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reanimator
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Is it the "Drawing the Line: The Untold Story of the Animation Unions from Bosko to Bart Simpson"? That book is 440 pages thick. Of course there are other thick books that love to talk about animations produced in the West. Probably Anime is not under their radar, so they didn't bother writing about it. I think those "historians" don't keep up to date with changes in animation industry and demographics. Their head is still stuck in the whatever era or subject matter that interests them. Basically they're in their own bubbles when they decided to write about history. |
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leafy sea dragon
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The name sounded familiar, so I looked it up--I have read it, but it was long after the research project (which I did in 2004). I also looked up more animation history books available at Barnes & Noble, but I could not find it.
I definitely know what you mean about historians, archivists, and retro enthusiasts stuck in bubbles from a particular era and not realizing things have changed since. I've met some people who are into arcade gaming from the 80's and don't realize video game competitions are no longer about people taking turns at a machine for the highest score, for one. |
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braves
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They've been a number of outsourcing to Japan for D.C. and Marvel movies recently. Avengers Confidential is a big one off the top of my head. |
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JaggedAuthor
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Side note: If the original ThunderCats series looked as good as the opening, I probably would have enjoyed it more. |
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Wrangler
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Sad state of affairs for anime. To expensive to make where money was, has moved on to other places where style and feel has changed it into something else.
I've fallen out of love of American made cartoons, since allot of the ones put on television with few exceptions are plain dumb, dumbed down, sometimes juvenile. I know a lot has changed, but sometimes haven't. Stupid parent groups among others changed children's television to point where their treating kids either stupid or don't want go through trouble producing arguably expensive cartoon that no one will watch. Sad. |
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Snomaster1
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During the 1980's and 90's,a number of Japanese companies did help out with American animation. I've often been of the view that it helped bring anime greater acceptance in America. If it weren't for shows like "Inspector Gadget,""C.O.P.S.""Rainbow Brite,"and shows like them,a lot of great anime wouldn't have even come to this country. It's a lot like putting sugar in bitter tasting medicine. It makes it easier to accept.
I hope that there are more Japanese-U.S. collaborations. I think that both American and Japanese animators are the best in the world. They may do well on their separate projects,but put them together,and you've got something really special. I'd like that,wouldn't you? |
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Anti_Nadalista
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Japanese animators lacks the time to make american shows and the man power. The best people are too busy doing their own stuff.
Okiura, Inoue, Nakamura, Nishio and the like don't look very interested in it. The anime industry is struggling to animate their own stuff to waste their time in something that others get credit for. The studios desperate for work to keep them alive are the ones accepting those jobs, The Answer Studio, Telecom animation, TMS and the quality is below average. America doesn't have the man power to produce those shows. CalArts can teach you how to animate for big budget movies but tv schedules and budgets are a very different beast. |
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