Anime Production Costs Revealed

[Effect]

Anime Production Costs Revealed

A new article published by Nikkei Business Publications about the common practice of anime productions being financed by groups of investors on the basis of loans based on copyright profit potential may be of interest to English speaking anime fans primarily because it includes a breakdown of how much it costs to produce anime. According to the article:

An average current anime TV episode has a budget of 10 to 13 million yen ($85,000 - $111,000).

A year-around anime TV series (shows like Inuyasha, One Piece, Detective Conan) that airs through 4 "kuru" (a 13 week TV "season") costs 500 to 700 million yen ($4.3 - 6 million) to produce.

An average theatrical film may cost 100 to 300 million yen ($850,000 - $2.56 million), but big budget films like Innocence, Steamboy and Studio Ghibli films can have budgets as large as 2 billion yen (as much as 17 million American).

Source: Natsume Goushin Ryu Dojo

http://www.animenation.net/news/index.php?id=5385

http://biztech.nikkeibp.co.jp/wcs/leaf/CID...tech/biz/265972

I just thought it was intersting. Though I wonder what OVA production cost would be. I would think close to the theatrical film cost, on the high end.

Edited September 17, 2003 by Effect

[Abombz!!]

I wonder how much some of the higher end series cost. Like Gundam Seed, Inu Yasha and such.

Edited September 17, 2003 by Abombz!!

[imode]

I wonder how much some of the higher end series cost. Like Gundam Seed, Inu Yasha and suck.

suck?

Nice slip B)

[Abombz!!]

I wonder how much some of the higher end series cost. Like Gundam Seed, Inu Yasha and suck.

suck?

Nice slip B)

Perhaps I should post it in the engrish thread.

[Radd]

No, no. I think you hit the nail on the head.

[azrael]

I just thought it was intersting. Though I wonder what OVA production cost would be. I would think close to the theatrical film cost, on the high end.

Depends on the OAV. The amount probably ranks with the year-round TV series.