Do you think a similar rise in animation studios will happen in South Korea as Manhwa begin to gain more popularity?
| Exactly as the title says: Do you think a similar rise in animation studios will happen in South Korea as Manhwa begin to gain more popularity? Additionally, do you think the international audience will merge with the overall Japan-centric anime community or split off into its own thing? |
| Manhwas are getting adapted into live action series already. Well, at least the kind of romance dramas I read. |
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| I need more sales figures of korean adaptations of korean media inside korea to make that judgement. ChadtheChampion said: Additionally, do you think the international audience will merge with the overall Japan-centric anime community or split off into its own thing? I hope they split. I'm involved in a lot of different fanbases but I like to keep them seperate. Except when I make movie references on mal forums of course. |
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| I'm honestly hoping for it. There's probably a lot of series I wouldn't be exposed to otherwise since my interest in S. Korea is near non-existent. As long as the writing and animation checks out I'm more than willing to give it a few chances. As I did with Chinese productions .. and then stopped because I couldn't find anything remotely worth watching there sadly. I mean the art is fine mostly but the writing .. oh god the writing .. |
| Manhwa have been getting a lot of live actions k-drama but the thing is that even though they are lots of genres the theme at the end of the day all come down to romance. So it's awkward and all korean drama is set in Seoul so it's like watching the same scenery in every drama is boring. Of course Animation can change that but it's not like Japan where they are set in actual real locations |
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ChadtheChampion said: It's possible that South Korea may see a similar rise in animation studios as manhwa (Korean comics) gain more popularity. South Korea has a thriving animation industry, and there are already several Korean animation studios that produce animated shows and movies. As the global demand for diverse content continues to increase, it's likely that Korean animation studios will continue to gain attention and grow, especially if manhwa adaptations become more popular.Exactly as the title says: Do you think a similar rise in animation studios will happen in South Korea as Manhwa begin to gain more popularity? Additionally, do you think the international audience will merge with the overall Japan-centric anime community or split off into its own thing? As for the international audience merging with the Japan-centric anime community or splitting off into its own thing, it's difficult to say for sure. While anime has traditionally been associated with Japan and its unique cultural and artistic style, the global reach of anime and the increasing popularity of animation from other countries may lead to a more diverse and inclusive animation community. However, it's also possible that the international audience may continue to maintain a separate identity or subculture, particularly if their interests and tastes differ significantly from the mainstream anime fandom. Ultimately, only time will tell how the animation industry and fandoms will continue to evolve and grow in the future. |
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| I reckon it'll get there. There was already that Chinese one on Netflix that's been popular (Scissor Seven), so I can see Korean ones doing it. Everything Korean is becoming genuinely mainstream the last few years too (kpop, korean movies and kdrama). One problem is that the biggest manhwa that got animated (like Tower of God, God of High School and Noblesse) were given to Japanese anime studios, so maybe Korean publishers are scared to risk giving their biggest series to a Korean animation studio, since they know the Japanese studios are experienced and that making it in Japanese can sell well in Japan, Korea and worldwide, whereas they don't know if a Korean anime will get ignored? Or maybe they genuinely lack the talent right now - I know Japanese anime studios outsource to Korea a lot, but maybe they only outsource certain parts of the anime-making process and Korea is missing other key parts? The Korean government is putting money into developing Korean anime, so maybe that'll bear fruit soon, although I don't know if it's enough money or if they're putting the money into the right places. One of those links says that even in 2013 70% of animation revenue within Korea was for homegrown shows, but I've also read that it's mostly stuff aimed at little kids and not stuff for teens/adults. I think the fans of Japanese and Korean animation would overlap heavily, because manhwa and manga fans have a huge overlap. |
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| Arguably South Korea has the best and some of the biggest animation studios worldwide...but for some reason those mostly work on outsourced projects from The States, Japan ect. I never understood why they don't adapt their own most popular comics like Solo Leveling, Noblesse, The God Of High School and many more. At least it would be way cheaper instead of going through japanese companies, which will hire back korean animators. Apparently they don't see such projects as sustainable...specifics of the animation market? JaniSIr said: Manhwas are getting adapted into live action series already. This would work with drama, but how about action/adventure? China is mass producing their wuxia and xianxia into donghua, so I guess there's market for that. |
| Would be interesting, they could make a sister site called "myaenimeilist.net" or something then. |
alshu said: This would work with drama, but how about action/adventure? China is mass producing their wuxia and xianxia into donghua, so I guess there's market for that. Idk, the only action adventure manhwa I read was about making sex toys from monster parts. |
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ChadtheChampion said: full disclosure here I am technically Korean since I was actually born in Seoul but lived most of my life in other places in the West mostly in America. Exactly as the title says: Do you think a similar rise in animation studios will happen in South Korea as Manhwa begin to gain more popularity? Additionally, do you think the international audience will merge with the overall Japan-centric anime community or split off into its own thing? To Answer this question here. Popularity of Manhwa and Manhua will never bring a rise in animation studios in South Korea or even in China, at least not in any immediate future or likely in my life time. Manhwa and Manhua adaptations lack one thing that will never let it rise to the level of Japanese Anime adopted from Manga and light novels and it's mainly for a pretty shallow, petty, and almost a juvenile reason. The one main thing that will perpetually hold both China and South Korea down is "sexual content". In both of these countries pornography is completely outlawed. In fact there is a zero-tolerance policy in China in regards to any sexual content in any medium produced in this country. This extremely limits the broad appeal in of any industry where sex always sells when trying to reach outside of it's country. Like it or not, one of the main reason why Japanese Anime has become so popular all over the world is because it's unrestrained in this context. Japan is allowed to mass produce media and art with sexual content (sometimes so extreme places in the west won't allow it in their countries) that can't be found anywhere else in the world. Granted Japan does have it's limits where they have to censore such things as genitals but not to the level of a place like South Korea where if there is even a scene on TV where a girl happens to lift up her skirt and the audience is suppose to get to see a glimpse of their panties, they will not only censore her panties but completely blur out everything from the waist down to her knees. Even in South Korea producing something that lets the viewers see a woman's nipples briefly could get them thrown in prison. Japan will always remain supreme and it's all because of sex. |
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| Maybe, it would be interesting to get to know more and different titles, and in the future MyAnimeList could change to MyAnimationList and include every type of animation, well it already allows non jp stuff so I'm still not sure why I can't add Avatar in my list. And maybe She-ra as well, it wouldn't be a bad idea. |
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