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Sea Lion
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Following a link from good ol' IMDB.com, I read this article here which talks about how modern Hollywood animated features are becoming more adult-oriented because the cartoon-raised generation, like myself, is now the grown-ups with jobs and purchasing power. Naturally, I thought of anime and how it's been making adult-oriented stuff for decades.
My question is: Does anyone else think anime may possibly be on the verge of hitting the big time in Hollywood, if this article is true? It could be. I mean, with the studios taking more looks, and chances, than ever on anime properties, we could be on the cutting edge of the new "big thing" in Hollywood, post-comic book and 3D epic films. Conversely, if things like Rango and the proposed Akira Hollywood adaptation fail, animation will fall into the kiddie-entertainment ghetto where it's lived for many, many years. |
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Personally, I think the article was another example of how distant average moviegoers in the U.S. - even ones who like Pixar/Disney/Dreamworks/etc. animated films - are from an acknowledgment of anime. The article does not even mention anime and with lines like
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Unicorn_Blade
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There has been a lot of talk about it for many years, and nothing ever happened. There were projects to do live actionf of Cowboy Bebop (have hbeen hearing about oit for at least 5 years), Ninja Scroll, some mentions of Paprika, and a few others. With no result. Even american live actions have not increased the interest in the original anime. In the same way, ther has been no increased interest in Asian cinematography despite of some remakes of brillians Asian films (like Scorsese's Departed, not many people took up the original despite it being much much better). All in all, it's more like, people who are interested in it will remain interested, those who are nto are not going to become more interested. |
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Charred Knight
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The golden age of anime in America is over. An anime hasn't been massively popular since the first FMA (6 years), and Dragonball and Naruto are the only really dependable money maker anymore.
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naninanino
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What a horrible article. Not only is it completely dismissing anime, but western animation as well. Shrek and Kung Fu Panda? What about animated movies such as Lord of the Rings, Hobbit, Starchaser, Fire and Ice, Watership Down and I don't know, Prince of Egypt?
I'm not even that well versed in western animation, but western animation has taken like three steps back and one step forward. Typical Pixar hyping.
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heuno3030
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I don't think Anime is taking over American cinema any time soon (or even that far into the future). I mean, how marketable is it in the states, anyways? I know there is a growing number of anime viewers here in North America but, then again, there's a REALLY HUGE GAP of people that don't even know what it is - the popular anime here isn't even all that well known (ask anyone what Naruto is and see what answer you get)
Honestly, the best you can hope for is that they manage to list Pokémon as an example. At least there's Miyazaki. Disney marketed the hell out of Ponyo and I remember there being crowds of families going to see the movie (at least where I lived). Maybe you're on to something. But, that adult-market thing is going to take a tremendous amount of time to come true. |
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