Comments on: Ask John: How Has Anime Changed Over the Past 15 Years? http://www.animenation.net/blog/2010/01/20/ask-john-how-has-anime-changed-over-the-past-15-years/ Anime News & More! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:08:26 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: web designer http://www.animenation.net/blog/2010/01/20/ask-john-how-has-anime-changed-over-the-past-15-years/comment-page-1/#comment-17486 web designer Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:20:41 +0000 http://www.animenation.net/blog/?p=19839#comment-17486 <strong>web designer...</strong> [...]AnimeNation Anime News Blog » Blog Archive » Ask John: How Has Anime Changed Over the Past 15 Years?[...]... web designer…

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]]> By: Omonomono » How Has Anime Changed Over the Past 15 Years? http://www.animenation.net/blog/2010/01/20/ask-john-how-has-anime-changed-over-the-past-15-years/comment-page-1/#comment-5779 Omonomono » How Has Anime Changed Over the Past 15 Years? Sat, 23 Jan 2010 03:39:12 +0000 http://www.animenation.net/blog/?p=19839#comment-5779 [...] Ask John the same question, and you can read his answer. [...] [...] Ask John the same question, and you can read his answer. [...]

]]> By: Aaron H. Bynum http://www.animenation.net/blog/2010/01/20/ask-john-how-has-anime-changed-over-the-past-15-years/comment-page-1/#comment-5755 Aaron H. Bynum Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:53:36 +0000 http://www.animenation.net/blog/?p=19839#comment-5755 Physical production of Japanese animation hasn't changed significantly, but there are a few notable evolutions that should merit mention as well... namely, and obviously, the introduction and dominant use of the computer. In feature films, Oshii used computer animation in GHOST IN THE SHELL unlike ever before, while for direct-to-video releases, MACROSS PLUS (1994) was one of the first to do so for gritty and intense combat scenes (and so effectively, as well). In television, the past fifteen years has seen an immense growth in the use of computers for scanning, coloring, tweening, and editing functions. This has come as a benefit and as a detriment to the animation business in Japan for countless reasons. Benefits: we see program creators and animation studios using the medium to their advantage, as if they were specialists. Detriments: the evolution of technology necessitates a deterioration/degeneration of certain hand-operated labors. Physical production of Japanese animation hasn’t changed significantly, but there are a few notable evolutions that should merit mention as well… namely, and obviously, the introduction and dominant use of the computer. In feature films, Oshii used computer animation in GHOST IN THE SHELL unlike ever before, while for direct-to-video releases, MACROSS PLUS (1994) was one of the first to do so for gritty and intense combat scenes (and so effectively, as well).

In television, the past fifteen years has seen an immense growth in the use of computers for scanning, coloring, tweening, and editing functions. This has come as a benefit and as a detriment to the animation business in Japan for countless reasons. Benefits: we see program creators and animation studios using the medium to their advantage, as if they were specialists. Detriments: the evolution of technology necessitates a deterioration/degeneration of certain hand-operated labors.

]]> By: Erik J Awesome http://www.animenation.net/blog/2010/01/20/ask-john-how-has-anime-changed-over-the-past-15-years/comment-page-1/#comment-5754 Erik J Awesome Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:40:05 +0000 http://www.animenation.net/blog/?p=19839#comment-5754 IMO, I think the tsundere predates 1995 with a good chunk of the female cast in Urusei Yatsura (well, not counting the ones who were utterly disgusted with Ataru). Shinobu definitely comes to mind here. IMO, I think the tsundere predates 1995 with a good chunk of the female cast in Urusei Yatsura (well, not counting the ones who were utterly disgusted with Ataru). Shinobu definitely comes to mind here.

]]> By: seanny http://www.animenation.net/blog/2010/01/20/ask-john-how-has-anime-changed-over-the-past-15-years/comment-page-1/#comment-5753 seanny Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:55:49 +0000 http://www.animenation.net/blog/?p=19839#comment-5753 Thanks for the nice overview. I guess the only thing I can comment on is "tsundere" not existing prior to 1995. Tsundere characters at least _existed_ in everything from Akane Tendo (Ranma) to Princess Leia and maybe even earlier fiction (Shakespeare?) before Japan identified it as a primary draw in comics/animation/games. I think Evangelion counted on viewers being familiar with "tsundere" characters in order to criticize the concept. The show effectively reverses your expectations for Asuka as she spirals further into madness rather than "warms up" to Shinji. Thanks for the nice overview.

I guess the only thing I can comment on is “tsundere” not existing prior to 1995. Tsundere characters at least _existed_ in everything from Akane Tendo (Ranma) to Princess Leia and maybe even earlier fiction (Shakespeare?) before Japan identified it as a primary draw in comics/animation/games. I think Evangelion counted on viewers being familiar with “tsundere” characters in order to criticize the concept. The show effectively reverses your expectations for Asuka as she spirals further into madness rather than “warms up” to Shinji.

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