Comments on Anime Classic Reviews: Dream Hunter Rem - 1985

I think too that the older titles were betteralso ...

2007-07-30T13:39:00.000-07:00

I think too that the older titles were better

also Japanese independent animation is often overlooked. In case you're interested there are some short films here that won the NHK award

http://www.nhk.or.jp/digista/onair/hall.html

I think it shows clearly that as you said talented artists exist. It is just that the shows are getting even more commercialized that it gets more difficult finding good titles.

I also read the Ask John articles and found them p...

2007-07-25T16:07:00.000-07:00

I also read the Ask John articles and found them pretty interesting. I thought many of his arguments were pretty dubious. There are many solid reasons to think that eighties-era anime is better than the new stuff.

1) The economic reality in Japan is different than it was in the eighties. They're just not throwing as much money into anime right now. You get what you pay for.

2) Computers. Many anime today are NOT hand drawn, but created with software line-tools. The only reason to use computers is to make animation cheaper, not better.

3) Talented artists are jumping ship to the video game industry.

Also, he said that modern anime has more sophisticated story telling. Lol. Emo does not equal sophistication.

I read the Ask John article about comparing 00's a...

2007-07-25T12:12:00.000-07:00

I read the Ask John article about comparing 00's and 80's anime. One thing that I think was overlooked was concept. 80's sci-fi and fantasy anime was much bolder in presenting new concepts than the more mass-market anime of today. Think about Megazone 23 part 1. A fake city inside a giant spaceship? That's the sort of intense idea that most studios would shy away from today. With today's studios trying to appeal to large segments of the general population it's hard to find real sci-fi concepts presented.