Forum - View topicThe List - 7 Japan-International Co-Productions
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tasogarenootome
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I knew about Big O, but not SAC. I'd be interested to hear more about that. Was it also funded by Cartoon Network? |
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UtenaNicoletta
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Then there's First Squad: The Moment of Truth, which has Russian dialogue and was directed by a Russian director but was animated in Japan. It's a bad movie, but at least the animation is nice.
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NJ_
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There's also the Street Fighter cartoon which Graz Entertainment (US) was involved with but unlike the failed Darkstalkers cartoon, this show had it's animation done in Japan with Madhouse for season 1 & Sunrise for season 2. |
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Philmister978
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Actually, Sunrise also did several episodes in season one (half that season, Madhouse did the other half). |
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StudioToledo
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The real excuse for those like Dungeons & Dragons is merely needing a place overseas to handle the "grunt work" in, as American studios, especially after several strikes in 1979 and '82 decided to go overseas than to deal with union workers back home. These things are still primarily scripted and designed back home unless otherwise noted, usually the studio overseas is never given much creative freedom as much as the budget calls for them to get it finished and shipped back. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runaway_production This could vary elsewhere in the world where I feel such productions like Ulysses 31 and other European classics probably didn't have much flak from those European companies and those tend to seem more like co-productions with the Japanese studio often more control over certain artistic or storytelling directions.
Can we just call them cartoons?
You can thank America's love in Big O for allowing that second season to happen.
You're lucky to see it at all. That show had potential of being a hit here in the US as I see it (the fact the character designer behind this also worked for Disney makes it a shoe-in, too bad he passed away a while back). I see an English dub was produced though it was handled by some UK group and it's what it is I say (I could picture the Intersound guys behind this one like they did on Dogtanian and Willy Fog). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDCHcPhaW-g |
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Joe Carpenter
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man, the ending of the second season of Big O is so bugnuts insane, it really makes me wish they got to make more of it just to see what the hell they would do next
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jymmy
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First Squad is gorgeous. It's basically my perfect anime movie, apart from not being any good. I'm also amused that the Japanese dub they did later is pretty respectable and the English dub they did later is lousy, and that the original language dub is the best. Not that I'd extend this comparison at all; it's just interesting to note. |
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Haterater
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New Year's Resolution is to do more time management the most. So far, things are going well. Planning and not procrastinating at lot is making me finish more things than usual.
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Emerje
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Transformers really is a better representative of 80's co-op work between the US and Japan than D&D is because it works on so many different levels and continues to today after 30 years. You've got Hasbro, Marvel, and Takara working on the toy line and fiction and Marvel, Sunbow, and Toei working on the cartoon. This went on for many years until Hasbro stopped producing toys in the US, but kept the line running in the UK alongside Takara while Takara also kept the cartoon going.
On the animation front Hasbro and Takara have continued to partner up on shows, most notable is the Unicron Trilogy (Armada, Energon, Cybertron), though individually produced shows from both sides have been released to the other like Car Robots and Animated. Current exceptions include Takara Tomy's Transformers Go! and Hasbro Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters. Strangely enough even though the Marvel comics weren't released in Japan, Takara Tomy has done two Masterpiece figures from them: King Grimlock and the upcoming G2 Sideswipe. Transformers is the ultimate cooperative work. |
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ANN_Lynzee
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Manga Entertainment provided some of the funding on the S.A.C series. |
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Kakugo
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No KITE LIBERATOR? I'm disappointed...
(In Kite Liberator. Not at Lynzee for forgetting it existed.) |
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stipekfilm
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Hmmm...
The Last Unicorn was not made for British television - it was produced entirely for an international theatrical release in 1982. It sold best in the United States. I'm also surprised The Flight of Dragons is missing from this list; once again, a Rankin/Bass Production like Unicorn (and/or Topcraft) |
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StudioToledo
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It was released through Lew Grade's company ITC (some of us may recall that logo during the initial syndication airings of The Muppet Show in the states). I've often heard the film was far more popular in Germany than here in the states, were it became an annual festival treat on television during Christmas.
Arguably you might also include the Tolkien specials that were also done by Topcraft as well, all these films were pretty much handled by Topcraft for Rankin/Bass. |
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stipekfilm
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Ahh... very good points. I forgot about the ITC logo; after I posted I went and did a Wiki search on the film. You're correct. Major following in Germany! Funny, my production company is working with Michael Chase Walker, the producer of The Last Unicorn. More info on that here: www.examiner.com/article/new-project-announced-by-trico-films Thanks for the clarification StudioToledo |
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CrowLia
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Am I the only one laughing sadly at the poll results showing Sailor Moon in second place for most expected, just the day after it's delay is confirmed? I know the poll was conducted before the announcement, but it still makes me sad.
For new year's resolution I voted "travel more". I'm a really sedentarian person with a newfound thirst for adventure and I'd really like to get to actually seen more of the world out there. |
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