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mdo7
Posts: 6358 Location: Katy, Texas, USA |
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Ah I see, thanks for the explanation. |
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the-antihero
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I long for a Transformers anime that can compete with Gundam and Macross in terms of seriousness and awesomeness.
But they're gonna use the toy show excuse to keep it from being as good it can possibly be even though the other said shows are also toy commercials. |
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gloverrandal
Posts: 406 Location: Oita |
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Transformers is universally considered a very young kiddy franchise in Japan, so I do not see that happening. It's only westerners which seem to try to take it seriously.
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GalicianNightmare
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Transformers isn't anime. Only a few Transformers series have been mostly/solely produced in Japan. Design wise, it is Japanese, since the designs predate Transformers and were from Japan, so the name "Convoy" came first, technically, even if it is incorrect for Transformers. Concept, story wise and copyright wise, it is American. Beast Wars has zero Japanese influence and is an American show produced in association with Canadian production houses, making it Canadian-American, due to CANCON. Only some of the older spinoffs from the 80s-90s, the 2000 series and the Unicron trilogy are Japanese. All the rest are US made. |
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enurtsol
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Beast Wars, but it's no anime. And even the Bayformers are technically about seriousness (and awesome to a lot of people). |
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Primus
Posts: 2801 Location: Toronto |
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Eh, pretty sure Transformers is considered a kiddy franchise everywhere in the world. Although it being a 30 year old multi-generational property means it has a variety of older fans. While Hasbro has recently done more to cater to that audience, Takara Tomy definitely acknowledges that the property has more of a fanbase than just kids. The company created the Masterpiece, Alternator (and its subsequent NSFW Kiss Players spinoff) and plenty of novelty collaborations with the most recent being Mega Drive Megatron and PlayStation Optimus Prime. Those are all lines with greater complexity, better articulation and detail with prices to match. Q Transformers is interesting in this respect. I'm not sure Takara Tomy are directly angling this at kids. The entire cross-media franchise is designed as a celebration of both Transformers' 30th Anniversary and Choro-Q's 35th. While plenty of things get rebooted for anniversaries, the theme for both the anime and smartphone game are lifted from a notorious 1986 Transformers video game. The show itself is airing on Tokyo MX at 9:55PM, which is not traditionally a kids timeslot. I'm not sure collectors will go crazy for these kind of ugly simplified Transformers.
Transformers Animated, Prime and the upcoming Robots in Disguise were/are mostly animated in Japan. The writing staff is from the west, though. |
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