| If you are here, you likely think that anime is better than western animation. I'm one of them. I used to watch a lot of cartoons before falling out of love with them and switching to anime. So, should cartoons try to be anime? I definitely think that they can learn from anime, but I remember that I didn't like it when cartoons copied anime when I liked cartoons. I don't know if I'll like it now, but I doubt I'll like it. Cartoons should be their own thing. |
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| What's with the influx of threads concerning Western animation? Anyway, I think Western animation should continue doing its own thing. Maybe some more shows with ambitious storytelling and themes would be welcome but copying anime isn't some golden goose to success. |
| They can do whatever they want. I still think anime is perfect the way it is |
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| They can try but they will fail. xD Okay in seriousness....that just really isn't something that can be done...it's a cultural gap. No Western cartoon will ever be 'just like anime' and no anime will ever be 'just like a western cartoon'. |
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| Maybe, if they keep the voices to japanese. |
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| I prefer the anime art-style, but they should not copy it if they can`t draw it well. Not trying to be rude, but a lot of western artists are not good at character designs from what I seen of most anime inspired art. Anime art is often shunned in art classes partially for that reason. |
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| Nah, why does everything gotta be like anime? Just let the Western animators do what they want. Please stop with all the "West this West that" threads. It's kinda cringe ngl. |
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| No.Western animation should be able to compete with anime in their own way.Not be trying to copy anime. |
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rohan121 said: Anime art is often shunned in art classes partially for that reason. It's all cartoon characters honestly....teachers don't like you drawing Disney stuff in classes either. xD (went through that phase lol) The reason is actually that they want you to 'broaden your horizon'. They think if you JUST stick to drawing cartoons, you won't learn things like still lifes, the right perspective, abstract art and other crap like that. lol |
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| I'm fine with more western shows being influenced by anime, but I don't think they should all just straight up copy anime. I'm not one of those people who hates the way western animation looks, and I'd prefer to keep my cartoons the way they are. I like my western shows ugy and cartoony as shit. |
FanofActionMay 5, 2021 10:02 PM
| I know anime is seen as superior because it’s pretty and flashy and all that mess. But in reality it can be pretty overdone and repetitive in designs. Just continually doing the same semi realistic human body/face over and over again is repetitive. It can also be limiting to facial expressions, body movements and very wacky animation that the stuff like looney toons, adventure time or the amazing world of gimbal has etc. like almost all anime is the same artistically but in different fonts. anime is nice but it has many downsides and I don’t think we should just replace everything we have here with that like japan. They’re are many anime that would’ve been better without the Anime artstyle. |
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| The problem is that alot of Western companies are obsessed with live-action and refuse to animate things. Why is there not a Watchmen animated series or a Kingdom Come animated series? If anything, they should copy seeing the potential in animating their properties. |
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| Nah, it would be a disservice to anime. |
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| Straight up copying? of course not, but I don't see a problem with each being influenced by one another. |
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| No I don't want the animation industry suddenly looking the same across the board although cross cultural (is that the right word?) things like the big o and panty and stocking from japan and the last airbender from america are cool to see from time to time. |
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| No. They can if they want to, it just that they have no reason to do it. |
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Nurguburu said: Ironically, the most popular western cartoons are heavily inspired by anime. Even great western live-action movies are inspired by anime (The Matrix). |
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| no, I don't want american VAs saying "kyaa", they should do their own thing |
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| Yes they should. They should begin by weaning off their obsession with 3D and "realistic grafix". Western animation should go back to making good 2D animation with decent background art and even proportionate anatomy like they used to until the 90's (Gargoyles, Jonny Quest, SWAT Kats, Thunder Cats, Mummies Alive, G.I Joe, The Centurions, Defenders of the Earth, even Disney saturday morning cartoons, etc). It's not even like there is no demand for them. The popularity of anime in the west is the proof of it. |
| No? Western animation is great in its own way. There are a lot of good western series. The only thing we should take from anime here maybe is the wide variety of genres. You can find anime from any genres, it's really a huge media. |
Otakulover99May 6, 2021 1:57 AM
