Forum - View topicWhy are the scene and the industry in this state?
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egoist
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Tell me about how many anime fans get into the fandom by buying a £20 DVD while most big shot Hollywood productions are less than half of that. I'm not talking about those already in the fanbase. I'm talking about fresh new blood. The anime fanbase here has always (ever since I got into anime for good, about 6 years ago) reminded me of a dying old population. Your methods are conventional and similar to what makes a country full of retired people with very few youngsters to pay the bills. |
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RAmmsoldat
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I got into anime via the free stuff on telly. Castle in the sky on the BBC as a kid and then later in life sitting up till 3-4am in the morning watching the likes of monster city and the overfiend movies on the sci-fi channel
hell im still an active member of the animeonscifi board wich spawned from people who posted on the sci-fi internet boards before they got spammed to death by the people in the ultimate gamer forum. |
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faintsmile1992
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Yep that's my point. From the perspective of the industry (which is a business) these people are used to something for nothing, won't buy anything and can be ignored cause they wont buy. |
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yurihellsing
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Another or better question could be what happened to the British animation industry i mean barring Wallace & Gromit can anyone name a big British animation from the last 10 years?
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UtenaAnthy
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The british animation industry has never been up to much (and I say this as someone from the u.k.), but there was The Secret of Kells (irish film) recentlyish, didn't make a big splash commercially but it did well on the festival circuit (also got an oscar nom, I think) and it was an excellent feature film. The studio that made it has another film planned called "Song of the Sea" which they've released a trailer for, it seems to be about the selkie myth: "The story of the last Seal Child’s journey home. After their mother’s disappearance, Ben and Saoirse are sent to live with Granny in the city. When they resolve to return to their home by the sea, their journey becomes a race against time as they are drawn into a world Ben knows only from his mother’s folktales. But this is no bedtime story; these fairy folk have been in our world far too long. It soon becomes clear to Ben that Saoirse is the key to their survival." http://www.cartoonsaloon.ie/2009/06/feature-films-song-of-the-sea/ |
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RAmmsoldat
Posts: 1261 Location: North wales coast |
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You mean you dont know of the amazing achievement in animation that is sir billi? good lord man
totally agree, seems people discovered 3D animation and hit the cruise control button and the UK just packed it all in. To be fair the UK animation industry has mostly been about advertising since its inception with the odd foray into stuff like when the wind blows, watership down and the plague dogs. |
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yurihellsing
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Did i say give me a week or two? cause i meant a year or two! |
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12skippy21
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Where is your answer then?
Given the age of this thread, might be time to re-comment on any changes that have occurred over the last two or so years. I think there has been a little improvement, but that might be down to more shows I like getting released here. I am too old to comment on new blood, anyone younger want to comment? However thanks to Hollywood making all these big comic book movies I have noticed the average age of shoppers at the Nottingham comic book shops decrease over the last couple of years with more families entering the shops. Whether the scene is getting better I am not sure but the geek niche does seem to be getting bigger. Hell I have been recommending anime shows to my mates 11 year old son (age appropriate ofcourse though)! 
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yurihellsing
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see the thing is im not sure where im going with most of it
first draft https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/69205968/Ok%20my%20long%20answer.docx |
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Highway Star
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[quote="RAmmsoldat"]You mean you don't know of the amazing achievement in animation that is sir billi? good lord man
/quote] You should be banned for even mentioning that atrocity. I hope I never have to subject my eyes to such absolute cancer ever again. 
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