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mewpudding101
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You could be Mamoru Miyano and literally have a yearly salary of 100 million yen, |
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ReverseTitan
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Well you're wrong on a few things. Many things actuality. Number one, voice acting in the US, or at least LA for union work is much better than in Japan. Generally, the only people making 50,000 yen per recording are the old guys, who have done anime for several decades. This is the pay for US animation from the voice over resource guide. http://www.voiceoverresourceguide.com/la/08union.html
VAs in Japan, generally have to work additional jobs to make ends meet. It is not a lucrative job at all. It is a thankless job, which pays you based on your age and even when you hit the golden 60+, you get less roles, because you're "overpaid" or whatever. None of the VAs in Japan you like are making 6 figure salaries, compared to the VAs who do Fox work, etc, etc. I'm sick and tired of people falling for these stupid misconceptions. Voice acting in Japan will never be as lucrative as it in LA. Stop comparing apples to apples. Using VAs who do dubs to compare salaries is beyond idiotic and even then, the Japanese aren't even as well of as those, plus higher cost of living and tax in Tokyo mean most VAs in Japan are even worse off than the guys/gals doing dubs. This is the truth http://www.riuva.com/?p=111 [EDIT: Immensely long quote removed; just see the link. - Key] |
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Key
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While the info that Reverse Titan linked to may be accurate for union jobs for American animation, it is far from accurate for non-union anime dubbing, which is strictly done on an hourly rate with, I believe, a certain minimum number of hours. (I have heard something like this stated several times in media events with American VAs and ADR directors.)
And those numbers seem at odds even with what I have heard about union anime dubbing. |
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crosswithyou
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Here's a timely tweet that's been making its rounds on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tomukun_26/status/423742283326840832
It's a list of the annual salary for some popular seiyuu, though of course I can't really verify its accuracy. Mizuki Nana's at the top with about $500K (I'm using $1 USD = 100 JPY for the sake of simplicity), Tamura Yukari $200K, Horie Yui $170K, Miyano Mamoru $100K, Ogura Yui $97.6K, Kamiya Hiroshi $94K, Nakamura Yuuichi $76K, Kitamura Eri $75K, Tsuda Minami $71K, and Ishihara Kaori $68K. Aside from maybe the first three listed, you can't really say that any of them are exactly rich, even if they are crazy popular. (It should also be noted that the first three you could say are more in the artist/idol area, especially Nana.) Mamo and Kamiya are arguably two of the most popular male seiyuu, yet they make about as much as a regular manager at a tech company (I'm originally from CA if that puts anything into perspective). I'm quite sure seiyuu work much harder too since they not only have to do recordings but also do events, interviews, and take time to go over scripts and source material, etc, etc. (I probably wouldn't be able to make it as a seiyuu just because of all the reading involved, LoL.) I guess the only way to really make it big is if you have a really successful music career to go with your successful voice acting career. |
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omiya
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Agreed, and I'd guess that it's the voice actors who are singers with the dedicated fans rather than just numbers of fans that are making a relatively good living for a *lot* of work. Another data point is the size of fan clubs - I joined a few a bit over a year ago. My Nana Mizuki fan club membership number is around the 41500 mark, and my Minori Chihara fan club membership number is around 10700. |
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JYGalaxy
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Haihai, so I saw this and I just wanted to point out something really. From what I can tell, the numbers are actually(in yen) Mizuki Nana:5 x 100,000,000 = 500,000,000 Yen = 5,000,000 USD using your simple conversion rate... And it appears to be so too, so actually the numbers are 10x bigger than what you stated, so I dunno Haha.. (And in case you're wondering, yes I did create an account just to post this) Uhm, hope this helped PS:The figures are..(at least, for the top three or at the very least Mizuki Nana and Tamura Yukari) roughly accurate, though I'm not sure exactly when these are, but I do recall ..something about Mizuki Nana and Tamura Yukari earnings around those numbers. Though I think most likely that yes it is due to their music careers. |
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crosswithyou
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Pfft! Okay. I will admit I am HORRIBLE with large Japanese numbers. Couple that with me writing that at "work" and having to convert to USD and yeah........ XDDDD Here are the correct numbers (I think...): Mizuki Nana - $5M Tamura Yukari $2M Horie Yui $1M 700K Miyano Mamoru $1M Ogura Yui $970,600 Kamiya Hiroshi $940,000 Nakamura Yuuichi $760,000 Kitamura Eri $750,000 Tsuda Minami $710,999 Ishihara Kaori $680,000 So I guess that kinda kills what I was writing before, LoL. |
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enurtsol
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About 6 out of 10 working J-women quit their jobs once they get pregnant. When asked what they'd like to be when they grow up, many young J-girls do dream of being SAHMs (stay-at-home moms). It's like 1950s Pleasantville that way. Also, dunno if ya guys know this, but married wives are only allowed to earn up to a certain income in order to still qualify under their husbands' insurance. So even if the wife returns to work, it's only for part-time jobs or limited hours and no overtime. Let's just say that for both reasons, J-women aren't exactly helping their status for workplace equality. That's why J-businesses are reluctant to hire J-women to long-time career track positions.
J-seiyuu could compensate the low pay by being able to work on more shows (lucky for them there's 40+ shows a season). And that's why they go into side-projects like doing promos or singing the songs where they could earn real money (concerts, CDs, royalties only in the rare case they actually wrote their own songs otherwise they're merely considered work-for-hire) from basically the same seiyuu gig. Dubs of Hollywood works pay better as well.
The money is on the residuals, especially for long shows that get into endless syndication (it's a gift that keeps on giving). J-seiyuu get none of that. |
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AnimeBeef
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Damn! That's some good money if you can get a decent singing carrier along with your voice acting job. How accurate are these numbers? Ogura Yui is only 18 and she's making almost 1M.. wow! I know she's signed by King Records and is part of YuiKaori but wow I didn't know she was raking in that much $. Holy crap! That's pretty impressive. |
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