Forum - View topicINTEREST: Rooster Teeth's RWBY Heads To Japan
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SynergyMan
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Correction, RWBY isn't anime to us. To them, it is. That's what matters. Language doesn't and shouldn't change to fit our standards. By that logic only Durum wheat flour from Italy constitutes as "pasta" which is dumb. Like I mentioned before, words aren't based on what we think of them. When Japan uses a loanword, 100% of the time, it is broad. "Arubaito" is not "Japanese part time job" because "arbeit" just means labor/work in German. I mentioned the native Japanese word of "seiyuu" binding all voice actors, regardless of nationality. Besides, animation isn't nationality based. Whether it's based of the French or English variant, "animation" isn't some nationalistic word. It's not like these words are false friends or anything. Anime and animation mean exactly the same thing, but it's how it's been used in Japan that we define it as something Japanese for Japanese by Japanese. I call Japanese animation "anime" but only for separation purposes. Technically, anything can be an anime, as long as it's animation of some sort. |
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Lavnovice9
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Uh, do you have any citations for these claims or what? Your comparisons seem weird. What are you comparing the Simpsons movie to? Anime movies? Does France even air any? What about television series? What about manga? How do you compare all those against one another logically across mediums? It seems like it'd be hard. Besides, I didn't say anything about profitable. Money is a whole different issue. Though I really want to know how you determine profit out of cartoons. Merchandise? DVD sales? This is why citations are important. If merchandise I'd be curious to see how it compares to marketing giants like Pokemon and stuff. I just have to doubt how many TV shows could stand up to Pokemon. American animation in Japan is literally crippled. They air on channels most people don't get. A lot of people in Japan don't get Japanese Cartoon Network and Disney. Nickelodeon Japan shut down a few years ago. I'm really interested to hear your evidence as to how it's popular in Japan at all. Is your whole argument based around Disney movies or something and not the television industry? I could see if most of that alleged 40% was something like Frozen's box-office gross. But that's not really a subculture or market like I was talking about |
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