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INTEREST: Cowboy Bebop Writer: Anime Will Die Out in Few Decades

Another aspect, is that if japanese new english more, they'd be able to produce much more anime far much more varied markets. Eg: You want to sell anime to a place like Saudi Arabia who have a lot of money. You do your research and come up with something that will appeal to them. Thinking globally is the way forward, but without that, and focusing too much on the niche anime audience, the anime industry will cannibalise itself, til there's nothing left.

I can't argue with the guy and have noticed it myself in recent years. I used to buy up anime constantly, sometimes purchasing 3 or 4 titles at any one time as their volumes came out. My purchases over the past 2 years have dropped to next to nothing.

Judging from the sample of comments, it won't be piracy that kills the mediums, but over-pricing and that pride and stubborness that they have will take out their publishers.

I noticed something else. There are a good few manga about actually making manga (Comic Party, Bakuman etc), but where are the same representative tales about making anime? Seems there hasn't been anything since Gainax's Otaku No Video way back in the late 80's. Perhaps Genshiken is the modern version of that.

Sato was upset with the lack of respect for stories in Japan. He pointed out that “Ergo Proxy,” for which he wrote the story, had DVD box sets around the world, but not in Japan.

He also said that many anime fans dismissed “Eureka Seven” as a “Neon Genesis Evangelion” clone without even watching it.

Sato praised rap and hip hop because, to him, it looks like they are still underground and people don’t sell out. He equated manga with rap, because it takes less people to produce and authors/artists tend not to sell out.

Even if the commercial industry denies someone, there is doujinshi, or the “super indies.” Manga is where anime has traditionally drawn its stories and creativity, but the industry is becoming more reliant on it. As Sato sees it: “Manga is the last hold out. If that is lost, there will be no more anime.”

Precisely! This is what I was talking about several pages ago. Although there are always several normal shows released yearly, there is always more moe/fanservice/cute girls shows.

Creators aren't making what they really want to anymore, they make what will sell and get tons of ratings. When I think what has been made in the last four-five years, I too think Sato has the right to his opinion.

I love anime and slice of life anime. But the slice of life anime I watch typically isn't cute moe girls doing moe things. I need a show with a solid plot, characters that aren't stereotypical (or if they are, I want to some character development) and some originality.

If anime is to be made in the future, I rather see shows with a solid plot and likable characters rather than cutesy, clumsy moe shows.

“If we are always escaping from reality and real problems, when will we face them?”

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Sato also decried series that were more about escape than about confronting real problems, and proclaimed that the anime industry in Japan is a "super establishment system" rather than a creative force, focused more on characters and on merchandise.

If true, probably will happen then.

rockman nes wrote:

Ranma824 wrote: I'll take wish fulfillment nonsense over anything Sato can write every day of the week. I'm a douchebag.

Double Fixed.

He stated that “we can’t do our own anime” and depend on subcontractors for in-between frames. These subcontractors are often not even aware of the product they are working on, and it loses its consistency.

about the complaint about moe -- I hope people realize that with 150-200 anime a year, perhaps only 1/4 maybe 1/3 at times might be considered moe. ... So what say you about the MAJORITY of anime that is not moe?

Ever keep track of the Oricon charts? See the ANN top 20 weekly dvd/bd sellers? Oh, wait... guess what, the majority is NOT moe.

However, when he does go on ranting about escapism and not dealing about real life issues and NEETs or the unemployed... umm.. this is what the majority of fiction entails. I read A LOT of SF and Fantasy, and that argument would apply there and everywhere, though I see nothing to complain about.

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about the complaint about moe -- I hope people realize that with 150-200 anime a year, perhaps only 1/4 maybe 1/3 at times might be considered moe. ... So what say you about the MAJORITY of anime that is not moe? Ever keep track of the Oricon charts? See the ANN top 20 weekly dvd/bd sellers? Oh, wait... guess what, the majority is NOT moe.

Now thats a straw man tactic right there, technically by definition, maybe, but most people here have said more then just moe in there explanations, by saying moe, also meaning cutesy girls doing cutesy things, cute in general, that entire ring genre is whats highest and that DOES make up for the most shows being made and the highest sellers, K-ON's live BD was the highest seller for how long? Exactly, more shows each season are made this way then any other genre, and thats a fact, how many shounen shows were made last season, and the season before? compared to the "hot new" strike witches or the next highschool cutesy drama thing that they wait to just throw out like chum to sharks