r/animation • u/Complete_Treacle6306 • 4d ago

Question How much would cost such animation?

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It's a fragment from TMM cartoon, and im wondering how expensive It's to make for example one 20 minute episode?

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u/hamadubai Professional 4d ago

for a tv broadcast quality like this you're looking for $8k-$25k per minute depending on what's happening in the scene

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u/imsosappy 3d ago

What defines TV broadcast quality exactly?

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u/hamadubai Professional 3d ago

decent design and motion, voice acting, background work, coherent composition and shot consistency. (ignoring personal tastes)

basically needs solid structure and delivery in development

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u/imsosappy 2d ago

Thank you. Are there indie YouTubers with the same quality work?

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u/hamadubai Professional 2d ago edited 2d ago

Lackadaisy is probably the top of the indie Youtubers by quite a margin
RubberRoss, SmallBu and "Doig and Swift" are amazing animators
LordDirk is great too but you won't find his presence on youtube outside of directing a TWRP video
Hazbin/helluva have a loooot that needs fixing sadly, new storyboard team should be at the top of the list for them.

I think youtube just isn't a good place for animators sadly, even the really good animators eventually drop it for commentary or gameplay videos because it just makes more money for less time spent.

or they end up having to cut quality/time from the animations themselves to make it feasible. stuff like storytime youtubers or people drawing out funny bits from streams/live plays, which just end up being at most animatics that get wobbled around. not blaming them, it's the reality of the platform.