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Sunny milk
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I really wish they stopped with these projects, trying to globalize anime industry completely with western influence.
Nope, nope, nope. |
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BrainBlow
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You're deluding yourself if you think anime itself came about in some sort of vacuum. Osamu Tezuka, the godfather of anime and manga as mediums, was a huge fan of Disney's Carl Barks, and his art style was heavily Disney inspired, and he in turn inspired a whole generation himself. And why NOT have "western influence"? Moeshit is what sells and dictates industry trends in Japan. I think that says enough. Also, French animation in general is already heavily inspired by anime, so this is hardly going to be some big animation revolution. |
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Lavnovice9
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Isn't this that cartoon a bunch of people who care about social justice got upset over? Something about homosexuality, or was it racism? I remember a big stink about this a month ago or so
Little late there  They've been doing this since the 80s. All those cartoons you watched as a kid? Animated in Japan. Ever wonder why 80s cartoons had so much better intros? Yeah.. nothing new.
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Beatdigga
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This thing. They tried to get money the old fashioned way for years and never could.
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junglebook
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At least their appealing to a mass audience?
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Z-Zvia
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Did he ever say the opposite? You are deluding yourself with your lack of logic.
Drawing inspiration from something in order to create something better is different from deteriorating something with a bad influence, didn't you know? I guess not. You don't even understand the point of the OP's post, in the first place.
Because moe has been created and dictated by western people? Stop deluding yourself. By the way, you don't even try to hide the fact that you are a moe-hater. Putting a personal opinion into an illogical "argument", I think that says enough.
Yep. And we all agree on the fact that it is extremely horrible. Perhaps except for a few people like you 
You don't even try to understand what he wrote, yet you dare to reply
Take the time to think before talking about people being late. |
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Kadmos1
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Over $100,000 CAD for an 8-min. pilot? Unless they already are using it, Flash animation could be cheaper/quicker.
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Sunny milk
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I'm actually surprised there's a person who can see further than hating on "moeshit" (which they hate exactly because it's not part of their western values).
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BrainBlow
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You throw the word "logic" around, but clearly do not know what the word means.
Uh, no, it's the exact same thing. He only uses the words" western influence."
Western people are responsible for moe? 
And then you have the gall to act as if I'm the one throwing "personal opinion" around. You're really bad with words and their meanings, you know that? And yes, I suppose my years long love for anime like K-ON!, Acchi Kocchi, Chobits, Working!!, Shinryaku! Ika Musume and several others is just a hoax. I totally hate aaaaall things moe in anime, clearly. It's not merely that me allegedly hating moe is the cornerstone of your attempt to discredit me.
Oh do we now? "we all" agree that French animation is all terrible? Say, what was that thing you said about "personal opinion as argument" again? And yes, I'm sure the Wakfu kickstarter reached 483,524 CAD because people simply hate French animation so much they feel compelled to give away their money.
You really love to act like there's some sort of great truth behind the OP post beyond its face value. I smell sockpuppet account. Actually, probably not, for the following reason:
Oh? But I was just told by your friend here that moe was created BY westerners.
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Beatdigga
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This project has been around for years, and their high standards have scared off most would-be investors. A running joke on a bunch of forums about animation when people complain about the lack of Western cartoons on animation blocks (read: Toonami) was that Urbance doesn't exist. And it will likely continue to not exist. |
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Mr. Oshawott
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Hmm...I'm not sure what to make of this show.
"Homosexual Discrimination?" Perhaps this show, Urbance, is trying to showcase a social issue concerning sexual preference, but in a different light? I think I'll have to wait for more info to see if this anime show is worth my time to watch. 
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Beatdigga
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It has to exist first. Which it doesn't. |
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GateCrusherDX
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Animated in Japan using "American animation directors". There's a good reason why "Batman TAS' Sunrise episode"s are far more fluid than let's say, "Escaflowne" or "Big O" and even Bruce Timm said those sucked animation wise. Japanese animators aren't that good without foreign animation directors and their less lax style of direction, which is evident seeing as 10,000 cels is considered "OVA" quality, when Batman TAS has more in a single episode. Exceptions are Production IG, ufotable, Bones, KyoAni and Ghibli. |
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Anti_Nadalista
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WTF? Tms never needed American directors, they make storyboards for the Koreans even. And cybersix has better animation than Batman TAS. The animation for feat of clay was all done by them. Bruce Timm was impressed by it but I guess you didn't read that interview. People are so clueless in this site sometimes is amazing. And the reason why you don't see more stuff like that in anime is because of schedule and budget. The next thing you will see in this forum is people saying that Americans invented kanada style and the Itano circus. |
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Stuart Smith
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I think we should applaud any western studio which doesn't resort to Flash animation. It's all too common nowadays. Especially in France. The primary reason I can't get into French animation is it's all Flash/CG animated and looks terrible. Such is the way when your industry is not very big, I suppose.
I would say there is a big difference between western influence in anime and anime influence in western animation. Tezuka was inspired by Disney, yes, but nobody could mistake Tezuka's art style for anything resembling modern anime, which is about where the influence ends. In addition, Tezuka's writing was leagues ahead of what we were doing back then even if the animation resembled old black and white American cartoons. Meanwhile, modern influences of anime in western anime seem to boil down to mere art style or getting a Japanese studio to animate it. No western animator has yet taken an anime art style and then revolutionized the entire industry like Tezuka did. Most just take the an anime art style and produce the same show that would have existed if they had used an American art style. People who boil Tezuka down to just being a copier of art styles don't seem to understand what truly made him a pioneer.
I agree, that comment seemed odd considering how much praise Timm gave TMS and the Japanese animators, even going so far to state that only they could have animated the series the way he wanted and as well as they did. Timm would be the first one to disagree with him. -Stuart Smith |
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