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Originally Posted by Tasuke Shichiri
further, the Japanese style of storytelling seems to lend itself part and parcel
to the animation medium. you take a look at 90% or more of what Japan
has produced in the last 50 years in terms of live-action films;
you'll be guaranteed to see storytelling that just does not seem to work well
in the live-action medium. more often than not, such storytelling functions
to great effect in animation, but almost invariably makes for strong B at best
couched in a live-action medium.
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Kurosawa Akira was one of the best film directors ever. No anime comes anywhere near his best works. To say that Japanese cinema would work better as anime is far from the truth.
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Originally Posted by Tasuke Shichiri
in sum, the way i personally see it, "Anime" is, was always meant to be,
and is most likely to remain Japan's preeminent Audio/Visual storytelling medium
for the various reasons cited above. their own "HOLLYWOOD"
for better or worse.
no one singular nation on earth is master of everything,
but some are especially talented in specific areas, whilst others sometimes less so.
"Comics" and "Animation" is something Japan just so happens to be especially talented at, by necessity,
at least in the industry's early days...
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I think that a better way to state this is "Anime is the preeminent cultural export of Japan". Many countries try to increase their prestige by spreading their culture to other countries.
The U.S. has been the most successful at this with their films, TV, music and so on. Japan used to be quite strong at all of these: their works were copied and spread throughout most of Asia in the '50s to ''80s. They even had a fair bit of influence in Western countries.
The strength of this influence has fallen off quite a lot, and the places where they were successful are better at it now than Japan is. Anime and manga are distinct exceptions although I think that Korea is catching up strongly.
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Originally Posted by Theowne
If it were true, that would be interesting, but that's not really a factual portrayal of the status of anime in Japan. Apart from Studio Ghibli and various exceptions over the years, most anime produced in Japan either targets the youth market or targets subcultures that are not considered mainstream. Claiming anime is Japan's "preeminent Audio/Visual storytelling medium" is an extreme stretch considering reality.
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A work can still be very influential even if it isn't mainstream. This is especially true of exports as almost everything in this category will only appeal to a narrow audience. As it stands, anime is pretty unique to Japan and it does speak to the rest of the world.