Chatterbox - Anime & Manga

WIT Studios and Netflix are making an animator training school.

It makes sense, if you buy as much of the stuff as Netflix, and you don’t want to deal with lesser studios, you need manpower.

We have our first visual and 30-second teaser for Mamoru Hosoda's next movie: Belle (or if you prefer, Ryū to Sobakasu no Hime, which literally translates to The Princess of Dragons and Freckles)

Can't tell if those character designs are by Hiroyuki Aoyama or Yoshiyuki Sadamoto. Might be someone else altogether.

Also synopsis:

Coming Summer 2021!

Edited by TargetmasterJoe on Feb 18th 2021 at 7:44:51 AM

Remember: thanks to Daft Punk, TRON and the Leijiverse are in the same universe.

Edited by Mullon on Feb 22nd 2021 at 2:24:17 PM

Tubi, FOX Entertainment's free ad-supported streaming service, is teaming up with Toei Animation to expand their anime catalog with "six TV specials and nearly 500 series episodes". The batch for the US, Canada and Mexico markets will include subtitled selections of:

• One Piece
  • One Piece: 3D2Y
  • One Piece: Episode Of...
    • Sabo
    • East Blue
    • Skypiea
  • One Piece TVSP 10 "Adventure of Nebulandia"
  • One Piece TVSP 11 Heart Of Gold
• Dr. Slump (The original 80s series, subbed for the first)
• Slam Dunk
• Toriko
• GeGeGe no Kitarō (Unclear which one at the moment?)
• Saint Seiya
  • Hades (Subbed for the first time)
  • Saint Seiya: Saintia Sho

Edited by XMenMutant22 on Feb 24th 2021 at 2:57:41 PM

Vocaloid anime in the works. They really should have done this, like, a decade ago

Oh, an actual "vocaloid" anime, and not one based off a song series. Interesting

Did anyone ask for a Terminator anime?

No? Well we're getting one anyway from Production IG.

Maybe we could finally get Toriko's Gourmet World Arc adapted!

Wishing Thinking?

I mean, considering Blade Runner got its own anime spin-off, it's really not that surprising.

...I feel like the Terminator concept has been pretty played out, but maybe the series format will force them to come up with some interesting concepts?

Why is Netflix so keen on anime spinoffs of western SF movies, though?

Someone over there probably grew up watching anime in the 90's.

These are essentially just animated adaptations but they keep calling them anime because they consider that a more mature term than cartoon.

It's like Gigguk argued in his video - the term "anime" is just a brand at this point.

I say we've passed the point we should just retire it and just call it all "Japanese Animation", like we call animation made in France "French Animation" instead of whatever the word for animation is in french.

Except Anime is literally just a loanword from Japan, which labels ALL animation as Anime, whether it be their own or from other places.

So retiring anime as a term isn't gonna be a thing any time soon.

Edited by Demongodofchaos2 on Feb 26th 2021 at 12:17:19 PM

That's kind of a non sequitur. It doesn't actually address his opinion at all.

Edited by Arha on Feb 26th 2021 at 12:23:12 PM

(We also say animation in French. "Animé" as an adjective just means animated, but animé, as a noun means a Japanese animated show).

I think the word anime is a useful shorthand for Japanese animation or Japanese animated shows.

Edited by gropcbf on Feb 27th 2021 at 9:44:55 PM

...Why is it being co-produced by an Indian company? Is Vocaloid significantly popular in India?

Edited by TargetmasterJoe on Feb 27th 2021 at 2:11:42 AM

It's not when the meaning has been diluted to a point we are constantly arguing what does and does not "count"

And besides, production are getting increasingly international, Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker was primarily animated by a Korean studio from what I know and yet we don't call it Korean Animation (or aeni, thank you Wikipedia)

Edited by HailMuffins on Feb 27th 2021 at 11:56:45 AM

The point is, anime is anime.

Relevant to the conversation, the Hatsume Miku anime's animation production is being outsourced to Graphic India.

And apparently, Graphic India's last project doesn't seem to exude much confidence...

Seriously, why a studio from India? Pretty sure outsourcing to someone like Titmouse or even Studio Mir would generate better results.

It's cheaper, I'd guess.

Yeah, the anime industry is massively overburdened, to the point where even their outsourcers need outsourcers.

Demand is at an all-time high, especially now that Netflix is throwing money at studios. I mean, we live in an era where Legendary Pictures wants to make a Buck Rogers anime (to spin-off from a film). Japanese animators or studios like Powerhouse that can successfully imitate it without coming off as fake are in extremely high demand.

I guess there is no further reason than outsourcing to Korea or Vietnam, which is common.

Edited by gropcbf on Feb 28th 2021 at 9:57:44 PM