Japan has notoriously aggressive copyright laws. Uploading a 10-second clip of a TV show to Twitter can result in a lawsuit. This "Black Box" mentality has historically hurt viral marketing. However, it also protects the IP; unlike the West, where memes become diluted, Japanese characters remain strictly controlled by their license holders.
To understand why anime is so diverse yet animators are paid so little, you must understand the Production Committee . Unlike a studio taking full risk (like Disney), Japanese anime is funded by a committee comprising a toy company, a publisher, a music label, and a TV station. They spread the risk, but they also squeeze the actual animation studio, which often retains zero IP rights. This is the dark side of the industry: animators earning poverty wages while the committee profits from Gundam model kits or Fate/Grand Order gacha games. pih 006 jav hd