Overworked and underpaid: why is Japan’s animation industry still standing up against AI? | South China Morning Post

Despite the Japanese anime industry being valued at a whopping 3.8 trillion yen (US$24.3 billion), most animators work 10-hour days earning only 700 yen (US$4.50) per hour.

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