted. That is basically slavery my man. Also often revolutions in work culture are spearheaded or started by unionizing groups facing similar problems. It needs to impact the boomer upper class of Japan who don't get the importance of anime or manga at all. In their eyes it's a childish pastime for kids that is of no significant importance to their GDP.

[@xheenalyn]

These animes and mangas are bringing fans all over the world to Japan (let's face it, there are millions of anime fans now) It increases the number of tourists coming to Japan bringing in revenue for the country. It's sad to know that the animators, artists, production staff and voice actors are taken for granted like this.

[@Oyoisme]

Yes they contribute to Japan revenue but did you know that anime alone only contribute 0.2 to 0.5% revenue to the Japan economy? even if you include tourism (highly doubt people visiting japan for its anime in the first place) its still way lower compare to their automobile industries, fishing and tech industries.

[@kyouskeuzumaki9673]

@@Oyoismesee that’s a govt problem now it seems if they got paid as much as American voice actors they’d be fine almost overall, someone is putting less value on anime work too an overhaul or demand is need by the voice actors etc

[@SniperWolfKing77]

​@@OyoismeDon't quote me because I don't know the real statistics, but isn't anime/manga their best source of media revenue (including goods based on those as well)? You obviously can't compare anime to something as crucial as automotive or fishing.

[@Oyoisme]

@@SniperWolfKing77 on the surface yes correct but keep in mind they also generate revenue off the grey industry almost as high as the anime industry or might be even more, and this grey industry is pretty huge and prominent in Japan and yes grey industry is the adult industry and this includes film, television, goods, manga and anime (the counter part of the manga and anime we know of). The sad thing is they also has a law protecting this industry and the performer better than the anime industry and get paid better.

[@SniperWolfKing77]

@@Oyoisme Exactly. They get paid way more for bringing almost the same revenue. Animators and VAs need enough help to at least not live paycheck to paycheck (and not go out of business at this rate).

[@MrShagification]

You would think with basically the worst population collapse and domestic production retraction issues in the world, Japan might want to push it's one major advantage of being a titan in exporting its culture to make up for that. But old Japanese businessmen are stereotypically known for lacking the ability to adapt to the modern world, so...

[@Lisey_Ann]

knock knock.. it's the united states... i guess the foreigners entering the scene would change up their culture for the better in this case

[@percival086]

@@Lisey_Ann "Y'know what else is pretty western? That's right, its -conquering stuff- capitalism!" And boy, did the Japanese embrace it like nothing else, probably because it helped rebuild their economy after WWII

[@minmogrovingstrongandhealthy]

Europe is not much different. Wars torn us all apart and instead of helping the every day folks the laws are basically unaliving us. I am not joking. Many people survived wars only to later be executed by "laws". All this collectively came in with USA dictatorships ever since they have NATO. More then half of my family passed away, the new laws ended them. I am the youngest and I am nearing 40, seem like I wont be able to have children of my own so my family ends with me. These offices are attacking me every month with some new BS. For one example my father passed away this year and had lots of debt that I by law was forced to pay, if I don't pay they take everything I have and put me into prison. Mind you he already was also in prison multiple times in a span of 15 years or so and his properties taken away, he passed away as a homeless person yet here we are now they are after me. I disowned my father when I was a kid, my parents divorced too so by what logic do I have to pay for my fathers "sins" and they are also after my mother too like she have to magically be accounted for this man that she divorced decades ago ... wtf She was the 1st they called and tried to force her to pay his hospital bills and to pay his funeral, imagine that. She refused it all then they resigned everything to me with me having zero chance of any disputes. Keep in mind even if you somehow win in court the expenses are high. No matter what I am forced to pay. Collectively I spent more then half a million euros for all his debt, legal expenses, taxes, his funeral and bunch of other stuff and the fines bills keep coming up in my mail, legal extortions and the documents I get are basically mafia tier threats. They are coming up with unrealistic numbers and situations like I am a millionaire or something. I am basically a nobody that is on a fence of being homeless. Who on earth have half a million euros or a million to casually pay their demands?! When a common monthly paycheck is around 300-400 euros where I live !!! They are making me to spend money that I don't have and probably never will ...

[@godfist314]

They are rich AF and as long as they stay rich AF they DO NOT CARE who they FFFF over. That's it, as long as they can stay rich they don't care!!

[@BlueRidgeBubble]

​@@percival086Conquering stuff is decidedly not just a western thing. Lol

[@SiilverEdit]

that would definitely effect anime industry we want to see a real animation instead of using CGI besides the stroy and animation voice acting make you engage with the world of ANIME it is what it is the world is getting fucked up

[@Wendeta-hq2cp]

"Less risk taking and creativity" - Let's not forget monopoly. The Japanese anime industry might start getting into the Disney problem where everything becomes formulaic because that formula 'makes the most money' until it doesn't.

[@rosthariton7930]

By "formulaic" you that 96% of all anime is clished when it comes to characters, plot,voicing and even phrases, etc.? Clishe is why I stopped watching anime. So formulas have been here long before this problem and still are, isekai is an example of formula, imo.

[@Wendeta-hq2cp]

@@rosthariton7930 I disagree. I don't know what kind of anime and manga you've been watching, but I've seen wonderful permutations even within the same genre. Isekai has been getting a bit stale, yes, but for every formulaic Isekai that comes out, there's another Isekai which is pretty fresh. When I mean formulaic, I refer to the fact that Anime might start using a smaller amount of tropes, similarly to how all female character in Disney's films are "quirky" now, despite their backgrounds. Also I don't know what to tell you, but if you're expecting something new and original, then you won't see it in your lifetime. Nobody will. The modern era has left society creativelly bankrupt, meaning that going forward a good story distinguishes itself through good technique and a large variety of tropes used in a manner that makes logical sense for the setting. Villainess Level 99 is a good example. An Isekai where the main character reincarnates as the 'secret boss'. It takes this concept and reveals that this character our protagonist is born as was probably actually a victim of the society she lives in. And she's also a Kuudere, which makes sense seeing as she's barely interacted with anyone and she desires not to be seen as evil or confrontational (leading to her generally controlling her emotions).

[@rosthariton7930]

@@Wendeta-hq2cp I had been watching anime non stop from 2008 to 2012 approximately without analizing it, more like consuming and after sometime I got bored of repetitions like squeaky female voices that all sounded the same to me, actions of a main character like: "TATAKAI", "I wanna save everyone", " It's time I start fighting seriously" and all that bullshit. After 2012 I only watch anime of boredom and very rarely. Some of them seemed interesting to me only for 2-3 episodes, after I start noticing all the same crap I described above I become irritated and stop watching it. Especially when there are funny inserts or change of style in what was supposed to be a drama or a "serious" anime. But again, it's my subjective opinion on this industry.

[@0utrunner237]

Anime already is formulaic. It's been a endless stream of isekai and ridiculous fanservice anime for the last few years.

[@tigertoxins584]

@@0utrunner237 exactly what I wanted to say. There's so much anime from the 1900s, I think everyone underestimates exactly how much anime there is. Which isn't even including manga and similar art works from other asian nations. The "trimming the fat" part was spot on, as much as I hate to see it this industry has been hankering for a sh*t eating for god knows how long. As bad as I feel for the animation teams, all these aimless studios hoping to grind out a quick buck from stereotypical cliched garbage NEED to go. It's like our own situation on this planet. A certain quality can only achieved by a deficit of quantity. Anime gets dumber and dumber as it gets less impediment, and the same is true for us too. The only reason these studios exist in the first place is because we enable them.

[@studio_fudelio]

Appreciate you taking the time to explain this for people. I work as a freelance translator and typesetter in Japan. Unfortunately, this is really scary for anyone who does any type of freelance work, and Japan will probably never be able to organize enough to stop the invoice sytem. The one ray of hope is that this tanks their economy so bad that they have to make concessions, but even that is pretty wishful thinking.

