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kanjineogeo
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Seems like Studio Ghibli declining probably thanks to Disney's Frozen which not only it dethroned The Wind Rises worldwide, but it also did in Japan. Seems like Disney had dominated over them on it's popularity. Japan today seems little more american culture on media. Frozen seems to got lucky of the sleeper for it out of no reason (or maybe because of the song) even its not the best animated (or disney) film. I know it's not the same From Up on Poppy Hill and it's probably not because Hayao Miyazaki retiring
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Kutsu
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Frozen is the exception in a trend going the opposite way.
In 2013, imported movies accounted for 34.3% of the Japanese box office only (the lowest since 1965). This will go up in 2014 largely thanks to Frozen but I doubt it will reach 50% (it hasn't since 2006 if I remember correctly). Same thing for music where Frozen is also huge, however looking at the 2013 Oricon year end charts shows that Japan prefers its local production (or K-pop) by a wide margin adopting only a few select western artists (Lady Gaga, Avril Lavigne, One Direction). |
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DavetheUsher
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How on Earth does one Disney movie doing well signify the downfall of Japan's own media and the rise of Americanization ? Man I swear Frozen fans are so delusional it's unreal.
At least post some statistics like Kutsu did if you're gonna make some wild claims, brah. |
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InuKen
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Disney/Pixar movies HAVE always been big in Japan. And like what others have said, one movie out of dozens doesn't mean anything.
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Rahxephon91
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Eh Japan's always been pretty influenced by Western/American things. American movies have always done pretty well.
I really doubt Frozen's success means anything other then it's a well made movie that plenty of people like. |
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Ryuhei
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Yes, when posting bold opinions about trends you need to give data, like Kutsu did. Information first, opinion later
Anyway, are the results for the Ghibli movie about as expected? And how is it quality wise? It looks lovely on the trailers. |
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jymmy
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The trailers sell it pretty well. It's nice and wistful, and Anna and Marnie are great characters and sweet together. If it weren't for The Wind Rises (I haven't seen Princess Kaguya yet) I'd say it's Ghibli's best in many years. |
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Posts Sometimes
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It does seem like Marnie had a weaker opening than most recent Ghibli movies. Here's a list of those for comparison (in yen):
Arrietty - 884 million yen The Wind Rises - 810 million From Up on Poppy Hill - 587 million When Marnie Was Here - 378 million The Tale of Princess Kaguya - 284 million That said, while it's a bit lower than usual for Ghibli, Marnie should still end up being pretty successful. It had a better opening than Wolf Children (365 million) and that was a huge success for a non-franchise anime film, so by any standards other than Ghibli's Marnie is doing quite well. |
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enurtsol
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Ghibli films do tend to have good legs instead of front-loaded. Still, Maleficent took over the throne from Frozen, and now this weekend Godzilla takes over #1. So Hollywood films have been holding the top spot since the end of February. Japan's box office seems to be ruled by pairs of girls lately (Snow Queen Elsa and Ana, Maleficent and Princess Aurora, Marnie and Anna).
http://www.kogyotsushin.com/archives/weekly/ http://www.kogyotsushin.com/archives/weekend/ Japan's gap between 2014's #1 and #2 is quite big:
Anyways, Japan's film market in 2013 dropped to #4 while the Hollywood portion rose to 39%.
While Hollywood no longer dominates Japan's box office:
2012 Last edited by enurtsol on Mon Jul 28, 2014 12:26 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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whiskeyii
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Woah, I didn't know Marnie was out already! o_O Glad to hear it's good, though! I couldn't get a good feel for it from the trailers; they always seemed kind of eerie. ^^;
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mdo7
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@ enurtsol: Thanks for the link and info. That's very useful.
Off topic: I'm kinda surprise to see South Korea's movie market is now 6th place instead of 5th like I've read from this article.
I wonder what happened?? I mean Seoul is gaining huge attention around the world and attracting Hollywood films and other East Asia cinema to film at that location. Last edited by mdo7 on Mon Jul 28, 2014 1:16 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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infamoustakai
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With as much money as the Pokemon anime gets, you'd think they'd be able to make it genuinely better. I've seen a few episodes of XY, and art wise, it seems to be better than the previous series. But I still feel like they could improve its quality all around.
Then again, it really is meant for children. |
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pauladls
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they never adapted the manga pokemon special they want ash forever |
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Kutsu
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Oops, yes, 2012, my bad. With 39% in 2013 for imported films, Frozen might just help get it back over 50% in 2014. After all its 25 billion gross alone would account for over 10% of the 2012 box office year and almost 15% of the 2013 box office year.
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gloverrandal
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It is a "genuinely" good series. Perhaps you just don't like Pokemon? I don't see anything wrong with the anime. The first XY movie also looks pretty interesting and I'm eagerly awaiting it to be subbed. |
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