TOKYO -- Chinese streaming providers are increasingly hunting for talent among animators in Japan, the land where anime was born but whose own industry has fallen on tough times.
Tencent seeks talent as poor work conditions haunt birthplace of art form

Tokyo studio Colored Pencil Animation, which is owned by a Chinese company, pays its artists more than the industry average. (Photo by Rei Nakafuji)
TOKYO -- Chinese streaming providers are increasingly hunting for talent among animators in Japan, the land where anime was born but whose own industry has fallen on tough times.