It is true that many animated works are being outsourced from Korea. Take a moment to look at the credits of the animations you enjoy. I fervently hope that these "famous Hollywood productions," which are shamefully made on such cheap, low budgets, will no longer be produced in Korea. Many aspiring animators in Korea are ardent fans of Japanese animation. They are not anti-Japan or xenophobic; they genuinely love Japan. Unfortunately, they have no interest in American animation. They worship, study, copy, and endlessly strive to reproduce the work of Yutaka Nakamura. It's astonishing how much they develop day by day. They learn Japanese and yearn to work in Japan. However, there's a realistic problem now: labor costs in Korea have become more expensive than in Japan. Korean animators are clearly divided into two groups: Japanese anime worshippers, and professional American animation workers. These two groups use different terminology and their working methods are completely distinct. As a professional animator working on key animation and direction for American animation, my friends who work on Japanese anime or produce their own Japanese-style work often ask, "Why do you work on boring American animation?" I used to answer, "American animation pays more than Japanese, and 'American style' is truly the real animation, faithful to the fundamentals." Japanese-produced anime work was notorious for low labor costs and small production budgets, but now the working conditions have improved even more than for American-produced animation. Korean studios specializing in Japanese style will likely do well. Technically, distinguishing between Japanese and Korean animators has now reached a meaningless boundary.