After completing the program, TMS typically hires trainees as contract animators with a starting salary of 250,000 yen per month, which is comparable to the starting pay for university graduates ...

Making movies is a risky business. Movies which cost less than $40 million to make, are fully funded up-front, get global exposure and win Oscars sound like the stuff of fantasy.

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