CATDOLL: The production cost of late-night animation in Japan is revealed to be at least 300 million yen per quarter

How much does it cost to make an animation? For ordinary people, millions or even tens of millions of dollars are unimaginable. But when it comes to animation production, it is not uncommon! Recently, a symposium in Japan revealed the production costs of two types of animation: children's animation and late-night animation. Let's take a look!

Funding for animation for children

Production cost: 10 million yen per episode x 52 episodes (4 seasons) = 520 million yen

Program fee 25 million yen x 12 months = 300 million yen

Approximately 820 million yen

Late-night TV animation production funding

Production cost: 20 million yen per episode x 13 episodes (1 season) = 260 million yen

Broadcast fee + publicity fee = 40 million yen

About 300 million yen

In addition, the Japan Animation Association's "Animation Industry Report 2015" once estimated that the turnover of animation companies in the Japanese animation industry market was 184.7 billion yen (about 11.6 billion yuan). However, Yasuo Kameyama of the CiP Agreement Council, a corporate body that has been responsible for many animation planning work including "Doraemon", said, "Although it seems incredible, it is not an exaggerated number. If peripheral products are included, the industry's turnover will be even higher."

In terms of the amount of money, it takes a lot of money just to produce animation. It is definitely difficult for the animation production company to raise so much money, so who will raise funds? This is the production committee. Kameyama said: "Nowadays, late-night animation is mainly based on selling discs, so some video companies will account for a large proportion."

In this regard, many Japanese netizens commented: "300 million yen for a late-night slot... it's an astronomical figure." "Some of the works made with 300 million yen are not even worth watching. How high is the cost?"