Posted by paperbullet on 05.01.2016, 04:19 PM: Frontrunners in the anime community I was reading the Wikipedia article for Makoto Shinkai and it said that some reviewers called him "the New Miyazaki", which, while Shinkai said is "an overestimation", got me thinking:
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Posted by belborges on 05.01.2016, 10:07 PM: Very interesting topic.
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Posted by paperbullet on 05.06.2016, 03:50 PM: Mamoru Oshii and Katsuhiro Otomo don't seem too promising. Neither of them has made anything of note - as far as I know, and correct me if I'm wrong - for more than ten years.
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Posted by Saddletank on 05.07.2016, 04:09 AM: Yashuhiro Yoshiura has skill and inventiveness. He directed "Time of Eve" and "Patema Inverted" both of which are stunning and engaging. He has done a couple of short OVAs as well.
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Posted by Theowne on 05.08.2016, 02:07 AM: Coincidentally, the last time I dropped in on the Tavern it was in the midst of a similar discussion.
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Posted by Saddletank on 05.08.2016, 03:26 AM: That last point is a very good one Theowne.
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Posted by Theowne on 05.08.2016, 10:55 AM: Good to see you too Saddletank!
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Posted by arren18 on 05.12.2016, 10:15 AM: The "new Miyazaki" label is always a bit of an issue in itself, because what does it indicate? The same popularity? The same critical success? The same style? Maybe a bit of everything?
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Posted by Saddletank on 05.12.2016, 11:24 AM: I was just thinking about TV series. The problem I see with that is the need to appeal to an even more mass audience with often the profits dependent on DVD sales and music CD sales. To me that makes TV series even less likely to produce "art" if that's what we are discussing.
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Posted by arren18 on 05.15.2016, 05:48 AM: I was thinking of the same issue, which is why I made the point about consistency. Because of the different demands of producing TV series, I think there are two kinds of good directors.
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Posted by saviour2012 on 05.15.2016, 02:45 PM: what makes great people? i dont think if there is any answer to it. People of different period act and think differently so it is hardly logical to compare one with other.
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Posted by paperbullet on 05.17.2016, 11:31 PM:
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Posted by saviour2012 on 05.18.2016, 11:45 AM:
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Posted by paperbullet on 05.31.2016, 12:32 AM: This recent interview with Mamoru Oshii has him saying he no longer wants to make anime, preferring live-action films. That's a shame.
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Posted by Saddletank on 05.31.2016, 04:25 AM: On the flip side of that the anime industry of the 80s and 90s worked their employees to the bone with extreme workloads and very long anti-social hours. In some ways I think it is understandable that modern young artists want a change in that working style.
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Posted by arren18 on 05.31.2016, 08:55 AM: I think in some ways I agree with your final paragraph, Saddles. I kind of thought this when I first looked at that link too, but I felt it came across as a bit of a "young people these days don't understand the value of hard work" idea.
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Posted by Saddletank on 05.31.2016, 10:33 AM: Saviour would agree with the idea that you need to sell a lot of DVDs and OST CDs to make money out of anime, and that means pandering to the masses which in turn means less risky subject matter which down the line usually also means less inventive, cool and artsy shows.
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Posted by arren18 on 05.31.2016, 12:33 PM: You're right that it's the same in other industries too. I don't think it's something we have to be terribly sad about though. It means some things are different from before, but there's still potential to create things that are great, if you don't go in expecting it all to be like it was in the 70s and 80s.
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Posted by saviour2012 on 05.31.2016, 02:33 PM: I understand your idea arren but i cant think it is a good thing.
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