Forum - View topicAnime studios [around the Oregon/Washington area]?
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Elderrin
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I did a bit of looking around on the web for Anime Studios in Oregon or Washington but could not find any. So I have come here in search of some help.
Are there any Anime Studios in Oregon or Washington? And if not what about in California? Any help is greatly appreciated. [EDIT: Changed the obscurity level of your thread title. -TK] |
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gartholamundi
 Posts: 316 Location: Gainesville, FL |
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If there was an animation studio (there must be plenty) on the West Coast of the US then by definition it wouldn't be an anime studio (which are exclusively in Japan, unless you also liberally count what they outsource to other places like Korea).
This might be why you're having trouble searching? Try looking for animation studios in those states instead. EDIT: There are dub studios in the US that do work on imported anime. |
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Soundmonkey44
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Kids these days... Oy vey! Anime is from japan! So the studios that make it would be there as well. The companies that dub them and bring them to the us are in the us true, but I don't know where they all are, Funimation and it's recording studio are in fort worth Texas though.
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Key
Moderator
 Posts: 19176 Location: Indianapolis, IN (formerly Mimiho Valley) |
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The bulk of anime dubbing (assuming that's what you mean) gets done in Texas or Canada, although there are dubbing studios in NYC and somewhere in California. There are, to my knowledge, no such studios in Oregon or Washington state.
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EricDent
 Posts: 997 Location: Georgetown, TX |
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Well Ocean Studios is a pretty close by one to Washington. Since it is in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Which is about a 4 hour drive from Seattle. |
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wanderlustking
 Posts: 449 Location: Bozeman, Montana |
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I'm not sure if I'm okay with the popular line that "anime only comes from Asia," so here is my old guy rambling.
Anime is an artistic direction. While it is true that there are a lot of cultural activities strongly associated with that artistic direction, many of which are difficult to find outside of Japan and Korea; artists are capable of producing works of any style, regardless of geographical location. It's like trying to say that only Tennessee is capable of producing country music. That being said, you'd be hard pressed to find a studio producing anime in Washington. Cultural thing. |
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ikillchicken
 Posts: 7272 Location: Vancouver |
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No, it's not like that. 'Country music' doesn't mean music from Tennessee. Anime means animation from Japan. Calling a show produced outside Japan anime is just as incorrect as calling a movie from Japan a 'Hollywood movie'. It might be very similar to Hollywood movies or even virtually identical. That doesn't matter though. It's not a judgment of content or quality. It's just a simple designation of where it's from. |
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Elderrin
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Ok then. Thanks a ton for the help. I will continue my search and extend it to California.
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TatsuGero23
 Posts: 1277 Location: Sniper Island, USA (It's in your heart!) |
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No, anime means animation in Japanese. Not animation from Japan. If the latter was true, then some "Anime" would not be "Anime" since they outsource wholes or parts of works to Korean studios as well. Anime is now more synonymous with its distinct style rather then just a regional exclusive term. Similar to how Film noir (black film) is synonymous more to the visual and directing style rather then just being a french term with origins from german film making. It's a term now to describe a particular style and/or approach in storytelling or setup. A correction to wanderlustking's comment would be "It's like saying you can only make country music if your in and from the country and once it's made in or from someone whose from the city, its no longer country music."
Anyways, back on topic. In terms of a studio that makes Anime, there aren't any in the US. In terms of studios that work on Anime (dubbing/licensing) there are locations in Cali and Canada near those 2 states (if you consider that "near"). In terms of studios who work in Animation, there a few there although they mainly do commericals or 3D work in the Washington/Oregon area. But there are a handful who do things like show or movies. LAIKA would be the more well known studio in the area. They did the movie Coraline. In terms of animation studios open to the use of the Anime style, again those would be closer to California. Places like Nick or Warner Bros. I think the Washington/Oregon area is more known for it's video game community more then anything in terms of visual entertainment. If you live in the area, I would recommend working in video game art or developing. That will more likely open up doors for you to put your foot in into animation or Anime. |
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ikillchicken
Posts: 7272 Location: Vancouver |
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Yes...but if you choose to go by the Japanese definition then using the term 'anime' is meaningless. Toy Story 3 would be 'anime' every bit as much as Naruto. Hence you might as well just say animation.
It's still produced for a Japanese audience, by companies based in Japan, with all the important and creative work being done in Japan. It's still clearly animation from Japan.
The term 'Film Noir' never referred to French films as far as I know. It always referred to a certain style. It's a genre. Anime is not a genre. Again, it would be like calling 'Hollywood movies' a genre. There may be some common themes but it's ultimately way, way too varied to be called a genre. Anime on the other hand, at least as it is used in the US, has always been a term referring to animation from Japan. It's basically a slang, shorted way of saying 'Japanese Animation' sort of like Japanime or Japanimation. |
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TatsuGero23
Posts: 1277 Location: Sniper Island, USA (It's in your heart!) |
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Toy Story is anime... in Japan. Well technically they would consider it a 3D movie, a Hollywood movie, or specifically say it's a Disney or Pixar movie. But stuff from Pixar and Disney are big there so they tend have a different level of recognition and are bad examples of this argument. A different example would be Japanese dubs of Teen Titans, Transformers, or the Powerpuff Girls. In Japan, they would call those anime or US anime even though they are the US versions dubbed in Japanese. People will get into specifics when describing them but in general, it's still just "Anime" to them.
Based on older opinions, technicalities and ideas on what is "Anime", yeah, you have reason to argue. But the meanings or use of words (in general) often evolve or change or are added too or just plan used differently in different regions. That's what has happened to the word "Anime". It's changing to encompass the older non-Japanese notication that we used to use the term "Japanese Animation" for while describing a particular style or influence that we lack another appropriate description for. So unless someone can think of another term to describe Anime's distinct visual style or approach without using the word "Anime" that catches on, more and more people will go on to use that all encompassing term of "Anime". Referring to Anime as animation from Japan AND as a style akin to what one normally sees in Japanese Animation is what has caught on. When people say "Anime Style/Influence" or "Manga Style/Influence" when they try to describe something it tends to click in other people's minds that they are going for something distinct and understand what direction or visual style someone is going for. Not many people are gonna say "Oh, so your gonna go to Japan, get Japanese people to create and work on your stuff while you sit back and do nothing cause your not Japanese?" No, they are just gonna understand that your going for a particular style, look or approach that differs from traditional western styles. |
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Mushi-Man
 Posts: 1537 Location: KCMO |
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ikillchicken is right, Film Noir never have the distinction of being made in a specific country, unlike anime. Film Noir is a genre of film making, while on the other hand anime is not. Anime is a cultural art that's really only truly found in Japan. Although, yes anime does technically just mean animation, TatsuGero23 has failed to consider the fact that the term has transcended that basic definition and taken on a new one. It's roots may have just been a slang term referring to all animation but it quickly became a term that is associated exclusively with Japanese animation. It seems like the argument against this common knowledge is just a pointless argument of semantics rather than a discussion with any real reason behind it. |
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ikillchicken
Posts: 7272 Location: Vancouver |
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Exactly. Anime means animation in Japan but what it means here is animation from Japan.
What 'style' though? Going back to your example of Film Noir, there is a workable definition of Film Noir. There is no definition of anime that you can give that will be general enough to encompass all animated shows from Japan while simultaneously being specific enough as to not include dozens of other animated stuff that people would never think to call anime...except animation from Japan. |
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