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Sorry, more stream-of-consciousness rambling! I think it's fairly clear that isekai shows are popular globally too; Sentai have almost stopped releasing any other shows on BD... -
Vashdaman replied to the thread Anime as a global product.Thanks for that really interesting charting of Isekai history, @Dai! I find the stubborn popularity of what on the surface sounds like a creatively fairly barren genre to be...
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I don't think this is the case. The thing to bear in mind about modern isekai is that it's a misnomer. These aren't other worlds; they're game worlds. Specifically they're game...
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Vashdaman replied to the thread Anime as a global product.Yeah, I'm not well versed in the subject, but it seems pretty obvious that media in China has a lot of red lines that can't be crossed, and very obviously there's little to no...
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I think this is true for the somewhat more "hardcore" anime fans, like us who visit forums like this one, and keep up-to-date with the latest anime offerings, news, and...
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My experience of Chinese animation is by no means exhaustive, and I imagine it affects some things more than others, but I have often struggled to shake the feeling of their...
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Vashdaman replied to the thread Anime as a global product.Also interesting point about Chinese animation hitting the spot that Japanese anime is sometimes struggling to these days! That actually makes total sense given that Chinese...
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Vashdaman replied to the thread Anime as a global product.Some really interesting answers here. I'm slightly surprised to hear all those pseudo European fantasy set isekai shows might have been targeting western audiences. My...
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There are definitely some shows which are aggressively chasing the foreign market, and I think it's usually to the detriment of the overall experience. I've read many...
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I suspect the impact on the type of anime being made is less than you would think, and that comes down to the medium's status as being almost entirely adaptations of light...
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I was going to raise this point: some of the most popular anime today are quite "Japanese" in style, such as Demon Slayer. Anime is an incredible soft power for Japan - it's a...
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Vashdaman replied to the thread Anime as a global product.Those are all interesting points that are worth discussing, and just to say I have no clue as to the veracity of the figures I read (it came from an article quoting a Japanese...
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I read a statistic today that the anime industry is today worth something to the tune of 25 billion dollars, and that 80% of the industry's sales are from the international...
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Lupin III: Immortal Bloodline Having successfully fought off the powerful assassins sent after each of them, Lupin and his gang receive a mysterious invitation to an uncharted...
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OMG yes the first VHD is so so good (also I know you're not a dub fan but the older Streamline dub for it is glorious, just the right balance between campy and sincere), I love...