Half of anime industry workers log over 225 monthly hours: survey

About half of people in the Japanese anime industry said they work over 225 hours per month, highlighting the long working hours compared with other fields, a recent survey by an industry association showed.The number greatly surpasses the full-time workers' average of 163.5 hours in the health ministry's survey for 2023, according to the Nippon Anime & Film Culture Association.NAFCA was founded in April last year in a bid to improve working conditions in the industry.The survey garnered 323 responses, including 191 from animators, 44 from people involved in directing, 35 from those in prod…READ FULL ARTICLE