[@BoobaMilkTea]

Seems like a needs to get worse before it gets better type of situation sadly

[@BlueSunStudios1]

@@BoobaMilkTea That's assuming that they are not too prideful and stuck in their ways of sticking to tradition or staying in their lane that they don't just suffer a total collapse because of not doing anything.

[@ravgotsuop8650]

2:14

[@darklord884]

@@BlueSunStudios1 They are traditionalists, not idiots. I get what you mean, but I sincerely doubt they'd just tank their own economy and do nothing. They are willing to innovate if really necessary, even if it takes a while for some of them to accept it.

[@darklord884]

@@godfist314 You do realise that Japan has...developed since WW2, right? And considering the big public outcry against this system, saying "to the last starving man" is just plain hyperbolic.

[@Starfields]

They had over a year to do something about it and they waited last minute, honestly at this point the train is gone. I remember when I heard about this last october and this was the outcome I expected. People just don't care and it's a very tough pill to swallow. I only expect these people to adapt and conform rather than trying to make a change. A year from now or even less no one but few will care.

[@InnocentC0]

They already did and failed.

[@HamguyBacon]

Japanese people just don't involve themselves in politics and believe their leaders have their best interest at heart, they are like farm animals and can't come to the conclusion that the farmer is eating them.

[@zafiruzoma6234]

Of course japanese people will never stand up for themselves they will just bend over instead of fighting back

[@erd.n]

How do you adapt to slave wages

[@bobfg3130]

They will just leave.

[@Average_Bloodborne_Enjoyer]

3:31 awww that was so sad :( keep up the good work tho, loved this video

[@SeaSerpentLevi]

I feel bad for all the south east asians and south americans that were able to work on anime and now are facing this risk of having to stop.. so much talent being wasted, anime and manga workers must unionize. The way entertainment companies exploit those artists is out of this world.

[@Haiyami]

Do you not understand the point of the video. It's not the corporation's fault at this. It's the tax system put on by the government. Unionizing like in the west won't do much. That will just put an even greater burden and complication. The idea of Unions (at least how the west runs Unions such as the United States) won't work well in places like Japan.

[@orga7777]

Unionizing won't solve the problem. It just creates another corrupt middleman between you and your value. No. What needs to be done is much more impactful than putting in a Mafioso Union. It is about negotiating your value yourself. The problem is that Japanese work culture is vehemently toxic and destructive to the working class. So until the culture around work changes, this will NEVER be fixed no matter what anyone does or wants to do. And I don't mean just giving up like so many people have. I mean staged walkouts, putting themselves on the line to make things change. Being freely allowed to move from company to company with your work experience. Japan is too obsessed with loyalty. Probably from the bygone eras of the past that never truly left them. It is both a good thing and a bad thing, but when it comes to work, you can't find value in a company that exploits your hard work. It all needs to break before it can change, sadly.

[@Haiyami]

@@orga7777 Well said.

[@belisarian6429]

Indeed maybe this will be final drop for unions to form, I mean those animators need some leverage to get higher wages, fact that they are payed so little for expert work is outrageous, but it happens with all new professions, programmer, game developer, CGI artist... Only when these professions form proper unions, like say car engineers, they get to be properly evaluated. Car engineers were in same situation when cars were new, they were also exploited because they liked cars and wanted to work with them.

[@Haiyami]

@@belisarian6429 Unions won't work for the Japanese voice acting industry as their culture and the way JP voice actors are commissioned work is different than the US. Also Labor unions in Japan are not the same as US labor unions. in the US labor unions, each sector of work has a guild and their are mini guilds dedicated to each company. There is an enterprise union and the national labor union in Japan. Both are, from my understanding, controlled directly by the government. There are no labor guilds. So I'm getting tired of hearing the labor union argument because while it's a good thought. IT wouldn't work. 1 even if the voice acting industry were able to unionize, they'd have to fall under the same union that is run by the government, 2nd that government run union covers every single type of work in Japan so again if they unionize it probably wouldn't be in the image you are thinking of. Labor Unions were, in the 1980s absorbed into Trade unions. I believe the current existing union that covers everything is called the Japanese Trade Union Confederation.

[@jastintheceooffinanasapost6204]

when japanese seek some help for foreigners, and i don't mean it in a bad way, you know sheet got real

[@Madheim777]

what do you mean by that? i mean needing help for foreigners.

[@RaidenKunii]

@@Madheim777i think usually Japan isn’t very fond of foreigners but when their own government is against them they have to turn to those that they prefer not to have contact with (this is a generalization, ik there are non-racist Japanese people)

[@DeusGamez]

@@RaidenKunii nah they dont hate foreigners if anything they are a welcome breath of fresh air for their overly stressful circumstances due to their culture. in their culture asking for aid is a sign of weakness and is therefore seen as shameful behavior and undignified, so thats why you won't see them turning for help all too often unless its a very serious condition in which they cant afford to not get help etc. but even then they might not seek help because they can't handle the disappointment and embarrassment which is why JP has such a high suicide rate. the younger generation at the very least though in JP is more open to changes so that i would say is their only saving grace for now.

[@Blackatchaproduction]

​@@DeusGamezstop the 🧢🧢🧢

[@Vector_Lotus]

@@Blackatchaproduction he is not wrong

[@carpathianhermit7228]

In Japan its not uncommon for people to work themselves to death. There's a real virtuous slave mentality and it's hella creepy. Working hard for yourself is one thing, driving yourself to total ruin for employers and a company that couldn't give two fucks about your death other than the PR hit is wild

[@xdani_thethinkingneko]

And they wonder why the unalive rate is so high....which is a massive issue considering it’s a small island country.

[@BlueSunStudios1]

All part of Japan's extreme honorable deferential culture towards one's "superiors"

[@AnasSaahirHuq-or9bv]

@@xdani_thethinkingnekoIt is not a small island, Japan is a collection of islands and has a population of over 120 million people, it is by no means small. Also the suicide rate is around 20 out of 100,000, which is relatively high when compared to other countries, but the main issue is the age demographics of Japan and the amount of pressure that is being put on the working population in order to care for the ever-increasing elderly. Japan not only needs a change in work culture, they also need to stop catering to seniors and give power to newer generations in the nation.

[@yaelz6043]

Communist.

[@dejesusjosephmikhel3225]

​​@@AnasSaahirHuq-or9bv120 million isn't true. It's probably the estimation. Still, those 120 million. Probably 20m are old some around the 100m are middle aged, or reaching. While the rest are either foreigners and japanese around 20 above. Although the high schoolers are probably ñaround 10 percent. Which is so low.

[@amanofnoreputation2164]

9:52 People complaining about the quality of animation in an anime can be caught flapping around like bags in the wind as it is so this doesn't really affect that.

[@Cyromantik]

It's not just the freelancers in the entertainment industry, across the board more jobs have shifted into hakane, or "temp" full time work so that health insurance and other benefits can be dodged by Japanese corporations. One such corporation is where I keep my day job. The system is already exploitative, the new invoice system will only make things worse. This is an excellent example of cutting off one's nose to spite their face.

[@kumastories4807]

Lol... stupid system just makes people want to outsource then. Then see whether the government will laugh when they realise money is trickling out of Japan.

[@amiablereaper]

Like actually If this bill does actually cause the restructuring it seems designed to Japan's economy is going to take a serious hit

[@whitygoose]

they already started to outsourcing it. i got an interview with one of the SEA studios under mappa, the salary was like 1/15 my salary in japan. shaked my head in disbelief.

