“Everything has become shallower.” Tokyo Godfathers, Lain producer says the Japanese corporate mindset is why 90% of anime just adapts existing works - AUTOMATON WEST

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• MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I’ve noticed this.

  Anime can do stuff the media being adapted cannot. And it’s exception rather than the rule, when a studio uses animation to push past the source material.

  I’ve started being surprised when an anime is original, instead of an adaptation. And there is absolutely a difference when a story is made for animation.

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  • Keegen@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I think you perfectly put into words why I don’t enjoy watching adaptations of manga/LNs that I’ve read. Baring some exceptions, I always feel like the adaptation doesn’t really add much compared to the source material and in many cases it detracts from it, skipping scenes for the sake of pacing or just being badly animated because of budget/timing constrains.

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• ceasarxinsanium@ani.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  And you don’t seem to understand, A shame you seemed an honest man

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  • pressedhams@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    And all the fears you hold so dear, will turn to whisper in your ear

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    • nyan@lemmy.cafe ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I am falling, I am fading

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• sj_zero ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Honestly, I consider the Japanese ecosystem to be very healthy. You have low risk webnovels, turn them into higher risk novels, higher risk manga, higher risk anime, and finally highest risk movies and video games. In this way, new blood is always entering the ecosystem, compared to the stagnant Western ecosystem which lacks a low and medium tier to test risks.