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KH91
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WTF? He looks like Ben 10.
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manapear
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As long as they maintain the integrity of the Tetsuwan/Astro, I'll enjoy it. Astro Boy isn't about an art style so much as it is about the themes of humanity, identity, rights, etc.
2003 is still the best version to me (and I can enjoy it better than I can the manga, because even Tezuka is sadly a product of his time), but I do look forward to this. |
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EricJ2
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Aww, you went and stole my Astro Ben10 joke. Let's just say, it looks a LOT more French anime-wannabe than Japanese. |
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leafy sea dragon
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Wow, the character designs for this look very French. I don't really know how else to describe it.
I'd like to point out that the record is worse for modern western media that gets adapted for Japan. Western projects adapted from anime have at least found cult status with stuff like Speed Racer and Edge of Tomorrow.
The flavor of the original can be discarded and still have something worth watching come out of it. Disney has been doing this for close to a hundred years. TV Tropes has a rather large list of them under "Adaptation Displacement," where something is adapted heavily but winds up being more popular than the source material. It's probably never going to happen with Astro Boy though, at least in popularity. |
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Octorockandroll
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The flavor of the original can be discarded and still have something worth watching come out of it. Disney has been doing this for close to a hundred years. TV Tropes has a rather large list of them under "Adaptation Displacement," where something is adapted heavily but winds up being more popular than the source material. It's probably never going to happen with Astro Boy though, at least in popularity.[/quote] I think the adaptation displacement thing was the point he was making with that powerpuff girls z thing. (Although I would have chosen Supaidaman, bu to each their own) |
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Gehirn
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Save it for when you can actually review the show, and not just a poster and video of Astro flying around.
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leafy sea dragon
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I don't think the anime version of Powerpuff Girls ever became more popular than the original show. If anything, the remake coming out next month has a better chance of doing that. |
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Octorockandroll
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LOL Nah. If the previews are any indication the new series will both fail at capturing the essence of the original that will entice old fans, and also lack many qualities needed to make a good action comedy cartoon. Hopefully the new series' of swat kats and samurai jack will fare better. |
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I Remember Oban being pretty good and that was a Japanese/French anime and Yoko Kanno composed the score for the series too. I don't have a problem with the west collaborating with Japan to produce anime because it results in something interesting. I also don't mind the west borrowing some the anime art style as long as people don't call the show an anime because it's not, like RWBY. |
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Guile
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Not outside of Japan at least, though that can be attributed to a few factors. One, the dub only aired in a few countries, and it was heavily censored and localized. Two, it was more of a pure action magical girl show which doesnt do well in the west outside of Italy and France. PPG was never an action show but a comedy about superheroes. In Japan though it had nice success. You still see fanart being made of it. But if you want an example of a smash hit then the Stitch anime is a good one. Again it sufferdd from a heavily altered dub and only aired in some countries. But if were talking strictly Japan, then they did amazing. |
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Gemnist
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Sorry guys, but I think this looks spectacular. Astro Boy is over 50 years old, so it needs some fresh new take, and the animation and vibe are both incredible as just regular entertainment. I can even accept Astro Boy being fully clothed...
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macattack
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Yoko only composed the theme songs. Taku Iwasaki did the background music. |
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NearEasternerJ1
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If you dislike co-productions, stop watching GITS SAC. That's all I'll say.
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Stuart Smith
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Co-productions generally seem arbitrary on that front. Usually Japan just animates and the west actually writes and directs, so they are really just a western cartoons animated in Japan like most stuff during the 80s. Obviously the animation is being done in the west in this case, but what involvement does Japan have? Have we seen the credit list? For all we know Tezuka Productions are just attatched to it as rights holders. The 2009 Astro Boy CG movie was also a co production with Tezuka Production's name attached to it, I imagine any Tezuka related work has to go through Tezuka Productions like the Tolkien Estate for Tolkien adaptions.
Tetsuwan Atom has had 2 remakes. One in the 80s and one in the 00s. The 00 version is perfectly fine for a modern adaption of the series. This just feels like a nostalgia cash in on western fans like Speed Racer the Next Generation was. -Stuart Smith |
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leafy sea dragon
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It bombed in North America though. (And Euorpe too.) Then again, with the exception of the original series localized by Alan Ladd, Astro Boy always seems to bomb outside of Japan. It's the franchise that everybody's heard of but nobody has actually seen. |
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