User blog comment:Zolnir/The Inconvenient Truth of Japanimators/@comment-32856285-20150319023046

$5 a day is not as horrible as one might think. Just 5 dollars, a day, can equal $125-150 in just one month; go for a year and you have a total of $1,825 (estimate).

That's not exactly a bad deal there, unless it costs $50 for just a days rent of apartment living.