Forum - View topicNEWS: Global Anime Market Grew 15% to Record 3.84 Trillion Yen in 2024
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Sinxi and heylog
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Those fans probably dont think about "hm, maybe genres that never got the spotlight could get some spotlight or get more recognition like Yuri, or more echhi (even though the ecchi that come out now feel more hentai ish then back in the day). And those hard-core fans dont remember that shonen has always been popular overseas for decades at this point, and with anime exploding, this could probably lead the way to other genres getting spotlight overseas |
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mdo7
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One thing I'll say: I really despise rabid elitist fans in this fandom. Their complaint about certain thing has ruin anime titles, and they can ruin anime/manga fandom over the tiniest thing. I may not be a fan of isekai, but I will not moan and complain about it because I know there are anime titles out there that really appeal to me and my taste. I know there are anime that won't appeal to me, and that's OK, but I'll never moan and complain about it. About anime "tourists" (or whatever you called them): Of course you're going to have casual fans that are going to watch anime, that comes with the territory of being in the fandom. Anime "tourists" already existed since even before anime has become mainstream in the US and elsewhere. The anime fans that complain about them are probably the same elitist fans that always complain about everything and anything minute detail in an anime title. Rabid fans in the fandom are the reason why I have to defend OEL manga until 2014/2015 when these "haters" mysteriously stop hating on OEL manga (along with non-Japanese graphic novels like manhwa/webtoons and manhua). These same rabid fans are the one that like to bash on live-action adaptation done by Hollywood, but they will not touch mediocre live-action adaptation that was done by Japan, South Korea, etc...
Outside of mainstream shonen titles, and the generic isekai genre titles we have out there, and for every mainstream shonen and isekai titles, there are lesser well-known anime titles that don't get the attention and the love they deserve from fans. There are a lot of obscure/niche anime titles that often get missed or go under the radar because of well you know how each anime fans taste and operate differently. I have different taste from yours. But speaking of isekai, it does upset me that the same people that watched mainstream isekai anime titles don't bother to branch out to older isekai title before isekai become a mainstream cash cow like for example, I was bothered that Aura Battler Dunbine (the one anime that laid the foundation for isekai anime) is dangerously ignored by the isekai fandom in the US. But given Gen-Z's fondness for retro nostalgia (even the stuff that was created before they were born), I'm hoping that past isekai anime could find new life amongst those demographic because of this report about Escaflowne suddenly trending in Japan 28 years later kind of give me evidence that this could be the work of Gen Z and retro anime fans that could be helping old-school isekai anime titles finding new life in today's world of mainstream isekai anime. |
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Beatdigga
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That's every genre. A blockbuster like Wicked For Good has to make up for the subpar performance of half a dozen biopics. I think what really comes across here is just that people are more willing to watch animation as a medium, rather than dismissing the entire enterprise whole-cloth. Yes, most viewers are watching the more basic and popular shows, but that's still more people watching the medium, including proportionally more watching other stuff. It's still a case where the rising tide is lifting the boats. |
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enurtsol
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If live-action adaptations based on anime/manga is adjacent enough to grow the market, expect even more now that Sony Pictures just stated during a presentation at TIFFCOM, the market arm of the Tokyo International Film Festival: Sony Pictures International (SPIP) eyes live-action adaptations of Japanese anime – studio executive reveals ambitions to expand Japanese manga adaptations beyond "Kingdom" franchise as part of global IP strategy
Currently, SPIP’s sole manga-to-live-action adaptation is the "Kingdom" franchise, based on the Japanese manga property - although Mamoru Hosoda’s upcoming “Scarlet” set for November release in Japan, as an original anime movie rather than an adaptation SPIP operates as one of 9 labels under Sony Pictures Entertainment and produces local-language content across 10 countries (including Japan, Korea, China, India, Thailand, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Brazil and Mexico) and that SPIP’s anime-to-live-action efforts would complement Sony’s broader animation business, which includes Crunchyroll and Aniplex. |
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writerpatrick
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The problem isn't anime going mainstream as it is anime going Hollywood. Trying to appeal to Hollywood standards in anime would ruin it. They would take out anything edgy or controversial and replace that with Hollywood attitudes and beliefs.
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