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A survey carry on by theJapan Animation Creators Association(JAniCA ) indicate that numerous creatives are suffering from the pressure to produceanime . According to respondent , over 60 % feel forcible or mental fatigue . More alarmingly , 17 % say they have experienced mental illness like depression . It is a sobering Revelation of Saint John the Divine about the human cost that goes into making anime .
With anime in great international requirement , studios have been dealing with more projects . However , the study results , whichJapanese public spreader NHKandJapanese newsworthiness site Sora News 24brought to light , only further highlight the immense strain originative staff are under , as a result .
This environment of overworking could become a dark mark on the industry , which has already become controversial after tragic headline alleging unreasonable deadline from some of the gum anime diligence ’s heavy studios .
Anime’s Constant Churn Creates Constant Stress
JAniCA performs annual resume to gauge the working condition of the anime industry . Their latest iteration included questions about genial and forcible well - being , which brought uncomfortable numbers to light . From 429 respondent , it is known that 66 % say they feel they are suffering from forcible fatigue , while 68 % say they feel mentally fatigued . More alarmingly , 17 % say they have develop or may have developed mental unwellness like depression . The terminated sketch is not publicly available , but NHK was able to report the cognize statistics . The broadcaster also observe that the survey was made " last year " , throw the data more or less date stamp .
This information come in light of late contention regarding overworked staff , most notably theseries of societal media posts by MAPPA stave who complained at length about the crunchinvolvingJujutsu Kaisen . Anime is not the only part of the manufacture where worker suffer -Kentaro Miura , author of the belovedBerserkseries , who decease in 2021once famously said in a 2004 author scuttlebutt , " I have n’t had two 24-hour interval off in a row for four years " .
The anime diligence ’s current boom is of no help either , since more westerly companies are commission industrial plant based on their informatics , like theSuicide Squad Isekai . The survey ought to be a admonition that current trends may not be sustainable for long , as force are neither unnumerable nor equal to of being " used up " and replaced . If the environment becomes too uncongenial to gravel entering , then theanimeindustry will have more to worry about than profit .
generator : NHK , Sora News 24