[@aoikishi99]

The mobile games industry alrd tunel into korea and china, IP ban/ region exclusive and their anime game quality getting worse is to blame for this. This one might be what it takes to hit the anime industry lol, they alrd outsourcing to SEA in the past, this will only make it more prevalent. Its one of the reason u find some pepega cheap animation, im not blaming sea folks here, theyre being paid peanuts compare to the japan salary which in itself alrd low in the anime industry.

[@idongesitx1873]

But can’t work outside of Japan still be taxed?

[@aoikishi99]

​@@idongesitx1873 doesnt matter when its 10 times cheaper to outsource on poor sea countries, those countries alrd has bunch of small studio under the big one from japan. If u havent noticed, some of the background itself being drawn by outsourcing, making 3D models figure also the same (the 2D design itself mosly from JP).

[@annonymousannonymous9586]

It would get much worse if studios start switching to AI instead of using Real people to make their anime, no machine can truly replace the Human Element, especially when it comes to entertainment!

[@bitnecromancer3721]

The anime industry has already been sliding towards safer more profitable projects (shonen, isekai, harem) for a while now. This will probably supercharge this. Personally I think that alone will be catastrophic. It's creative and unique projects that really separate anime from the bland, soulless, greedy hellscape that is western media.

[@jameswatson5807]

western media seems more creative, it seems like they just make anime for the neets and cucks.

[@NoName......]

You haven't seen much western media then

[@jameswatson5807]

@@NoName...... My man I was born in the 80s and I live in the UK, you comment to me is a joke, 90s anime was creative. Now it is the same predictable shit that is made for neets and herbivore, characters in different anime act the same act the same. I hate pacifist MC with a passion and with the mop head hair style they keep doing, and I hate it when they go close up and hide the eyes. creators just copy each other I hate the guy who is shy around women and run off, and women that close there eyes when they talk. They have a formula and they all just follow it, in the western anime animation invincible the guy actually fucked his girlfriend. In a Japanese animation they guy would run off shy, cuck culture has taken over Japan, NTR sells very well.

[@jameswatson5807]

@@NoName...... I hate the MC that wants to save every one and does not want to kill, example back arrow.

[@jameswatson5807]

@@NoName...... And why is so many set in school, and why they are always kids that go out to save the world. Yeah I am bored of that shit, with western stuff it is not god dam kids trying to save the world, if marvel was done by the Japanese iron man would be a 13 year old high school kid. When I watched western anime on Netflix it felt good, Dota dragons blood was great, the hero is in his 20s, and is buff and not afraid to fuck women, and has no issue with killing when it is. right.

[@GrumpDog]

It's also only a matter of time, before the idea of dubbing voice-actors in other languages, goes away thanks to AI voice translation. The whole industry will change, when the first Anime company decides to simultaneously release Japanese and English dubs, using AI so the English voices sound the same as the Japanese voice actors.

[@BoobaMilkTea]

AI Lain did this if I recall correctly

[@shankingbuddy3629]

the future ain't looking too bright, won't lie

[@ultimaxkom8728]

@@shankingbuddy3629 The world future is dim, national future is bleak, and personal future is dark. I love my life.

[@supermaster2012]

@@ultimaxkom8728 then stop wasting resources and go unalive

[@ultimaxkom8728]

@@supermaster2012 I'm severely allergic to pain and medical suffering so that would be bothersome as there's no train here, guns are prohibited, and I'm broke.

[@omegaprime223]

I hate to say this, but a knock-on effect is probably going to be a sudden spike in suicide rates, and a overall increase in the average, Manga and anime production are some of the only work people who don't fit into Japan's hyper-competitive schooling system have as a potential alternative. This system is going to make it so actually getting into the industry is basically impossible unless you've got some kind of backing, and what do people with no potential opportunities sometimes do when they become stressed to their breaking point?

[@SomeWeirdNinjaToon]

Sad but true. Even in non-hyper-competitive systems it is an issue. Not as much, but still. I hope that the Japanese will find a solution to at least tone down the effects, because let's be honest, the invoice system will not be taken down, at least nowhere near soon.

[@XGD5layer]

It's not that big of an industry, don't delude yourself. It's a passion industry, not a "we're doing this to survive" industry. Convenience store and nursery home work are both much bigger categories you don't need an education for and probably pay more.

[@sebastiaogaiolas9739]

@@XGD5layer It´s a "Gig industry" at best, for mangakas, animators and even LN writters, you make some work or adapt another work and hope it´s successful merch wise, most of these 3 havent even properly adapted themselves to new tech, so yea.

[@trickshot500]

​@yellingfrog9351 That's true for the average Japanese person, but the people who work in industries such as this tend be one's that dislike the societal norms of Japan. The entertainment industry is commonly viewed as a break from the mundaneness of usual jobs, the reason why they are so committed to working these jobs that don't even get them a stable living and force them to work in unholy conditions is because of that passion and escapism from reality. Even in America's entertainment industry, many people who work there have no college education and it's the only thing they can see themselves doing. Take that away from someone and they will feel they have no place in the world.

[@DEPORT_nonWhites_or_KILL_them]

good grief

[@ibrahimihsan2090]

I am not a super=duper fan of anime but I know it's influence in the life of mine and others and feel disappointed because of these events.

[@zomfragger]

Given how slow Japan is to change I can see a hard bubble burst of the anime industry which may cause the government to panic and in the ensuing chaos make the situation worse.

[@Shatterwings060]

The end result of this might be the establishment of shell companies design and for the purpose of keeping or gaining this supposed tax break by voice actors. Hell due to the culture it could even be Non-profit orgs instead of individual companies that could pop up in the wake of this. Which is super interesting if it did happen.

[@SanguchitoPapa]

I loved this video. As a foreign aspiring animator, this whole invoice system, taxes and the whole anime situation in japan makes me sad. I really hope they listen to the people that are screaming in the streets and in media for a change. Keep it up with the content!

[@BoobaMilkTea]

It's time for a change! Thanks for watching 🤝

[@slook7094]

Only the foreigners are brave enough to protest in the streets. It'll take all of the anime studios protesting in the streets. Japan doesn't want another Anpo situation. The only way it'll change is if Japan gets out and votes. But it'll never happen. They're just too passive.

[@zhcultivator]

​@@BoobaMilkTea i wish the Japanese government used land value taxation instead and had animator labour unions smh

[@zhcultivator]

Trade unions and LVT should be a thing in Japan tbh s.m.h.

[@MonkeyDRuffy82]

As someone from IT Support: DON'T WORK ON FILES IN THE CLOUD AT THE SAME TIME!! You only cause problems with the synchronization of the file. I don't even want to start with changing the path or renaming the file.

[@martinthomas2520]

I hope Japan reconsiders… 30% is a huge number, and I don’t think anyone wants the quality to go down with it.

[@TheFunnyDictator]

Hey, who's the artist who drew your PFP?

[@roxasparks]

Tbh if you know anything about japan... the have far bigger issues looming over them than some drawing ona tv 😂

[@TheFunnyDictator]

@@roxasparks What problems?

[@foregroundeclipse8725]

​@@roxasparks Death of art is just as important issue. Art in Japan will die if nothing changes right now or soon.

[@Believe_it_9tails]

They can't kill anime, even if they stop people from making anime for years, people will just hold on to the fun memories of anime that they love and once they start to make anime again people will just hop right back on the bandwagon .....they can't kill anime!

[@Gaba_Ghoul]

WE HAVE THE POWER OF GOD AND ANIME ON OUR SIDE RAHHHH🔥🦅

[@Believe_it_9tails]

@@Gaba_GhoulTotally brother, I totally agree

[@celine_aeterna]

Nah, it Will just move the whole industry to China. Probably genshin and honkai being the biggest example of how to run an anime IP. japanese executives are really out of touch with their product

[@zensenpai6669]

Not to mention, A.I has basically memorized a lot of anime. There is enough anime floating around anyways over the decades to the point where it'll take forever to comb through all of it. By then, the A.I would've begun making its own anime 😂😂😂.

