Hideaki Anno predicts decline of anime in 5 to 20 years
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Unknown Soldier
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Time for the Anime Instrumentality Project
mullet2000
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If anime dies will anime avatars die with it?
You must not have watched any 90's anime.
I'd say that Evangelion was the start of the fall. Eva was crazy sales wise when it came out and blinded a lot of studios. It pretty much killed the (to be fair already declining) OVA format and set a precedence for more adult orientated anime on TV in a 26 episode format, the rise of late night anime. A lot of it however has to do with the bubble economy in Japan during 1986 and 1991 period. After the crash, which is known as the lost decade, Japan was hurt a lot.
When you look at the bubble economy, you see so many cult series and films that were released during that era, which had a lot to do with how more people had disposable income to spend on tapes and how this stopped once people become more conscious of their spending and funding.
KazenY2J
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It's been happening for a while now.
I could have sworn I've seen this exact same type of argument in the mobile game thread.
Brawly Likes to Brawl
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you're just fishing for an avatar quote
Well, the phenomenon is not exclusive to one medium.
Brawly Likes to Brawl
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Characters like Rei pretty much gave a huge boost to the waifu movement.
Bob Coffee
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Shocking news: anime is dead, nintendo is doomed omae wa mou shinde iru. Nothing to worry about niche audience medium gonna decline because stuff is only produced for said niche audience. Stuff like gundam and kids shows will still get produced for all eternity. Its the otaku driven niche shows that will fade out not anime in general imho.
less onii-chan more robots stomping shit
bengraven
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Off topic, but I was just watching that Ghibli documentary on Netflix and I loved that moment where Miyasaki and his producer, for a joke, say that Anno should star in the Wind Rises.
It's almost like:
- We need someone who's not an actor, but can act.
- hahaha
- That person doesn't exist.
- ha...Anno...ha...
- Anno?
- Yes.
- That's a weird choice. He has a weird voice.
- Yeah. ha
- Anno.
- Yeah.
- You know, now I can't stop thinking about Anno. What about Anno?
- Should we call him?
ShemhazaiX
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Oh god this. Take us back to the days of Gene Starwind and Vash the Stampede.
Corronchilejano
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Sorry guys, but I enjoy my anime a lot more than I did before. There's a hell of a lot to choose from.
It's really disappointing how it seems like the general public missed the "message" most of the characters in Evangelion are supposed to send.
The worst is when people complain the Shinji is "too fragile/feminine" and Asuka is "too brutish/masculine", when the character archetypes are merely swaps of typical anime fare of the hothead male lead and the fragile female lead. This is done to demonstrate how painful and psychologically harmful these archetypes really are without the implicit approval granted by men and women being "excepted" to be a certain way.
John Kowalski
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4.0 will be live action, shot with blue tinted black and white film.
What people want to believe: Anime is all loli trash so of course it deserves to "die"
What's actually happening: Wages and hours for many animators are likely not sustainable for the long run and the premium Blu-Ray/DVD anime market is producing diminishing returns. Adaptations to the streaming world have been happening but could be quicker and more extensive. There is less money being spent on all entertainment products regardless of their quality.
5 years for a major shake-up, whatever it is, seems like an absurdly short timeline. I can imagine big changes taking place in within the next few decades though
What's actually happening: Wages and hours for many animators are likely not sustainable for the long run and the premium Blu-Ray/DVD anime market is producing diminishing returns. Adaptations to the streaming world have been happening but could be quicker and more extensive. There is less money being spent on all entertainment products regardless of their quality.
5 years for a major shake-up, whatever it is, seems like an absurdly short timeline. I can imagine big changes taking place in within the next few decades though
mass sudoku
Imperial Bishop
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It's kind of funny and sad how the commentary Anno tried to do with Rei ended up backfiring in his face.
IceBringer
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Shinji was a mistake. He's nothing but trash.
Worst protagonist I've ever seen.
Just hope there won't be a decline in manga, too. Gotta see how One Piece ends, whenever that is. Probably in like 20 more years haha
Worst protagonist I've ever seen.
Just hope there won't be a decline in manga, too. Gotta see how One Piece ends, whenever that is. Probably in like 20 more years haha
CharminUltra
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I came for this.
Kuroko, Fate/Stay, Jojo. Those are the ones I'm watching now besides Gintama (taking a break from One Piece) and they're all good. I don't follow anime seasons that much, but there are probably other good shows airing right now.
ShemhazaiX
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I fail to see how those statements are mutually exclusive. Nowadays the more frequently released anime IS either moe trash or "Teenagers save the world". You didn't make any kind of argument explaining any kind of connection between these two statements.
MetroidPrimeRib
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I think I would rather trust a random poster on GAF then the guy who made the shitpile known as Rebuild 3.33
Anime has a problem that most are the same and all have to do with High School , such a problem that it seems there's only one good anime each year. Was a long time since I watched anime as Attack on Titan brought me back then moved on to Parasyte 
it's over and done super good, but next year with get season 2 of AOT but then have to wait two more years for the third season
it's over and done super good, but next year with get season 2 of AOT but then have to wait two more years for the third season
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That's dying, though. Outside of some quality outliers, the anime industry has been moving harder and harder in the direction of appealing to otaku types because they'll happily buy Blu-rays and, more importantly, tons of merchandise.
That niche is not going to expand and has too little appeal outside of Japan to make it commercially viable.
Anime has a problem that most are the same and all have to do with High School , such a problem that it seems there's only one good anime each year. Was a long time since I watched anime as Attack on Titan brought me back then moved on to Parasyte
If Attack on Titan is the bar for good anime, anime really is doomed.
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Abinash117
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I always thought once the otaku fanbase starts paying for merchandise a lot less, then anime as we know it might decline.
I don't know the average age of an otaku in Japan, but I think the older they get the less likely they have the time to spend money on anime.
I don't know the average age of an otaku in Japan, but I think the older they get the less likely they have the time to spend money on anime.
Spaced Harrier
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And yet have any of the Asian countries in recent years had a fraction of the global cultural impact of Japan?
It seems more that Japan is Shrinking and homogenising, but the others at least globally are not filling the void.
It seems more that Japan is Shrinking and homogenising, but the others at least globally are not filling the void.
bengraven
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Thankfully! A non-biased opinion. This thread needed this.
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