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Not just American, but global licensing and co-productions.
Like Gonzo (GDH KK) set up shop in France to explore co-productions for European animations, just in time when Gankutsuou is airing.
Implications of anime "globalization" or maybe more appropriately, westernization:
* English / French / Italian / German / OP / ED themes and titles. --- Personally, I think they rock. Makes them more mainstream, not just a "wow lookee its a foreign language"
* Existentialism. YEAH. I love that philosophy, and it's showing up in more anime, not just in Last Exile. Like Elfen Lied, Kurau.
* more realistic settings -- although they tend to choose European feels more. But if it makes animation and backgrounds look good, that's a nice thing.
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