[@valenciodiaz2644]

​@@celine_aeterna imagine losing a chunk of your country's income because your prime minister is an out of touch moron who bootlicks and favors old people instead of progressing to favor young gens who'll carry the torch of their country.

[@SloeJuice]

Chances are that anime studios will start popping up from outside Japan. I doubt animators will abandon their careers. I expect them to attempt at finding jobs overseas. Japan is going to lose out on their talent.

[@ExtremeWreck]

I could easily imagine the French animation studios taking advantage of this opportunity as well.

[@travishillsthedarkangelbun504]

I hope America, Canada, Thailand, Vietnam and Australia take advantage of this. But I also worry about Western values and DEI effecting anime story telling.

[@ExtremeWreck]

@@travishillsthedarkangelbun504 Eh, I wouldn't worry about those things that much. Plus Thailand & Vietnam aren't even in the West wtf. What I would worry about is that for America, it'll just be dominated by California & New York still & nothing will change because the union stuff has accidentally created boundaries & rules that make it impossible for the rest of the country to even have a chance. I doubt Canada would take advantage considering CanCon rules tend to be strict as heck & tends to play favoritism. Not to mention that Canadian animation has a very bad reputation & said reputation happened because of, ironically enough, an American cartoon named Johnny Test being reran a lot & having animation after season 2 being outsourced to a cheap Canadian studio. More likely, they will just stay out of this situation & just keep doing their own thing for the most part. Thailand & Vietnam are the only 2 you mentioned that could potentially take advantage since they're part of Asia & are therefore closer to Japanese studios. A LOT of anime has been exported to them as well, so subsidiaries of Japanese studios opening up over in those 2 countries would make sense.

[@travishillsthedarkangelbun504]

@@ExtremeWreck Thailand and Vietnam are places where Western Studios outsource some animation too. It wasn't connected the the Western values topic.

[@thexp905]

@@travishillsthedarkangelbun504 I wouldn't trust Aus to do anything. For whatever reason, our government is very xenophobic of Japan. Which really sucks as a fan of Japanese products.

[@LionelKnight]

Just to clear things up in relation to 10:34 The internet speed in South Africa has vastly improved since 2013. I have 200mbps up and down with the option to make it 1Gbps with a few keystrokes on my ISP's client portal. Had to defend my country lol.

[@Furluge]

Ever notice how the sales pitch is always, "We're gonna make those rich guys pay!" and it always turns into, "We're gonna make those poor people pay!" when it comes to taxes? Yup. Turns out it's /way/ easier to shake down money from some guy couch surfing and doing gigs on the side than it is to get money out of a giant corp with an army of accountants. Why go after some rich and powerful guy who can get you unelected or unalived when you can just make some sketchy confusing changes and then just send out a bunch of "Gibs money nao" letters to people who can't afford gas much less a CPA. PS: I don't think there's a snowball's chance in hell this doesn't go through. No government has seen a tax it didn't like. Even if that tax objectively makes them less money.

[@ZZWWYZ]

without any bargaining power like union , any extra cost will be passed to the workers or the consumers when possible.

[@gellax111]

I always get reminded of that one satire comic strip where two politicians discuss: - That new tax? Should it impact the rich or the poor? - The poor. - Why? - 1% of your fortune is a lot when your rich, and not much when you're poor. And since there are way more poor people than rich people, we'll get more money by having the taxable people pay less.

[@NahuCommNS]

@@gellax111 It's not just a matter of quantity. It's a matter of wealth generation. If you heavily tax the people who have money, AKA "the rich" (who are the ones that are investing said money in your country and are allowing as a by-product your citizens to generate a lot more wealth than they would be able to generate by themselves), they end up leaving to other countries, taking their money with them, leaving you with far less capacity to generate wealth, and in the end, you can take less in taxes since your citizens are many times poorer than before (this is what has happened to all countries who tried Socialism), this leads to either forced public spending OR money printing which eventually results in hyperinflation and the death of the currency, as well as the collapse of the society. In short, this will only get worse, since Japan is a dying country (AKA aging population, which means less young people who can work, generate wealth and be taxed, as well as less workers in general supporting the State-funded Retirement System), with the highest debt in the world (almost 300% of it's GDP and increasing faster and faster every year), and no solution being accepted by it's people (either fix their birth rates or open the borders and attract immigrants). They're screwed, if they don't do something immediately to change course.

[@citizenvulpes4562]

​@@NahuCommNS I love you.

[@zhcultivator]

sigh....I wish all animators in Japan had trade unions to look to for support and I wish the Japanese government used a land value tax (LVT) instead of the one they are going use alongside ths invoice system.

[@twodivision]

I think that the solution most studios will resort to is to hire animators/writers/other staff abroad, they already do it, outsourcing some work to Vietnam, Korea and China. It would be harder to replace japanese voice actors though and overall we'll definetely see a decrease in quality and quantity of the anime being produced. It's weird how the government basically kills off one of the biggest sources of japanese soft power especially when the neighbouring South Korea has been funding it's cultural exports since late 90s, and being massively successful in it.

[@danteshollowedgrounds]

Anything but China not gonna lie.

[@jibualexkoshy]

No, please I don't anyone other than Japanese people doing the sub, their culture is what makes Anime special, the anime is solely the right of the Japanese people, and these studies are taking that away, I really hate what's happening.

[@jibualexkoshy]

Studios*

[@danteshollowedgrounds]

@@jibualexkoshy This is probably unneeded but anime did originally come from Japan but it is what it is now I guess.

[@twodivision]

@@danteshollowedgrounds well, considering how china seems to be hell bent on antagonizing every neighbour that isn't 100% on board with their government on geopolitics, maybe outsourcing to china will stop. However, no one really can keep up with the japanese quality standards in drawing, voice acting and animating so it would still suck if they outsource this stuff

[@mattsopiratoso790]

Taxes should be used to re-use a small portion resources the people have to invest in the country. What taxes actually are: "Haha, I'm robbing you dry, but I am the law, so there is no felony."

[@marocat4749]

Pretty often most taxes actually go there

[@orga7777]

@@marocat4749No. Most taxes go to government graft and paying off political allies and friends. Oh, and increasing the bloat of said government.

[@kevz13]

Lol Japan is becoming Brasil. The same shit happens here

[@VVayVVard]

Well in reality taxes are mostly used to subsidize retirees. This is true in both Japan and the US, as well as virtually every European country. You'd be surprised how little things like education and infrastructure maintenance cost compared to the massive cost of welfare. In the US, welfare-related measures take about half of the entire government budget (~3 trillion USD out of ~6 trillion), while in Japan, they take 1/3rd (37 trillion yen out of 114 trillion). In Japan, debt interest is also massive, at 22% (25 trillion yen); in the US, it sits currently at around 10% (

[@mattsopiratoso790]

@VVayVVard Well, I'm neither from the US, nor from Japan.

[@xdani_thethinkingneko]

8:30 Then they should all strike. They should all leave. They need foreigners to teach English over there. Shocking to me that a country that claims to care so much about education, pays each teacher is the same as what a McDonald’s worker is often paid in America. Sickening. You can also look at the fact that they Students that are already stressed out, they force them to be the ones who essentially do the work of a janitor. Well going to all the extra stuff that they already have to go to, and family obligations. You would think they would care more about focusing on education. But they don’t care about education truly. They care about making workers, that are willing to submit to older people. That is what I’ve learned about the culture and it breaks my heart. It is a culture based in submission of those who are older than them, even if they’re wrong.

[@xdani_thethinkingneko]

They’re going to just end up with more shows being on hiatus....🥲

[@AnhVu-ey7di]

yeah I'm surprised that despite all that, they never strike

[@skotnica93]

Living in Poland, I will just say, VAT is the most horrid invention that shot up prices by 60% throughout the whole logistics process of getting them from production to retailer.

