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I don't recognise it (though, that's not surprising given I don't watch much anime). However, looking at the scene and that they're switching between a series of Earth shows (anime, singing contest, weather segment, older black-and-white show, cooking show and finally infomercial) and the all the others are in the same style as the film, it's seems possible the anime scene is also one the filmmakers made themselves rather than took from a genuine anime.
^ I doubt that they'd expend additional resources to do that. Nowadays every large studio tries to conserve as much as possible to make ends meet with murderous release dates ... and not having to pay overtimes.
Ripping a scene from an existing work is so much easier and cheaper.
Humankind is like a train. No matter how powerful the locomotive is, it can only travel as fast as its slowest car allows it to.
Well did the anime look old from your memory (trademarks of an era of anime are usually bright colours, whether or not it's widescreen, the drawing style, etc.)?
Discombobulate.
I found the scene on Daily Motion here at 13:44
(I don't know if you can make a link to a point in time on Daily Motion like you can on YouTube). If it is a real anime, it's relatively modern. The girl is using a modern looking smartphone.
^ For reasons unknown, the video is unavailable.
Humankind is like a train. No matter how powerful the locomotive is, it can only travel as fast as its slowest car allows it to.
The video works fine for me, but there may be a geographical restriction on it. As an alternative, here is a GIF of the scene.
I'm almost positive that's just original animation created for the movie. The art style and shading scream "western animator imitating an anime style" and doesn't look anything like an actual Japanese production.
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^ Now that I see it again, it does look rather wester. There was just that awkward feeling that I've seen this scene somewhere before. Deja vu?
BTW is the scene supposed to be so deformed or were there some tech issues when capturing it?
Humankind is like a train. No matter how powerful the locomotive is, it can only travel as fast as its slowest car allows it to.
The scene is supposed to be a bit deformed. The aliens are watching on an a strangely shaped monitor and there are some glitches in the video, presumably meant to indicate issues with accessing Earth transmissions.
If you have seen Luis and the Aliens, early into the movie there is a scene onboard the alien mothership where the aliens watch Earth tv broadcast and for a "blink-and-you'll-miss-it" moment there is a scene from some anime* on the tv screen, before the aliens switch the channel. Anybody knows what anime is the screen from?