Is Japanese animation dominating US's?
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Do you think Japan animated shows are winning over American's?
Is Japanese animation dominating US's?
Do you think Japan animated shows are winning over American's?
- Ya, totally. Have you seen those new shows?
- 33 votes
- No, American's got more guts
- 1 votes
- I think there incomparable.
- 11 votes
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As you are aware of, American animation companies like Cartoon Network etc. are putting in new TV series. Most of them happened to be inspired by anime. Teen Titans, Winx, Puffy AmiYumi etc. all are based on anime. Some like Sigma 6 are anime WANNABE's! Also these Americanized animelike series are gaining more hits like original American cartoons like Atomic Betty and Rugrats.
As supposed to Japanese companies, they never seem to be inspired by stuff from America. Have you seen any anime simlar to Spongebob or the Simpsons? Probably not.
Although there ARE some exceptions in which American cartoons are really famous like Simpsons and Family Guy. Again, Japanese people rarely get inspirations from that either.
So in my opinion, I think that Japanese anime is stronger than American cartoons. (let's not count stuff from Disney, 2d TV series is what I mean). Famous anime: too many to count. Famous American animated series: Simpsons, Family Guy, and Spongebob. The other series don't dominate as much. So give me some opinions whether or not you think that Japanese anime is dominating American cartoons.
Hmmm your're right they are dominating.....but that's the only way to make money.......I guess.....But definitely I think they are dominating as the American's are trying to make their cartoon shows more animeish...but the Americans try too hard and they need to stop imitating..it kinda makes them uncreative taking ideas.....>_<
true, besides, we already got REAL anime so whatz the point of having Americans trying to imitate.
Heh, maybe... but... I think I like it that way.... Japan rules...
i think its more dominating because it seems like there is less american cartoons on saturdays and more anime plus i really dont like it when america tries to imitate anime because americans cant capture the thing that anime has
I rather like it. I look at the japanese culture to be adapting to our society and becoming more like us, while keeping their own beliefs...I think they have an interesting mix of western and eastern culture in japan. I personally would like to see the US to take on more culture from Japan. Are there any cartoons out there that dont seem anime inspired in some way or another? It all seems to blend together anymore. If you want to talk about strange tho...how come "anime" seems to be the only style of cartoon coming out of Japan? I mean doesn't it all in someway look the same? I wonder if they have some goofy shit cartoons like we have on Adult Swim on sunday's, I wonder if they would get a kick out of that stuff like we do, hehe.
Yup! I do believe that it is dominating the US's cartoons... because a whole lot of them are seen in the American channels, and well, you see them already trying to come up with something resembling anime, (you know, they see something popular, they try making something inspired from that, or at least similar that they'd hope would be more popular...:\ )
As a watcher of nearly every cartoon that comes to our shores, well, HELL YEAH! In our country, Japanese-made anime outnumber and overwhelm the Stateside 20 to 1. There's virtually no way in hell the Americans could even even the field when it comes to producing popular, high-quality animation.
100 percent yes, Americans are not going to watch american cartoons cuz they knoe japanese anime is way better so they watch anime more.
I thought that "Teen Titans" and "Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi" were originated from Japan not Us. Oh well, still like to watch them.
I do not mind that US is trying to adapt the Japanese style, at least US is starting to realize that anime is the greatest form of entertainment. Well beter then non-anime.
japanese is more better then americans. japanese has many creation like fma,onepiece,dn angel and konjiki no gash bell. but the americans only use english dub to change
No, Japanese animation is not dominating US animation, at least in North America. Most animated shows on North American TV are North American creations. Even on Cartoon Network, most shows are American. And shows like Simpsons and South Park are way more popular (at least in North America) than any anime, in large part because they are shown on regular networks, rather than special cable channels.
Stuff from Disney, Dreamworks, etc. does count because anime is still rare in movie theaters, and anime films are rarely shown on tv.