[@enkeiie]

actually that's not VAT fault XD. Its the other taxes you run into during logistics that cause it. But it depends on product

[@Kaspiderv2]

Yeah, vat is terrible antiworker tax that shouldnt exist

[@paulhefferan8106]

Consumption taxes are inherently in favour of the wealthy, who spend a much smaller percentage on consumption.

[@HamguyBacon]

Vat tax should only apply new goods only, they are using VAT to infinitely tax something, its pure greed. a vat tax is preferable to the American tax system but only if its applied to new goods only and a 1 time tax.

[@skotnica93]

First and foremost, VAT hurts small businesses because they have to (in my country) charge you 23% more and along the way, every time a business makes a sale that 23% is applied as well. Example Farmer sells eggs +23% > Distributor sales to retailer +23% > Retailer to consumer +23% and the gas or other fuel used to transport the shit, every time it's bought + 8 to 23% by drivers (granted, stations get a bulk price that doesn't include VAT, when buying gas for their pumps). I live in a country, where even rain is taxed.

[@blackrosefoxy3836]

If it goes this way: 1) china will take over anime industry, which will the situation even worse 2)smaller projects will appear no more, aka. We will get the disney situation once again

[@Anonymous-bi5pv]

Capitalism is a disease

[@raphaelst-hilaire3669]

china can do that well made china is cheap on everthing so well it no good

[@Peopleunder]

Good

[@ExileTwilight]

@@Peopleunderooooh edgy

[@NeurosisOsmosis]

China ain't taking over shit lol

[@butternutyeeetsbanana.-.5389]

I hope japan protests over this, this is VERY DANGEROUS for the japanese animators to be in this situation, they have to hide their face and there privacy because in japan there is a high rise of stalking issue and murder that companies it, thats not what the animators are looking forward too, we all know as well that there was that tragic incident where animators ended up having the building burn inregards to a simple dispute with a derramged fan.

[@rustyhowe3907]

It's absolutely bonkers with what insanity these 'fans' will bring down upon those involved in their sub culture.

[@Sharp931]

Nobody cares about them, including their own employers.

[@env0x]

japanese animators never had a voice to begin with. they are looked at as the dirt of society over there. reason being: they aren't paid much.

[@ThisVenom]

It's pretty easy to say this, but the thing is none of japanese people didn't know too much about politics.

[@PWingert1966]

SO if the voice actors go out of business AI will take over and there is no invoice so the studios make more money until no one can afford to buy anime because they are all unemployed!

[@montyturner6511]

Great video. Hopefully more people are aware of this. Including finding some way to fix this situation. Cause this is staggeringly concerning. Man,I don't want anime to die. This is seriously a bad move overall by Japan. Edit: Japanese working culture is literally harming anime itself. Again,hopefully they do get rid of this tax invoice system. For the anime fans. Knock on wood here.

[@Blaze.776]

Let's pray for the animators and voice actors, ❤

[@The_NJG]

This makes me want to start a charity for animators to get them financial help to either survive or relocate other countries. I'm sure there's loads of studios here in the West that would appreciate the talent and creativity of Japanese animators. I get that migration can't be the one real solution, but if I ran a studio, I'd take advantage of the Japanese decline, and I'd hire as many Japanese animators as I could for them to relocate and give them a great wage with good PTO and healthcare. If Japan doesn't appreciate them and they don't want to take care of them, they shouldn't have them.

[@subhankarbaral9236]

West is definitely not a good option for animators, all they will face is wokeism and censorism. Japanese studios are doing smart work by outsourcing work to animators in Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore which practically have pro-people and pro-business policies. Many Japanese animators in recent years are relocating in ASEAN countries.

[@marocat4749]

​@@subhankarbaral9236what is wokeism? And singapore definitly has censor ship now imao.

[@Holy_Hitman]

​@@subhankarbaral9236So what if its woke at least they get payed more and have better living conditions, I'll take wokism and censorship any day if it means I get a better life

[@redhgffdsgd1605]

Why not make a company that pays more fairly and boom you save animators and make profits at the same time.

[@phoenixflambe3319]

"Every kid deserves a parent, but does the parent deserve the child?"

[@keiserkosti]

This was a really interesting analysis of a problem that seems simple enough, but actually is multifaceted. Well done.

[@ryuugamineryuuto]

I started a petition to deliver to Akamatsu Ken, since he's a mangaka fighting to protect free speech and the manga industry, in order to get Japanese companies to introduce a Code of Ethics to the localization industry (as in, not butcher the scripts, change names, censor lewdness or violence, parity of content and removal of localizers if they refuse to adhere to the guidelines). If we can prove consumers outside of Japan don't want this ESG scores bullshit, we might just be able to prevent Japan from falling to the likes of Black Rock. Help spread the word. "Introduce A Code of Ethics for Localization of Japanese Media・ローカライゼーションの倫理規定" is the title of the petition (can't post URLs).

[@guitarsaremyfriendzzz7077]

I love the idea but petitions do jack most of the time. I am rooting for you though. ESG is a cancer and will tank the west in due time.

[@phoenixflambe3319]

Man i love that guy

[@2265Hello]

Yh the guy supports AI art which many mangaka are against and iirc even the jp artists don’t like him anymore (take the second part with a grain of salt)

[@ianr7014]

Let’s not support the guy who champions AI art and is friends with multiple pedophiles, thanks.

[@iamLI3]

the calls for blackrock investment have already happened , someone in japan's government called fumio kishida asked for this

[@Shack-lion]

I just want to say that Korean *south* and China are now producing anime. And this will take over that culture dispensing side of anime. I noticed in Chinese anime has more of a subduing the critical thinking a lot of Japanese anime does, and Korean anime I’ve found is mostly focusing on romcom but maybe it’s cause I haven’t seen enough Korean anime yet. But yeah anime and manga from Japan is one of there best “cultural exchange”.

[@aoikishi99]

chinese and korean games alrd start slipping thru japanese anime games industry, SEGA, KONAMI, BANDAI, etc keep falling slowly but surely. Not only their quality get worse, they also still strict on some IP to make it japan exclusive only, meanwhile chinese and korean games raking cash on global market, and their quality keep getting better. So yea, china and korean taking on the anime (animation) industry is not a pipe dreams, if japanese law maker and coporate keep bashing their head against the wall.

[@UmbraWeiss]

Chinese anime has no chance... Outside of China, those are the most racist garbage you can ever watch, and they all look horrible... But on the other hand Korea has a good chance to make Japan anime industry kneel in the coming years if Japan is idiot enough to destroy the industry.

[@payla8308]

I like the Chinese anime I've seen so far but the voices are really strange to me and I can't seem to get used to it

[@neutralButton]

There are some really good Animes from China and Korea. Mo Dao Zhu Shi & Seoul Station are both pretty good. Every once in awhile studios will take a risk and produce something unique. But the general trend are mostly conservative and bland. (what you call subduing critical thinking) This phenomenon isn't exclusive to anime but across all media it seems. If you look at anything made before 2010 compare to now, it seems to be much more vibrant in their content. My guess is a combination of "Corporationism" and recent slowdown in world economics. If you take Japan for example, they're been experiencing a economic downturn for almost 2 decades now. Combine this fact with the conformist workaholic work culture, the result seems evident. It's really hard for small studios to survive and large corporations are risk adverse since there's a lot on the line when it comes to producing major projects. Leading many small studios to be absorbed into those said corporations. I think a possible solution here is to incentivize small studios with subsidy and incubation programs so that they can become competitive drawing interest and growth by presenting more unique ideas than the mainstream norm.

[@scrumt]

Toriyama would be pissed if he's paying attention to this. He hates deadlines.

[@Shugunou]

The system has been implemented. Could you do a follow-up video on how the anime industry has been impacted so far?

