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‘At This Rate, There Will Be No Future’: Anime Icon Rintaro On Animation’s Aversion To Risk - Cartoon Brew (Kambole Campbell) (www.cartoonbrew.com)
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[–] 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It's the same problem as all other media, I expect: production costs have risen and studios (which tend to be run by businesspeople and not artists) want a guaranteed return on their investment, so they don't want to take a chance on anything without a proven track record of some sort.

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    • [–] 4 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    The headline is misleading, taken out of context, and sounds much more ominous than what was actually said.

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    • [–] 1 point 1 week ago* (6 children)

    Imo Anime has been in decline for 10 years or more. This has very little to do with Ai & things have become so generic & bland lately , that perhaps even Ai can easily compete with that now.

    Remember Madoka Magica, Code Geass, or Death Note? (could name many more) Name one Anime from the past 5 years -even from different genres- that is not completely trash by comparison.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

    Hard disagree. Some examples from the past 5-ish years:

    • Frieren
    • Cyberpunk Edgerunners
    • Apothecary Diaries
    • Journal With Witch
    • Chainsaw Man (the movie in particular)
    • Witch From Mercury
    • Apocalypse Hotel
    • Dandadan
    • Delicious in Dungeon
    • Bocchi the Rock
    • Orb
    • Vinland Saga

    There are many more and even more if we start counting the last 10 years.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 week ago* (3 children)

    That's easier than you'd think; I'd put Journal With Witch, LOOK BACK, and Draw This, Then Die! on the same level as those first two and honestly like all 3 of them much more than Death Note. Yes, there's more trash then ever being produced. But there's also lots of great stuff being produced as well; you just have to find it. I could name more; those are just the first 3 that came to mind.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago (1 child)

    I think the fact there's more trash than ever being produced kind of proves the original point, but I'm also of the opinion that we're living in a kind of golden age of media production in that the tools for amateurs to create have never been easier to get a hold of; so alongside all the slop there are going to be a percentage of people, however small, with really noteworthy ideas able to express themselves in ways they wouldn't have been able to in the past, and I think we should celebrate that.

    Or, you know, just quote Miyazaki and be doomer about it I guess.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 week ago

    I think the fact there’s more trash than ever being produced kind of proves the original point

    I strongly disagree; the fact that a bunch of trash is being made does nothing to prevent me from watching all the great stuff that's also being made.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

    Journal With Witch

    I'm willing to concede that one not being trash. Though the art is still over-optimized & somewhat lifeless. In fact if I want to be honest, it's probably not that difficult to find okay-ish romance-less slice of life shows in the current anime landscape, but I would say that one genre is the exception, not the norm.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 week ago*

    I have mixed feelings because I think anime has been going through a bit of a minor renaissance the last few years with some excellent studios and new movie / tv show productions. However, I would definitely say that anime is becoming really safe in the decision making when it comes to "big budget" anime.

    I really respect Rintaro though after having only just recently watched Galaxy Express 999 movie 1 & 2 and Metropolis, all three of which are noteworthy productions.

    It's worth noting that Rintaro has announced he is writing for a new Galaxy Express movie after nearly 30 years since the last one, so he's probably thinking a lot about some of the themes of that movie series and the roll that reboots have on society as part of this process. And, also, our current "content" focused society.

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