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do kids in the states watch anime?
That whole 1940s/1950s era of cartoons were incredibly well produced, the Fleischer Superman, Looney Tunes, Tom and Jerry, all the Warner Bros/Tex Avery stuff was top notch. Maybe because they spent more time and resources on them back in the day as opposed to now where theyre rushing it out.
One thing to keep in mind is that the Fleischer Superman cartoons and most of the cartoons at the time were produced for theaters, not television. They were theatrical short animated films. Which is why the animation quality is much higher than most of the modern cartoons actually made for television. So comparing them to modern television animation is a tad unfair, I think.Every time I re-watch the Fleischer Superman cartoons, I'm blown away by how good their animation looks compared to most stuff today.
Of course! If they read manga, then they surely watch anime. Though I find a lot of the anime that the youngsters are into aren’t really my thing like My Hero Academia and One Punch Man. Which is ironic, considering those aforementioned shows are about superheroes and I’m literally posting on a forum called Superherohype because of my love of that stuff.do kids in the states watch anime?
do kids in the states watch anime?
My whole thing with animation these days is that they all look the same, nothing really has distinction. All of them have that anime look to them, they recycle the same voice actors in every project (Tara Strong I love you, but damn) it’s always more of the same.
Thank God we had Animaniacs, Dexter’s Lab, Batman and 90s Nicktoons (which I can’t believe half of them got past the censors) in our day.
An unfortunate casualty of the Disney acquisition, they dedicated all of their animated fare squarely towards children and even worse; the animation on those series are REALLY cheap and poor, probably because of the demographic theyre aiming at.
do kids in the states watch anime?
Anime is one of those niche things I just never got into. Buddy of mine tried getting me to watch DragonBall Z back in the day, and I absolutely hated it. I know people love those shows, but I just can't do them. Also a different buddy had me watch some Inuyasha, and I thought it was fine but I never was so hooked I watched it regularly.
I am sure there is an Anime I would watch and love. But I just never felt like seeking it out.
Anime is one of those niche things I just never got into. Buddy of mine tried getting me to watch DragonBall Z back in the day, and I absolutely hated it. I know people love those shows, but I just can't do them. Also a different buddy had me watch some Inuyasha, and I thought it was fine but I never was so hooked I watched it regularly.
I am sure there is an Anime I would watch and love. But I just never felt like seeking it out.
You sound like one of my friends who loathes DBZ. He watched a few episodes and was like “Why the f is everyone so loud?!” “Why do they yell so much in these fights?”
I laughed for a couple days off that reaction.
do kids in the states watch anime?
What really killed it for me was the pacing and the repetition. It just amounts to guys fighting for like 10 seconds, trash talking about the 10 seconds of fighting they just had for like 10 minutes and rinse repeat for like 10 episodes. Oh, and they power up sometimes. It just isn't for me, lol.
At times I think you need a guide to help get into anime, without the big introductions that my gen had with Toonami and stuff like 4kids. Because if you wander into the the wrong show, hoooboy, that can turn you off of anime easily.
I mean, I wouldn't recommend my favorite anime because, ooofff, it has some stuff in it.
I wonder if @Spider-Fan would like the first Dragon Ball better. That always struck as more of a fun adventure sci-if comedy series than the more epic, battle-oriented nature of Z.There is a reason it is sometimes known as Drag On Ball. And there were a lot of battle shounen afterwards that followed a similar model like One Piece, Naruto, Bleach, Fairy Tail, etc. It is less so these days as a more western-style seasonal format has become more common.
If you want to try another battle shounen, I would recommend Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood. That's only around 70 episodes and the pacing is a lot better. Or something like Kill la Kill at 25 episodes, which technically isn't shounen but is a similar style. Netflix and Hulu have lots of anime so you don't need to subscribe to another service.
I do feel a little bit bad but like you said, it's part of the job.LOL she killed that really quick.
But that has to be annoying, but it’s part of the job.