Here's another article about the depletion of anime talent pool (via). Unfortunately I forgot to save the last one, so I cannot compare and contrast. This one has numbers, which is always welcome.

[...] A storyboard artist in the business may average a partially feasible monthly pay of JPY 280,000 (USD $2,726); while a keyframe animator is estimated at bringing in far less, at JPY 180,000 (USD $1,752) each month. The laboring grunt-workers, the in-betweeners, toiling away the majority of what fans of the medium see in the final product, may be fortunate to earn only JPY 50,000 (USD $486.78) per month, if new to the production studio.

According to reports, a single cel has the potential to earn an animator a meager JPY 200 (USD $1.94); which, as is the case with some projects, might be complicated and take the entire working day and then some to complete. It is also estimated that, per the union the Japanese Animators Creators Association, 20% to 30% of all animators receive an annual income of the range of JPY 1 million (USD $9,736) annually; which waters down to JPY 60,000 to JPY 100,000 (USD $548.14 to USD $973.57) monthly.

[...] Also; animators and voice actors/ actresses [whom in mid-career may earn JPY 10,000 - JPY 15,000 (USD $97 - USD $146) per episode] do not receive royalties on profitable character licensing, compact disc, home video or other product sales.

I should note that I don't have much sympathy for the royalties movement. In my own industry, a meaningful ownership of the business is possible, and I wish it was working in anime. But that's idealistic. Failing that, getting paid for your work does not sound all that bad to me. The problem is getting paid too little (which the article addresses as well).