| Aren't they already trying to copy? Anyway, they couldn't even copy properly, so I don't care. |
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| Doesn't Western Animation copy anime any way? I know anime copied Western Animation. |
| If anything I think JP anime should copy more of Western animation because they are so fluid lol. It's almost like watching 60fps videos, but I think it would suck balls because the artstyle used is so different. |
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| Total drama the anime would literally be the best anime to ever exist we can only hope it will happen |
fluffycow17 said: If you are here, you likely think that anime is better than western animation. That's a large leap of logic. Chiibi said: rohan121 said: Anime art is often shunned in art classes partially for that reason. It's all cartoon characters honestly....teachers don't like you drawing Disney stuff in classes either. xD (went through that phase lol) The reason is actually that they want you to 'broaden your horizon'. They think if you JUST stick to drawing cartoons, you won't learn things like still lifes, the right perspective, abstract art and other crap like that. lol Good to know. I hadn't heard about that, as I haven't really taken any art classes. Knockabout said: The problem is that alot of Western companies are obsessed with live-action and refuse to animate things. Why is there not a Watchmen animated series or a Kingdom Come animated series? If anything, they should copy seeing the potential in animating their properties. This here is what I would most like to see. |
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| Just the visual part and nothing else. I don't want to see some western cartoon characters explaining their own power to their foes or trying to talk no jutsu for like hours. |
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| No, western animation copying anime would make the unique differences between the two go away. Stuff like Infinity Train and Bojack Horseman are great, they don't need to be like anime to be good. I also just enjoy the different writing styles between the two. Influence is fine, copying is not. |
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| Artstyle-wise they're fine the way they are. I wish we could see more stories that took influence from anime kind of like Star Vs., I remember liking that when I was younger also more variety in the type of shows that we have (though that's not really an anime thing) "adult animation" has only a few type of shows and while that doesn't mean those shows are bad it'd be nice to see more types of things explored |
| I don't mind if they do, but they never really stick the landing when they try. Castlevania is very good, if RWBY was a lot more polished I could see other shows being made in the same vein and being more enjoyable. Probably don't have to talk about Avatar, that show's amazing. Like Rinrinka said above though, this is only about visuals, Western cartoons copying anime tropes would be fucking awful. |
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| theres the old marvel/ still DC, kinda what they used for invincible western artstyle which is what I watch western cartoons for. I dont want them to go anime-ish. the other is the southpark garbage. I dont want it. and anime wont make it better. so as a whole, NO. |
| No, it's fine the way it is... besides for the sterotypical "calarts" artsyle loll |
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| The few things that Western animation should grab from anime are Amount of variety in stories Influx in animation production without copying the Japan's strict schedule Anything else nah, especially comedy. Japan cartoons can't touch Western cartoons in comedy. And I don't need anime's mostly shitty romance shows, forcing down "cute" into the shows, obsession with idols, the type of little things/situations that the characters would react to in the most unnecessary way, and sacrificing quality in production for the sake of making it fit weekly schedule. Thanks. |
MechKingKillbotMay 12, 2021 8:12 AM
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| "Should Western animation copy anime?" - They (western animators) already do that for decades. - Why not if they also try many other things? |
| I haven't watched much cartoons. Most of them had childish art due to being aimed towards young children (Tom & Jerry, Dexter's Lab). But some others also came along with more mature art, such as Batman the Animated Series and Men in Black. Both cartoons and anime have their own unique art styles. For example, in most anime, almost all characters have big eyes. Japanese companies must have a stereotypical reason as to why they portray people with such big eyes but applying the same concept to western animation might not be a great idea. |
| Best ending line in anime history = "My name is Saiki Kusuo. I am a psychic." |
| Why is this framed in the way like both industries already haven't influenced each other? But no I don't really care either visually nor idk audience wise. Rather I'm missing 80's cartoons. Europe wise I like animated movies and short animations a lot more and find much easily things to watch or at least stuff I'm interested in compared to current anime. Marona's Fantastic Tale for example visually I think is a lot more interesting than animated movies that came that year from Japan. |
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| I don't think anime copied western cartoons. One of the most popular western cartoon 'The Lion King' was a rip-off of 'kimba' |
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| @MHAisTrueKing You don't see a resemblance between "Jungle Emperor" and any older western cartoon? For example, Bambi? |
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