![]() ![]() ![]() "It's a common understanding that the animation quality goes up when a studio keeps skilled in-betweeners in the team," he told AFP. "I have a friend working for another studio, who tells me the training program is a lot shorter and there's no payment during the training," the 22-year-old, one of the 10 students in the first cohort, told AFP.ĭaisuke Okeda, a lawyer and secretary at JAniCA, says the academy is part of a trend that could change the industry. The safety net offered by free training, funding and a pathway to a career is rare, and WIT Academy student Maki Ueno said it made her "feel secure." Most in-betweeners in Japan are freelance or part-time, with only 18 percent holding full-time positions, and 80 percent of in-between work is sent abroad, mainly to China or South Korea, the Japan Animation Creators Association (JAniCA) says. The graduates will be offered jobs at WIT studio or one of its affiliates to produce Netflix shows in a team.īut they will be entering an industry where staff retention is a dire problem, with salaries still dismal and in-betweeners staying in the job just four years on average. With the first six-month program finished, the WIT Academy is now welcoming its second cohort of students. ![]()
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