[@CutzMcOnions]

if people dont speak against this then you better be prepared with queenbee levels of animation or mor CGI or even AI in your anime. its gonna be horrible.

[@epsilonxvi5675]

In short the Japanese Government wants the big slice of pie from the anime that earn billion dollar income. even China wants that billion dollar pie from anime that's why they make there own.

[@HoshPak]

Hi there, I'm a registered business owner in Germany, the magical land of bureaucracy. Paying taxes here seems terrifying at first but it does in fact work in your favor if you know how to do it. The money you pay "more" is not paid out of your pocket. It's more like you're becoming a debt collector for the state. The 19% VAT we charge here, are transferred back to your local tax office. The benefit of this is you in return get to write of VAT from EVERY purchase you make for your business. Buying a new desk and chair for work that costs 1000,- bucks? You now effectively pay 840,- and the VAT is considered "loss" in your annual tax return. Losing money means your income reduces, which in return means you will pay LESS taxes. At least here, in Germany... We will have to wait and see how it will pan out for Japanese anime artists but I wouldn't immediately write this off as the "death of anime".

[@BoobaMilkTea]

Yeah it's a clickbait title of course but I present the facts in this video. There's no way to get you to watch a video about taxes otherwise lol

[@futavadumnezo]

Yeah but that's Germany bro, you take advantage of economic hax because why debilitate your OWN businesses and economy? Japan though...was never good at that. They've been stagnant since the Americans left. It's actually crazy how they managed to keep it together for this long.

[@csehszlovakze]

our VAT is 27% lol

[@csehszlovakze]

@@iloveblender8999 it indeed is... then they wonder why so many corporations try their best to avoid paying taxes...

[@roomyhaddock3245]

⁠@@csehszlovakzeIn fact, tax evasion or finding ways to pay minimum taxes has been a thing ever since the earliest civilization, many rebellions or even full-scale violent conflicts rose up as a result of excess taxation

[@goodmoringful]

I’ve seen a rise in Chinese anime, although I don’t know if you consider them as anime but some are pretty good.

[@i_want_a_day]

It was trash and soulless

[@noivern4346]

I wouldn't say its going to kill anime, but you can definitely say goodbye to hidden gems. Most of the super popular anime, that is ofc animated by the biggest companies will likely still be coming. I don't know how much its going to suck, but it definitely will.

[@TheFunnyDictator]

Hey, what's the anime character in your profile picture?

[@noivern4346]

@@TheFunnyDictator Technically its Ai from Oshi No Ko, but it was recolored or smth to look like Kafka from HSR

[@TheFunnyDictator]

@@noivern4346 Do you think that more anime will be made internationally in the future because of this?

[@RandomMusicWorks]

Welcome to globalism

[@TheFunnyDictator]

@@noivern4346 Does anime production have a future in South Asia and the western world?

[@spacemarine00]

This is not even the worse part; your missing when the industry increases wages to 'adjust' for these differences. This will then be passed onto the consumer hardcore. Then, sometime down the road, the industry starts to crack down on the streaming/sale of IP's and suddenly Anime falls into the hardcore IP War currently ongoing in the American cinema scene. It's bad overall

[@charcolttheone3492]

Let's all not forget that Black Rock is trying to ruin Japan by sleeping with Japan's Prime minister

[@Is-Is]

Japan: Foreigners are the problem, and we to keep to ourselves... Also, Japan: So like... we just gonna keep doing nothing about...

[@Splat654]

My heart breaks for Japan. I hope people will rise up and protest and win over this time.

[@kasrkin100]

Maybe... But we all know Japanese full of Boomer.

[@Skyset_angel]

I am just a part time artist but it hurts my soul how the creativity is squandered from the artists that are suffering. It was Japan that inspired my art in the ninties. More money for the artists and minds behind the media and books.

[@muramasa870]

They will not

[@AkaiNaruto]

​@@muramasa870​yes, unfortunately they will not. Japan is a peaceful place and by peaceful I mean as peaceful as the rabbits in the "stoat kills rabbit" video which you cab watch on KZbin

[@CaimAstraea]

japan will never protest anything they have the slave mentality just replaced the daimyo and samurai with LDP

[@CosmicDuskWolf]

As someone who is trying to get out of California with a law that was passed by Newsom where he raises rent by 10%, 10% is a lot of money. I have been trying to figure this out for a long time, but there's this music sound track you use in this video. What is that song? Yeah I heard about how the Japanese have a incredibly hard time asking for a raise, especially when there is a senior in the industry who doesn't ask for a raise. This will go one of two ways. Either only the big anime studios will end up surviving and no new anime companies will come about, or anime companies will end up having to pay animators and voice actors more.

[@CheeseOfMasters]

If every freelance animator refuses to participate in the invoice system it might work, but then they risk getting blacklisted.

[@reubenprasanth271]

Somehow it feels as though this move will make anime not an exclusive of Japan anymore. There is already Chinese animes, with the freelancers mostly out it will be worldwide I guess

[@CosmicDuskWolf]

@corvus8638 Well I actually didn't know about the rent thing until I was asked to sign a voting law to get rid of it. So maybe use a thing called Google.

[@rorschach1985ify]

Just hope if you are moving out of California you don't vote for the same politicians and polices that made you move in the first place.

[@CosmicDuskWolf]

@@rorschach1985ify Why do you think I wanna get away from California? The people who voted for those policies are smooth brained idiots.

[@neoshenlong]

Kinda hoping this pushes more japanese people working in anime to ask for better conditions and unionize. I think the conditions are there: big voices asking for help, foreigners fighting through their unions, the effects of the recent writer and actor strike on Hollywood. Hopefully japanese artists are watching and use this as their moment to finally unionize and change the industry for the btter.

[@edschelchang6123]

But still, what to do with the government side of problems?

[@mayaha200]

I hope they come out and push against this shitty stupid government much more XD

[@A_reasonable_individual42]

Unions don't magically fix everything

[@bobfg3130]

​@@edschelchang6123 Unions.

[@kristianferencik8685]

If you think the japanese will unionise, you have no understanding of japanese culture.

[@wesker911]

I wonder what the potential is for individual voice actors to merchandise or do the shoutout message thing.

[@StarfoxHUN]

Well, trying to be positive, i really hope this will finally push the long-awaited "Anime industry reform", that focuses much more on global monetization compared to local(inland Japanese), and finally turn it into an actually profitable and competitive buisness(compatitive against western giants). As much as i hate the current state of this industry, with it being so focused on promoting much better monetized buisnesses(Mainly Manga/LN and Music), i'm somewhere deep even a bit happy that there's finally a ray of hope for things to finally change, for the better or worse. Just before anyone misunderstands me tought, like one would think i say its a good thing they f up freelancers and other industry ppls, what i want to say is, i think the main problem is that they was so easy to f up to begin with, as they earn so so little. WIth an industry reform and better monetization however, we might be able to see them earn more money, so much that they finally could step up form this "live month-to-month" style.

[@maxis2k]

I'm advocating for the same thing. However, they have to be very careful. If they seek out foreign investors, it's going to be even worse than the anime industry dying. It'll get taken over by the same handful of companies that took over (and killed) western animation. What they should do instead is keep anime within the Japanese companies, but just distribute anime internationally. Like how a lot of Japanese game companies do it. Nintendo isn't running to Disney or Blackrock looking for investment. They keep control of the company internal. And the anime production studios and committees can do the same. They can keep funding (and therefore control) of the product. Just set up physical and streaming services for international release. They should have done this 30 years ago instead of selling their stuff for dirt cheap to companies like ADV, Viz, 4Kids and so on.

[@StarfoxHUN]

​@@maxis2kYea, that's how i meant it too, i never said they should sell themselves to the West. They just have to finally find a way to globally monetize Anime to make it an actual profitable buisness as it should be instead of being an overpriced AD for the other, better monetized medias.

