Nao Hirasawa, CEO of the anime production company Arch, reveals TV production costs have risen to as much as over 300 million yen per episode (~$1.9 million).
Expectations have gotten a lot higher. These days, no studio would even try to get away with something like Violinist of Hameln (13-ep budget stretched to cover 25 in the hand-drawn cel era, although IMNSHO the show succeeds despite all the corner-cutting in the visuals).
Expectations have gotten a lot higher. These days, no studio would even try to get away with something like Violinist of Hameln (13-ep budget stretched to cover 25 in the hand-drawn cel era, although IMNSHO the show succeeds despite all the corner-cutting in the visuals).