There is currently a labor crunch in the anime industry due to its unattractive working conditions. A 2024 report by the Nippon Anime and Film Culture Association showed that workers were overworked and underpaid, with hourly rates below the country’s minimum wage being common.
TLDR: money
They need to unionize.
“We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately.” - Benjamin Franklin
Возьмемся за руки, друзья, возьмемся за руки, друзья, чтоб не пропасть по одиночке.
Okay, I just always liked this song.
What I don’t like is that a feel like that is slowly catching up with the rest of the world, not just the USSR.