[@insidechaos4913]

This also comes with the risk that only shows with generic plotlines that can ensure profits are made makeing any show that is out there or with a smaller fanbase never get anything. Video games are a prime example outside of inde games companies only make a handful game types

[@williansnobre]

@@insidechaos4913 in videogames we saw that happen with CAPCOM and they almost tanked due to misguidedly believing that they had to follow the trends of the West instead of do the things their way because that's what fans liked them for. On the other hand you have Nintendo which keeps doing things their way and printing money. It is a risk that many studios could fall for that trap, we can only hope that they won't be that dumb.

[@earendurvoneinzbern7585]

I haven't heard anything from Vic Mignogna's project...

[@MaxMustermann-bm7qt]

I prefer people who work self employed, to be insured, and have some sort of pension. If correct invoicing, contracts, trade registration avoids pensioner poverty, i’m all for it. I hope the clients/studios accept this additional cost. It’s a good thing that a company can not get a tax cut from a napkin with a bill on it. I’d rather see a drop in quality, than a trail of burnt-out poor artists living in unbearable conditions. If a studio cannot pay living wages it should not exist, hard as that may be. Also i’m pissed of the “bogus self-employment" that gets companies out of paying benefits. A teacher teaching at one school is not self-employed. Same as a full-time uber driver.

[@PepperKatLancer]

give the GOV to much power an see where that leads you! they will always want more demand it even striping you of everything aka the USA.

[@MatthewPavlick]

After I watched "Welcome to Japan" by TVFilthyFrank AKA Joji AKA Mr Miller or Pink Guy this played. KZbin autoplay is seriously really good now. It's not better than before but dand man I'm getting some darn good content from it. Anyways, congratulations on a great news video even though you decided to kind of over dramatize or click baitify it a bit. I personally hate how creators do that but I know it is still the best way to get the most views.

[@izack0128]

Fun Fact, most companies old or new uses fax machine to hand off documents. When you guys wanna work at Japan, I recommended learn on how to use that ancient artifacts.

[@UmbraWeiss]

To be honest anyone sane enough will not work in Japan... I was there once, never again. 2week in Japan made me sure I will never go back to work, or even to live there, after 2months I was the most happy man alive when I was ready to go home ... If I didn't get an apartment from the company, it would be almost impossible to get one just because I'm not Japanese... People there just don't want anything to do with people outside of Japan , I talk about the older generation here, but even younger people have this weird way of interacting with you, even if you know the language... I was in many places, but Japan was the Cherry on the top for me, the 2nd time when the company wanted me to go, I refused outright, at least that was my experience at the time. And yes this fax thing is true, or was true 5-6years ago, I thought I'm back 20years in time when I saw that.... I never felt so left out like in Japan in my life. It's shocking for me because you don't get this feeling even in China, and there I expected it... Or other Asian countries like Korea. You really have to love Japan and the culture to be able to work there, and I don't see many foreign people who can work like they do. But well this is mostly me, The funny thing is I learned Japanese so I can go and do some work there, and the only thing I use nowadays is to read some manga or watch anime :))

[@Nero-was-Right]

Kishida is the worst prime minister japan has ever had. He ruins everything he touches. He has rolled back human rights and civil rights. This guy is the WORST. He hates everything we love. They NEED TO IMPEACH HIM! Undue everything he has done!

[@foregroundeclipse8725]

@Nero-was-Right I agree with you . The question is when will the people get rid of him for someone better ?

[@Snowycaaa]

wouldn't the core issue be the industry itself that doesn't pay the studios enough for the work done? From what I gather, consumption taxes have been in Japan for 30 years, and previously, any entity earning 10M yen or less per year were exempt. Now, in the context of animators and manga freelancers, they are effectively no longer exempt. Although this means they would have to pay the tax, they should have already been receiving the amount that already included that tax. And the amount they have been receiving was nowhere near enough, even without the tax. So, to unilaterally blame the government for this, I think is unfair, as the industry itself is broken. I think the government does need to intervene in the industry, as it is a major cultural export. but as far as the tax reform goes, I don't think is the sole culprit in harming the industry, it just exacerbates the problem as the problem was already huge before the reform

[@guitarsaremyfriendzzz7077]

Awesome comment. Couldn't agree more. 10 mil is equivalent to about $100k USD in Japan ceteris paribus conditions assumed where 100 yen equal $1. Most animators are making around $30k iirc. Most won't need to worry about this from my understanding.

[@Snowycaaa]

@@guitarsaremyfriendzzz7077 all b2b businesses, especially that earn less than 10M yen, freelance animators included will be affected by this. But to say it will kill anime is a long shot. More than likely, some things will adjust to meet requirements for production. Simply leaving animators with what is effectively 10% less money is even less sustainable than what it is now. My best guess is that once the transitionary period is over, three things might happen. 1. the industry does not respond in kind, and more work will be outsourced to Chinese, Korean, and Southeast Asian studios. This is a point the video completely missed, as even now, a lot of work is already outsourced. 30% less animators in Japan will not mean 30% less anime. or 2. The industry picks up the slack and productions are treated more seriously and with more respect. or 3. The government intervenes in the form of targeted subsidies, tax cuts for certain industrial players and the like I think a mix of all three would happen, with different factions lobbying for different incentives. I just hope the work is respected more. But anime as an art will never die

[@ls.c.5682]

Does this apply to all gyomu-itaku? So in effect eikaiwa teachers would also have to take part in this system? Many moons ago I remember having to do my own taxes in Japan - it was hell. However, a possible upside of this is to just - charge more? Although that would likely cause another spike in inflation like the one that spooked Japan earlier this year...

[@duonguc5566]

Aside from content, insane level of editing! So unexpected to see this quality from a relatively small channel, keep up the good work man!

[@wrenwry]

Great video, super clean breakdown of the issues, volume needs to drop a few levels though❤

[@BoobaMilkTea]

Thanks, sorry about that lol ppl been saying that it's too loud, hopefully the rest is better

[@MrHerhor67]

Too loud? Bro I can barely hear anything on my usual settings

[@SemekiIzuio]

​@@BoobaMilkTea its not, especially for us who only listen while eating, cooking, driving, cleaning or other stuff

[@DendoSupreme]

Imagine turning your volume down on your own pc lol

[@MichaelFalcon-g3f]

it's a pity that besides the already harsh environment of the anime creators, they make it even worse....i hope that people will find a loop hole of some kind. or the entire market will change

[@Mike_Studmuffin]

they need to unionize

[@EnchantedSmellyWolf]

A world without bizarre entertainment that kept us all intrigued and entertained... I ak afraid how that would be.

[@berzerkersyndrome]

It will cripple Japan's Economic situation... Since Manga and Anime make up a big chunk of their country's GDP for Export income. Not just Freelancers but entire companies will fold if their overhead costs are higher and the few That do survive may just start using AI more with a skeleton crew... That is if all the extra paperwork redirects costs fully back onto VAs and Freelance Animators etc.

[@Seraphiel29]

Bro you might want to turn down the music in the beginning.

[@bmanpura]

11:10 As a business owner, the things mentioned before this timestamps have remedies - and it's shares of dark stories. Deloitte's opinions though.. Now that's interesting. One of my experience involved arguing whether cloud data is safe or not. It's safe, don't worry. The next is arguing about whether we're going to implement a nice, searchable filename and folders in the cloud for all our documents.. turns out business owner does not want to conform to a filename. Shit turns to hell when we're look for an invoice in the folder because they have dissimilar filenames and are mixed with design documents, budget plans, purchase notes.. If they underestimate the scale of this, I can see a new job opportunity just for cleaning the mess and introducing new system. Or teaching how cloud works to the managers.

