Well, just earlier on, I was having a discussion with a friend regarding the music aspect of anime.
My friend's point of view was that, most of the music/songs in anime is composed and sung by A-list j-pop idols/composers. He presented the following as his supporting "evidence":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anime
While I understand that wiki isn't the best source for accurate information, I do believe that it *should* hold fair amounts of truth.
Particularly:
Note the bolded parts.
In addition, my friend says that composers, in general (at least), are paid very well (his estimation was like, 1-5k per song composed).
Because I find it difficult to believe that a song like those in, for example, Kage Kara Mamoru would be done by a famous composer (Banana song, the rather lovey dovey OP, etc). And I definately find it hard to believe the singers of the 2 mentioned songs would be a famous one, especially for an Otaku hour anime...
Questions:
1) Are the song/music composers paid well?
2) How true is it that j-pop stars sing/compose for anime at a often rate? (My friend used Inuyasha as an example, as both BoA and Ayumi Hamazaki did about 2-3 songs for that anime).
3) How well are CG animators paid? (My friend claims it to be high...)
Thanks in advance.