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But for a long time, the big appeal of independent animation was stuff you WOULDN'T normally see. Stuff that would still have a chance to live despite being passed up because it wasn't marketable enough or didn't fit the brand or "we're going in a different direction" or whatever the reason.

Now it's just the industry, but people are paid way less, have tighter deadlines, and have no benefits. It actually manages to be worse than Japan because at least Japan has a lot of jobs and some job security if you're willing to kill your wrists for a paycheck.

The indie scene is slowly being infected with people who actually wanted to make things to now just looking to sell ideas. Which, again, is the industry but worse.