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Sony to Launch Academy to 'Nurture Anime Creators in Global Markets'

Eh, I can't really blame people for freaking out. We've seen what happens when other Japanese hobbies start focusing on the western market and how they end up cannibalizing themselves. Although I'm not too worried since this will probably end up just meaning more stuff like Shield Hero and Solo Leveling since that's the stuff that's popular in the west.

Ermat_46 wrote:

Almost 10 posts in and no one has given any on-topic related criticism of this news yet.

You can't be surprised by this. The headline is begging reply guys to litigate the definition of anime away from Japan's own definition (literally any animation) and into one that reflects a view of the world that is both narrow and wrong (Japanese productions often outsource grunt work to other countries).

I think to English and other non-Japanese audiences, "anime" is a method of storytelling defined by a particular style and narrative method; America has been doing shows in the anime style for probably about 20 years. Between that and a declining Japanese workforce, actively pursuing global markets makes sense.

Just don't touch the actual stuff or meddle with adaptions of manga people enjoy

I rather not have outside influence to a medium that is created from Japaneses' people unique cultures, history, and personal experiences.

That Little Rapscallion wrote:

Just don't touch the actual stuff or meddle with adaptions of manga people enjoy

Which is hilarious given the criticism of adaptations that people hate & like. For a variety of legitimate and non legitimate reasons.

What exactly are "Japanese hobbies"?

Video games mainly. A lot of Japanese games target the global audience now and lost a lot of identity in the process.

MarshalBanana wrote:

That's a domestically made American animated show, based on a Japanese video game. It's like how the Super Mario Show was an American show based on a Japanese video game..

It doesn't help Netflix advertises the show as 'anime'. I think people just have so little respect for American animation these days anything remotely non-conforming is slapped with the anime label in an attempt to escape the label of being a cartoon.

On topic: I'd rather Sony not get involve din anime given the direction they've gone with their video games. But if this is just marketin buzzword and they're going to make stuff like Gen;Lock and High Guardian Spice and other western cartoons that get billed as anime like Crunchyroll did then oh well. Just don't touch the actual stuff or meddle with adaptions of manga people enjoy

Joe Mello wrote:

Ermat_46 wrote: Almost 10 posts in and no one has given any on-topic related criticism of this news yet. You can't be surprised by this. The headline is begging reply guys to litigate the definition of anime away from Japan's own definition (literally any animation) and into one that reflects a view of the world that is both narrow and wrong (Japanese productions often outsource grunt work to other countries). I think to English and other non-Japanese audiences, "anime" is a method of storytelling defined by a particular style and narrative method; America has been doing shows in the anime style for probably about 20 years. Between that and a declining Japanese workforce, actively pursuing global markets makes sense.

Saying people need to adhere to the japanese definition of japanese loanwords is the etymological fallacy, or simply put, a bullshit argument.

MarshalBanana wrote:

That's a domestically made American animated show, based on a Japanese video game. It's like how the Super Mario Show was an American show based on a Japanese video game..

It doesn't help Netflix advertises the show as 'anime'. I think people just have so little respect for American animation these days anything remotely non-conforming is slapped with the anime label in an attempt to escape the label of being a cartoon.

On topic: I'd rather Sony not get involve din anime given the direction they've gone with their video games. But if this is just marketin buzzword and they're going to make stuff like Gen;Lock and High Guardian Spice and other western cartoons that get billed as anime like Crunchyroll did then oh well. Just don't touch the actual stuff or meddle with adaptions of manga people enjoy