Anime, as we know it, may be coming to an end soon, this is not something out of context or that people have made up. We know that it has become a worldwide phenomenon traveling to movie theaters in Latin American countries, but even so, after analyzing a future based on the anime industry and its current direction, we may be facing a countdown.
The anime industry may end in the future
These somewhat discouraging words are evoked by the hand of a Japanese forum, Yaraon, where this topic has been put under discussion, being the material presented, an article of a certain Japanese media, where, in summary, it expresses how anime in the future will no longer be able to continue being the same. It begins by giving us detailed information about the series in broadcast per year, being the numbers of 2001 a little more than 160 series per year, now, in 2023, this number is doubled, where do you want to go?
Fans had no doubt in what was presented, since, it is the number of series that is the problem, the more series there are per year, the more demand and being so many, manpower becomes a constant need. “Working environments are at rock bottom”, “the market is consuming itself, I can’t imagine it in 10 years”. They agree that workers, as we have seen on many occasions, do not have a balance between their work and the reward it offers.
Giving way to the next point, which tells us that, if an illustrator or arts professional must spend a certain amount of time (4 or 5 years) to complete their studies to become a professional, what is their insurance, the company must cover that margin where they will not have so many workers and the investment in this medium leaves something to be desired. It is so much effort, but, it is a fact that this has been worth it, being the anime industry, a worldwide topic, a mass phenomenon, something that we have developed in this note of our page.
Taking the above points, the user finally mentions that, “These and other means will put the industry in check”. Culminating his statement in the forum. This has created a huge debate in the community, but how would we know the end of things? Some users add, artificial intelligences will be one of the steps in the next few years to supply the need for personnel. If you want to take a look at the detailed article on this analysis, you can view it here.
It may sound heartbreaking, but, what is not mentioned is that, being a medium that has not yet reached its peak, the end of it is not so accurate. Recently, we have seen the Koeda Animation studio, which is made up of people from this side of the world, not only being a source of pride, but also opening the doors to the West to take the step to make their anime series. Japan is a talented country, but, maybe it still lacks numbers, without realizing it, all over the world, entities capable of creating equally good works are born. Leaving hope for fans of this beautiful medium.