[@thelaughingmanofficial]

Don't just try to save Manga, fight to get Anime back.

[@solidsnake434]

I had no Idea that Japan didn't had an Invoice system for this to begin with, talk about living in the past O_o. Well thing is I'm sure the government isn't gonna care, specially once the money restarts rolling in. In other countries the middleman sometimes would not report certain purchases and get away with it, but it being Japan I doubt that is gonna happen, I formal under the table jobs are not gonna be a thing. So yeah it's gonna hit both the talent and any other worker that lives check to check in that I dustry really hard

[@tratamarack441]

This is the turning point. We might just never see The Magic Armor in its full glory at this rate. Looking at how slow Japan's gov are, Anime might've just become a rotting carcass by the time something good happens. They're not the only one in the "anime" genre now either, CN and KR "anime" are starting to figure out their own thing too. Unless if a certain UNI got turned ON.

[@syweb2]

12:20 We generally associate the anime visual style with Japanese voices, so hearing non-Japanese voices in them sounds "wrong" or "off" due to that association. Plus, anime characters generally don't talk like real people, so the layer of abstraction that comes from not understanding their spoken words helps prevent the weirdness from sinking in.

[@Axterix13]

I think the association bit goes beyond that. Like a lot of older dubs suffer big time due to the English VAs trying to pull off the Japanese school girl sound, the higher pitched voices and so on. By trying to sound more Japanese, they only serve to break the audience's immersion. You don't even need to be watching the show. Just the voices are wrong for English speakers.

[@nocultist7050]

It sounds like how it works in other countries... Japan has a problem with paying the workers at all. This should be enforced more, this is the problem.

[@laynemartin7914]

Anime fans need to start pulling and archiving good anime and anime that pushes the norm. We are about to enter a period of soulless anime and when the industry rights itself I'm afraid a lot for the good anime will be lost. It happened to the 70s and 80s anime and honestly the 90s too. Archivists get on it and be the heros of the renaissance

[@KorboKommando]

Its been happening for years already just need to know where to look

[@yhwach1]

anime is dying

[@CB-141]

As heartless as this probably sounds, If this DOES go through, I genuinely hope that they refuse to issue invoices, because if more and more animators, translators and illustrators refuse, Japanese Animation Companies will be forced to re-evaluate their decision, because without those employees, they quite literally have NOTHING, so if everyone refuses to file these invoices, it would be impossible to let them go. The reason WHY it would be impossible circles right back around to the fact that if all of them refuse and the companies let them go, they'll be left without anyone to work on Anime, and without anyone to work on anime, they lose their entire business, and without their business, they lose their money, and to combat this, they'll start taking people back. Domino Effect.

[@tigertoxins584]

would you happen to know the japanese equivalent of mexican laborers from the US?

[@CB-141]

@@tigertoxins584 The problem is, if companies were to do so, it wouldn't be sustainable, as animation is a craft that requires time, dedication and patience to master, you can't just put people to work and expect a product to come out polished.

[@tigertoxins584]

@@CB-141 Well, I was half joking, but I'd bet on my guess that it's koreans. No offense to them, of course, I just know that a lot of studios outsource animation from there. And on the whole business thing.. If a single law is capable of collapsing an entire global industry, then it probably had it coming. The anime and manga industry are indeed brutal, you're speaking down to me like I'm unaware of this. I've never seen it with my own eyes, so if you have, you'd be one-upping me, but there is an incredible amount of anime that describe the agony these artists have to go through. Depressing wages, expected overtime basically forced on you, and if you're tired or sick, they make you feel bad about it. Superior abuse, no normal meals, little to no sleep, and all of this resting on the shoulders of a middle aged man trying to make pictures move. I'm fairly empathetic but I can't even be disappointed at the state of the country, it all reads like some sick twisted joke.

[@CB-141]

@@tigertoxins584 I...wasn't intending to come off as speaking down to you? I apologize if I did.

[@tigertoxins584]

@@CB-141 No prob, didn't mean it in a mean way, just statement of fact.

[@smolboi7092]

Anime isn't an industry, it's an art. Art can never die. Yes there will be less big budget projects and some properties might disappear, but there will always be a way for anime or anime inspired work to exist

[@RailwayScholar]

Be honest for just a second. would the world really be worse off? think about what kind of people anime attracts. the scum of humanity.

[@Raltze_]

@@RailwayScholar elaborate please

[@RailwayScholar]

@@Raltze_ I've corrected my comment, might make more sense now.

[@Raltze_]

@@RailwayScholar oh i see now. well, i see why you’d think that the world may be better off without anime because it attracts creepy people, but if you think about it, those creepy people will just find some other way to be creepy on something else. besides that, anime is part of japanese culture in a way, a lot of modern pop culture in japan is centered around anime and things like that, so the death of anime would not only be the death of a culture, but also a loss to the economy overall. plus, not everyone that watches anime is weird, theres just a bad minority of people that stand out because humanity loves to focus on the negative instead of the positive. i had a really strong sense of deja vu while writing this but thats off topic. either way i still respect your opinion but it depends on personal experience and preference in the end, some people have had better experiences with anime and it’s fanbase while some may have had worse

[@RailwayScholar]

@@Raltze_ I mean yeah, anime is a japanese subculture, but it also exists under market capitalism. and for some reason it's the creeps who have the most money to spend on merchandise. as a result the anime industry has financial incentives to make more stuff that those creeps like. And anime isn't just a Japanese subculture anymore, it has arrived in the West. ⅓ of Americans have watched some form of anime in the last year. To be fair, you don't see the creeps outside that often, because they mostly stay inside. but for any anime I've watched the online forums or subreddits were taken over by creeps. It's an unfortunate reality, but this change might be a positive disruption to that development. Once anime Studios are forced to be more open with their finances and ethical with their employment maybe it will freshen up the industry overall. I'm putting my hopes on it, because I was about to stop watching anime all together anyways. maybe this will stop me.

[@Leo-j7j]

There's going to be a time when we'll have to give up entertainment completely, I already gave up on music, and if anime gets very bad it won't affect me too much because I started watching chinese donghua a long time ago.

[@reza7531]

same here I started reading webtoons ( which also have very few good ones) because anime is just so trash and getting worse every season

[@anderty4088]

A lesson that humanity still refuses to learn - corporations are not your friend, all they care about is money. Never ever ever put any trust or goodwill in any of them, whatever the image they build upon themselves. Unionize, vote for your future and fight against this abomination, reminiscence from times of nobility. It's not a democracy when people uninvolved themselves and let horrible powers driven by selfish emotions stay in power.

[@orga7777]

The government is less of a friend than any corporation. Which is the whole point of this video.

[@adeleinetheartist8267]

Do not blindly trust corporations.

[@StarboyXL9]

I remember trying to post about this and other signs I saw about the fall of Japan (through anime) on 4chan about five years ago. Every post attempt I made got slid and occasionally deleted. Sad to see the stuff I was seeing wasn't just my imagination.

[@devonboyd678]

Actually, an average anime fan did just watch your video and I’ve heard about Japanese politics not liking anime for a while. I’m glad to hear your insight on the matter, thanks. 🌑

[@kasymitchell7935]

Quality is already shiet, story lines blow. I mean come on I got turned into a vending machine? Really? This sounds like something my 4 niece would come out with then laughs at how stupid it is.

[@MariekeLisette]

I don't think anime will die, since it means a lot to the Japanese. But yeah, the mangakas and voice actors are gonna have a hard time. I hope they will figure something out.

[@SapiaNt0mata]

it will not die, but it will tank.

[@ThePopo543]

Inb4 everything just becomes ai generated

[@foregroundeclipse8725]

​@@ThePopo543 God no. I hope not . That's gonna be disastrous. 💀

[@foregroundeclipse8725]

​@@SapiaNt0mata Things are looking grim here. The future is is bleak.