How does japan respond to anime influenced cartoons

deadleeserious said:
Saying you don't like American animation because you're not a kid anymore then freely admitting you like "kid's shows" like Beyblade and Digimon is a serious double standard, whether you consider them to be more mature than American cartoons or not.

Titan XL said:
Sorry, but I disagree.

I've yet to see a Western kids show anywhere near as interesting as Fullmetal Alchemist, Naruto, Digimon Adventure, Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters, or any show like that.

Onibokusu said:


I seriously can't believe you folk are arguing about the maturity of anime-style cartoons.

Synrite said:

I seriously can't believe how you can post over 2000 times on this website, but i accept it nonethless. You should do that same. At the very least this is more interesting then "Name your favorite anime that made you cry".

Onibokusu said:


No, it's about as interesting as pre-cracked pepper and on the same level as discussing anime that make you cry.

Synrite said:


Yet, you took the time to post, and find and link a youtube vid here......there are several excuses you can come up with for this, but pretty much all of them will make you look pitiful nonetheless.

Onibokusu said:


Sorry, did I offend you in some way? Because I can't see how stating that I was making a throw away post in a shit thread like this is 'pitiful'. Defending this thread simply because you invested time in it is quite humorous.

Synrite said:


I can't be offended by randoms online, only disappointed.

As i just said, pitiful.

Onibokusu said:


The tone of your posts reflects quite the contrary.

Synrite said:


speaking of reflect....

Onibokusu said:
Video

TitanXL said:


Please tell me that was some student project, because the idea of modern cartoon creators following the guide of Tim Buckley's House of Art of grabbing random real-life pictures off Google image search to use as background and just copy/pasting ugly Flash characters over it means it's worse than I thought.

TitanXL said:
Though I think it's further proof 'awards' are meaningless in America.

hentai_proxy said:
The question still stands.

Q: Were your first drawings as a child influenced by the aftermath of Hiroshima? We remember that one of Dr. Hell’s officers (Mazinger’s nemesis) was an ex-Nazi.

A: I have been asked the same question about Dr. Hell several times here in the Middle East, but I’d like to point out that Dr. Hell is not supposed to be German. I would never associate the “bad guy” with a particular nation, because it would be unfair to the people of that country. We have already seen many Hollywood movies where the bad guys were sometimes Russians, sometimes Arabs, and I don’t really think this has helped in spreading understanding between cultures.

Having said this, the war experience surely affected my whole childhood and the formation of my personality. Even if I have not experienced any bombing or fighting, all the adults around me kept telling me horrible stories about the war, so I grew up with [the awareness] that my works should deliver a message of peace.

I was particularly saddened when I found out that in many countries I was considered to be an author who loves to depict battles and destruction just for the fun of it. The reason why I depict the effects of war in my manga is because I strongly believe that a person should learn from childhood how war can be destructive and how much people and societies may suffer from it, just the same way I learned it from the stories of adults around me when I was a little child. If we raise a child telling him only the nice and happy things of life, he will be unable to cope with all the hardships he will inevitably meet in his adulthood; if he doesn’t know the devastating effects of violence and repression, he could cause incredible damage and suffering to the people around him.

I guess this is one of the reasons why Japanese people, who have been raised for the last 60 years reading manga that some people abroad have labeled as hyper-violent, chose not to be involved in war after 1945 and have stated in their very constitution that they renounce war, as opposed to a country like the US, which has strong censorship against violence in animation and programs for children, but has been at war for most of its recent history.

TitanXL said:
If by sheltered you mean I don't watch a children's channel and keep up with preschooler's programming, then I suppose so.

Though I think it's further proof 'awards' are meaningless in America.

Kirikizan said:
>Does America have a parallel to one piece? How about The Simpsons.

Stupid, or trolling. Either way, get a load of this baka right here.

Also cool list. How many hours scouring wikipedia did it take you to find those obscure foriegn cartoon movies?

Don't get pissed because no one likes your kiddy cartoons.

dankickyou said:
About 10 minutes, I actually have watched quite a number of these shows. And the Simpson is a parallel to One Piece. We're not talking about quality here but comparing impact and popularity. One Piece is the biggest TV animation in Japan and Simpsons in the US(at least I believe). The Simpsons is actually a multi billion dollar franchise.

tristan7 said:
i know that spongebob is a huge hit in japan and the japanese call it anime. im sure avatar has a few fans over there as well. but a western animation making it big in japan is like a japanese film making it big in hollywood. there just isnt anymore room for outsiders, especially since we are both good at our respective forms of entertainment. how many japanese movies have you seen? probably less than ten, so out of the small group of japanese fans for our western animation you are asking them how they responded to the anime influenced western animtations, thats even less people. the answer is not enough people have seen them to have an honest answer. the two or three japanese people who responded to this post do not represent an entire nation of people and are completely biased. if i used my imagination i would guess that they would think that the animation looks wierd and they wouldnt like it because its not what they are use to in anime. so just be happy you are a westerner and get to enjoy avatar and teen titans as well as all the anime out there.