Our anime class had access to a private tour of Studio Pierrot in Mitaka, Tokyo. They are the producers of Naruto, Bleach, and many other series, so it was pretty legit. With such big names, you'd expect a pretty amazing studio, but it was actually pretty tight quarters, each person to their own little cubicle where they'd be working on in between frames (the movement in anime), etc. Japanese anime is still hand drawn, and they said that one, 90-minute anime movie contains about 80,000 images. It takes them three months, with a team of around 200 people to produce one, 30-minute episode! The beginning animators only make around $11,000 USD a year, working insanely busy hours. That's dedication.
Kelly,
ReplyDeleteSorry, those directors' names are all Greek to me. I see that you went to Hiroshima. I went to the other atomic bomb site of Nagasaki. I'm glad you're doing well! Come back soon! --Joel