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NEWS: Time Warner to Produce Anime

Mohawk52 wrote:

hkrok76 wrote: Sometimes papa doesn't know best. But papa has the money.

touche ^^

Although the trend in the states and probably around the world is to borrow some more from Japan, the problem I have is Japan being influenced by the US, in a manner that isn't natural. Perhaps they want them to use say...a rap as a theme song, when the Japanese creators would rather not, but since TW is giving them money, they have to. I just don't want stuff like that to happen. I am in no way saying that it will ofcourse, but I will be very weary. This isn't a matter of an american studio making something influenced by Anime. It's a matter of a Japanese studio being cajoled by America with money. I fear that. I hope Time Warner would let creativity reign. I hope with every ounce of my body. The Suits should not be allowed in the planning room. Give them money, and let the artists work. Ofcourse, the US could and should also contribute their own creative minds...but not ones that would wrap everything around thoughts of money over everything else.

]But isn't that the American (capitalist) way? The Japanese have been influenced by the US since 1945, so it's a bit late for that worry. Besides the Japanese like money too.

And new stuff isn't higher quality by default. A shoestring budget is a shoestring budget, pardon me if they've just gotten lazier at hiding that fact..... However, this delusion that "animation in general is improving" is hilariously off the mark. TV animation is still limited, and is—for the most part—still pretty bad, to be honest (and OVAs especially have gone downhill; a lot of the recent stuff I've seen is only slightly better than TV-grade work). Just because it's been given "slicker packaging" with CG graphics doesn't change the fact that they're relying on sliding static cels, cutting the frame rate as much as possible, recycling footage, and hiring cheap artists that can't stay accurate to the proper character designs just as much as, in many cases moreso than, they have in the past.

Excuse me but the newer stuff uses better technology which often makes it better quality by default.

Apparently Nagisa lives in a delusional world where did they not use sliding static cels, stock footage was invented after Pokemon, and cheap artists where nowhere to be found.

Pixar is SATAN!

That flash cartoon comment was funny...considering america seems to think it's the greatest thing since tex avery. I mean seriously....how can something that looks so....bleh....be so popular. It's because kids of no real sense...but that makes me even more sad. If kids grow up thinking mucha lucha is good animation...oh god, I fear for the future of US animation. I fear.