This will also finalize and make
Around the same time this happened, it was revealed via Twitter that

Funimation’s long history of exploitation
Since the news broke that
One of those conversations being
Many
It’s more accurate to say this is the accepted wage across the board, and no one unionized or fought back, and instead took what they were given in the name and love for
They probably had no choice.
More of this is explained in the thread on Twitter.
$35 dollars is low for voice acting
Sara Secora on Twitter says $35 to $75 dollars per hour in the voice acting industry is actually low, in spite of others in the industry claiming it’s “good” for
Her reasoning comes down to a coupe of things:
- Voice acting is essentially freelancing.
- Crunchyroll and
Funimation (and Sony) exploit the fact thatanime voice actors will lower their worth for less pay.- In other words – they know they’ll take whatever pay they’re given, even if they have the means to pay a lot more.
- Anime voice acting is an expensive industry with many expenses involved.
- Anime voice actors don’t get royalties and aren’t paid AFTER the fact, despite an
anime ‘s success. - Lack of healthcare benefits.
- Anime dubbing is the lowest paid in the voice acting/voice over industry.
- Risk of damaging vocal cords (screaming into mic for
DBZ characters, etc).
One person in the comments admitted to making $2.5K in an entire year for
This is of course the case for those who haven’t broke into the industry or become major big names (Chris Sabat for example).
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In the end,
They have the means to pay more going forward, especially now of all times, but I don’t see that changing. And that’s why people are suggesting unions to make positive change.
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