Anime is booming, so why are animators living in poverty?
Cleanliness is booming too, but cleaning persons also live in poverty.It's because:(a) we don't compensate jobs based on their difficulty or the financial success of the product, but on how hard it is to find people to do them when we need them.If there were 100 qualified surgeons for every patient needing an operation, and would stampede each other for a chance to work and get paid, we'd pay them $25/hour too.(b) we allow businesses to profit wildly while not paying enough (by exploiting (a)), because we have the taboo that not meddling with the market is the best course of action. A more englightened society that didn't pay too much attention to economy pundits working for rich people, might find a way for better revenue sharing with employees...