Also, anime is influenced by american animation and comics. Osamu Tezuka, father of manga and anime, was very influenced by Walt Disney films. Even today, you can see things like South Park in FLCL or the influence of things like Spawn in Kenshin & Trigun.
Dominating isn't a strong enough of a word to describe the comparison. When American animation decides to up the quality and graphics of their show, they might stand a chance. American animation still have the smell of Scooby Doo and The Flinstones in the shows.
*yawns* Congratulations, it took you how long to figure this out?
At least, last time I heard.
Forget animation, I think Americans are almost crazy about anything that's Japanese.
Not really, animes as of late seem to be uninspired and unoriginal. Hence why I have lost all faith in seeing anymore good animes.
It is hard to come up with something original and inspiring since everything has been thought of and done.
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Not really. Anime is a lot more popular than I thought. There are people at school that like anime when I thought I was the only one. On the other hand there are people that just don't get the point of anime (they hate it) or are into different things.
Im not anti american or anything, but i think our animation sux, no offense my fellow americans, but its true. THe art is so horrible it makes me sick, and lets not forget the pun on every line and the pointless story lines. So far i have not seen any good american anime adaptations, just a ton of crap.
I do agree that some american animation has gon bad such as: The oblongs and Home Movies. However I think the amaturish art was a style. The boondocks, however is getting back to a crisp type of animetion. Yes, anime is influencing how animetion is done in America, in part due to the increased range of age in the animation watchin demographic. By the way Speed Racer was also anime, but does not resemble the anime you see today. I don't know where Samuri Shamploo is done, but it sure has an American feel to its art, more so than anime, to me. Even Ghost in the Shell:SAC first season had a more realistic crisp approach. Hoever, I do think that the movie industry is famous for copy cating what does well. They all want to "cash in" on what sells well. So as long as we put our money into Anime, we will get better selection from what comes over seas and see more influence over here. There was a time when there was not much to choose from.
You may say that anime is dominating over U.S.'s, however you have to consider that American TV still shows American cartoons for about 98% of the time. Anime can only be called a dominating figure over the American counterpart when it is shown on a major cable network, like Cartoon Network, for more than 30% of its programming schedule. But, don't get me wrong, I love anime and I say that anime definately dominates artistically and in story base. I'm only saying that U.S. animation is still lingering around in ultra american "comedy" fanatics in the animation business. (dang quaffs)
Crap man...the Japanese are making alot of money when it comes to manga though...I mean, come on, ten bucks for a book that you'll read in an hour? Every bookstore I go to, they sell manga, even dvd stores and clothing stores!
I mean, the Japanese sell the untranslated manga for only five dollars...so if you don't want to blow all your money, learn Japanese :P
That's true and all, they do make money on manga, but for the people that are more realistic they would rather buy the $10 manga translated stuff at the local Borders or Barnes and Noble. By the way, I like manga and I do plan on learning Japanese anyway, so kudos for me.
You are asking an audience that the majority opinion is baised. This is an anime forum first and formost, most here will parrot back the same opinion. Now lets look at this objectively.
Anime has come a long way since the beginning. In fact the first anime goes back decades ago and it's influenced can be traced to the early works by Disney as distasteful as that may be to most of you. The problem comes in where it actually started in the early 60's maybe the 70's when groups of do-gooders held the thought that cartoons are for kids, afterwards all Bugs Bunny cartoons get edited now days.
Fast foreward to today. Here most of us are all grown up, able to buy our entertainment. While we grew up, our cartoons didn't. Enter anime which is used to cover a wider genre of settings, story telling and age groups. While American cartoons for the majority still caters to children or mature comedy.
Fact we are a small part of the consumer market, I don't know how much of an impact anime fans make though the younger fans are considered to be in the group with more disposable income. However parents by the vast majority of their children's entertainment, and I'll bet you most of it is NOT anime.
Anime can be considered successful in a world wide market as some titles are well known in Europe and almost unheard of it the US, Legend of Galactic Heroes for instance.
g0083us has it about right.
Manga is $10 because they have to translate it after all. They aren't doing it for free.