Yagikun ,
the talented author behind the manga “ Satsuriku
no Ou ”, has revealed the income earned by his
work through the publisher Shueisha . Through his Twitter
account, Yagikun shared the following information:
- « 11,536,000
yen. I worked on Shonen Jump Plus and I think the fees for
the “Satsuriku no Ou” manuscripts were approximately this amount. This
is for 1 year and 5 months. Use it as a reference! I
exceeded 1600 pages in total and the color illustrations were not
paid for at all . »
The author mentioned that 11,536,000 yen (about
73 thousand dollars) was obtained during 1 year and 5 months of
work, which is equivalent to approximately 17 months . To
better understand if this income is enough to live in Japan, let's do some
calculations. Dividing the total income by the months of work results in around
678 thousand yen per month (around $4,300).
Currently, the minimum wage in Tokyo is
approximately 1,113 yen per hour. Assuming a standard workday of 40 hours per
week, this results in a minimum wage of around 178 thousand yen per
month (around $1,100). However, in Japan, income is taxed, and Yagikun's
high salary would put him in a high tax rate where, after taxes, he
would be receiving 20 to 30 percent less.
In addition to taxes, manga authors often incur
various costs involving drawing materials and software, work space (whether a
rented studio), and marketing and promotion. However, a crucial aspect
is payment to attendees. Manga assistants assist in creating
backgrounds, inking, plots, and other aspects of the process, and their
salaries are paid by the author themselves. For each assistant, then
subtract a minimum monthly salary from what the author received and it won't
seem like so much money, right?
- " That's
why talented authors go to Shonen Jump Plus, where they publish digitally ."
- " As
expected from a legendary masterpiece ."
- « It's
a discouraging story... Even with e-book sales, considering the taxes and
costs .»
- « Considering
the attendees, it is very little. Mangakas are like artisans, they should
be paid double ."
- " Wow!
But when you think that there are more than 1600 pages in total... isn't
the pay per page low? (´；ω；｀) ».
- " If
the books don't sell well, it really is a dead end job ."
- « Is
this all there is? ».
- « The
amount is impressive, but hearing that he did 94 pages a month for 1 year
and 5 months, makes me think, 'well, something like that.' If we talk
about whether this person is amazing, he definitely is .
- « Shonen
Jump Plus really pays well. If it were monthly income of ¥638,000, without
assistants, with costs of ¥1,500,000, an annual income of around
¥6,000,000 .
- « Fees
of ¥11,530,000 ÷ 17 months = ¥678,000/month gross, from which sales costs,
operating profits and losses, extraordinary profits and taxes are
deducted. Is the salary of assistants included in the production cost or
sales costs? It's starting to seem more difficult than I thought .
- « It
seems incredible to me, but if with a series that continues to update
weekly it reaches this amount, that would mean about ¥8,000,000 annually,
and I think they could earn more. But if we consider that manga is an
asset that can generate continuous income in the future, then there is
hope .
- « With
this, it seems that I would live with quite difficulty .»
Source: Otakomu
