Anime as a sub-genre of nearly every other genre is pretty crazy in and of itself. The fact that there exists an anime somewhere covering just about every genre and subject that you can imagine is the product of a culture perhaps far more understanding and open to experimentation.
In the west we have very specific subjects for our animated films and very specific celebrity voices included in the attempt to include everyone and not offend anyone. In Japan….not so much.
The Anime market has changed a lot since the boom of the early 90s when Manga video was releasing all manner of craziness on to video and ramping up the language and the violence to generate love and word of mouth with teenage boys everywhere. At some point around 1997 however the well ran dry and all the back catalogue of crazy Japanese films from the late 80s and...
In the west we have very specific subjects for our animated films and very specific celebrity voices included in the attempt to include everyone and not offend anyone. In Japan….not so much.
The Anime market has changed a lot since the boom of the early 90s when Manga video was releasing all manner of craziness on to video and ramping up the language and the violence to generate love and word of mouth with teenage boys everywhere. At some point around 1997 however the well ran dry and all the back catalogue of crazy Japanese films from the late 80s and...
- 6/7/2013
- by Chris Holt
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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