Forum - View topicWhat Will Keep Anime Popular?
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Craeyst Raygal
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I've been thinking of this for a while now ever since I started attended a local library's anime club meetings. (note: you know times are moving on when Tenchi fans are referred to as "old school", bloody spoiled newbies). There's a fair crowd for my humble suburb, and a pretty diverse one as well (girls and all, though strangely not of the screaming fangirl type... I feel so out of touch)
Anyways, with anime in abundance and the ocean-crossing accelerated, anime is at a height those of us who were exposed to it through grainy VHS of Project A-Ko could never have dreamed of. Question is, will it hit the wall or is there further to go? And if there is further- naturally there always (i.e. dominance of the airwaves, billion dollar blockbuster theater releases, etc) is but speaking in a more realistic sense- how should the companies go about exploring strange new worlds and endless possibilities? And am I just rambling as I've always done? |
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The Ramblin' Wreck
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Quality will keep the drive alive.
Sturgeon's Law is in full force for anime as for all entertainment. Thus, for every Kare Kano, there are scores of dull, repetative, cliche'd, poorly written romances. If you have a good product, either commercially or artistically, you will contiune to generate interest and a fanbase. |
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animegmr01
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Lets see, the increase in animation quality.
Uh, the original ideas that keep popping up. The animation quality and great story lines keep me into anime. |
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GATSU
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They shouldn't over-saturate the market with knock-offs, as 'Wreck has pointed out. They should emphasize variety. That's why Pioneer's in trouble today. Because they've been catering to fans who watch anything from AIC, so when they try to cross over into different genres like Lupin, they just don't get the same sales. Or look at Viz, whose dependence on Takahashi forced Shueisha to bail them out when Tokyopop and ADV were beating them in sales. And the last thing any of these companies should do is depend on a cash cow like Pokemon or Yu Gi Oh to keep them going. That's probably part of why FUNimation is so slow to release One Piece, and more willing to take a chance on Detective Conan. Yu Yu Hakusho hasn't been as big for them as DBZ, and so they realized they needed something that wasn't about fighting.
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Emerje
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If history can repeat it's self every 10 or so years we'll be in good shape. For those of us who have been watching for a long time we can only hope that the new stuff stays interesting. But don't forget that people are going to always be newbies when it comes to anime. If they take titles that beginers don't know about and lang time fans haven't seen in a long time and remake/reinvent/rejuvinate them for a new generation of fans things can continue to thrive.
Look at Tenchi, it ran for a while, stopped, took a break, and now it seems things are running at full force again. I really think revivals could be the answer. Take a series that hasn't been shown in years, give it a good update and a new story and things can remain fresh, but familiar. Of course that doesn't mean to totally disregard new titles, but breathing new life into popular titles could keep things constant. Emerje |
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GATSU
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Tenchi didn't really die. Like Evangelion, there was a loyal cadre of followers who would buy every incarnation of the series and (in this case)who harassed the hell out of AIC to produce more of it. I think the real way to keep today's fans watching anime is to expose them to a wide variety of old-school titles.
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Ken-san
Posts: 32 Location: Michigan |
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I'm of the belief that the more kids grow up with this stuff, the more they won't be able to live without it. I mean, growing up with Voltron and Robotech only fueled my desire to find more compelling animation, and the next generation will be no different.
Depending on cash cows is a really bad idea as was said, mainly because the company behind them becomes so wrapped up in it, they neglect to acquire new stuff. Lastly, the industry needs to branch out with more stuff. I seriously think that a (non-magical girl) shoujo show will pop up on TV within the next year or two. Simply because the need to grow will demand it. If only Slam Dunk could make it on TV . . . that'd truly be something . . . Ken-san (semi-retired anime journalist) |
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RantingOtaku
Posts: 219 Location: Sudbury, Ontario, Canada |
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What Will Keep Anime Popular? hmmm,
this is just my personal opinion, since I haven't seen as many titles as most of you, and because I have my own styles I like to watch (hell, I'm a guy and I watched sailor moon, the story itself was very nice). What is needed is more original ideas or storylines, not the 1billionth version of Gundam, or Sailor Moon redo's / knockoff's. It's sad to say but it seems (to me) that all the original ideas are going the way of their creators.. Dead/Dying, Retired, Retiring (sp?), like Mr. Mayazaki (hope I spelt it right), I'm sure he has tons more ideas in that wonderful head of his, but he's probably tired of the stress by now. It'd be nice to see a completely new idea (maybe even drawing style), although I'm sure it's a mind blower thinking of something that hasn't been done. Unfortunatly I can't give an example right now, it's late and I have early classes tomorrow. I'll try to think of one by tomorrow afternoon 
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Craeyst Raygal
Posts: 1383 Location: In the garage, beneath a 1970 MGB GT. |
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Originality and quality seem to be the leading causes. I'll agree to that. A slip in quality or tons of knock-offs would indeed kill interest. However, the art style point catches me the most. Distinctive art does seem to help (Toshihiro Kawamoto's character designs, for instance) but it does seem like a liability when taken too far (Peter Cheung, anyone?). Or what about the recent revival of older styles as in the new Astro Boy or Cyborg 009? Will these concepts affect themselves to fans and the general population alike?
What can I say, devil's advocate is a fun role. |
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GATSU
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The revivals may not necessarily add to anything new, but it might at least create an interest in different styles.
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