Yep. I enjoy JP media simply because even the absolute worst drek published often has more depth, more character development, and more interesting hooks in the first 2 chapters of a novel, LN, or manga than an entire season of a show, or even an entire book series written in the west.
I don't have a problem with "flashy booms". The problem is they are ignoring the audiences for these movies and create shitty fucking movies. Either unlikeable girlboss MCs, preaching about BS issues majority of the people don't give a fuck about, or really bad fucking CGI replacing practical effects.
On that last one, compare Fast 5 to Fast X. Fast 5 had mostly practical effects and looked good, while Fast X looked like fucking garbage with it's CGI.
The problem is the "flashy booms" are why they're making shitty movies. They went all-in on it, dropped stories.
We're here talking about vidya (in general), we've all seen the same path our hobby/escapism has gone down. Flashy booms and making it for the modern audience in our case.
Making "something for everyone" only shrinks the appeal, it doesn't expand it.
Although to be fair, this is because "for everyone" means "appeases the AWFULs running publishing houses," not "putting a variety of different things into the work that multiple different audiences can enjoy."
The worrying part is that in Japan this is a talking point. It shouldn't be, didn't they took notes on what happened to the comics and animation industry in the US?
Correct. The mindset "Westerners really like our Japanese-First manga, anime, and games - so therefore we have to change our manga, anime, and games to suit their tastes" never made any logical sense and has ended in failure time and time again.
Thanks to history, Japanese culture is infused with many western ideas. It would be a tragic shame if Japanese creators were to hew off what makes their art unique and interesting. Especially at a time when Japanese culture is already under attack by globalist lobbies, credit card companies, woke western cultural hegemonists, and endless grifters.
So about the whole anime and manga are going woke..the company that was the most woke in Japan came out and said nawww where ditching that shit...also most of the whole Japan has fallen thing is mostly outrage from outside in Japan there it's pretty peaceful making you guys simp to communist china all the more laughable
I thought it was common practice. every single mangaka interview I've read is always "I'm making this for the Japanese youth first" which makes complete sense, and so did the old RGG studio CEO when asked about who he was making games for: "Japanese boys". (he's now gone so I dread for the franchise's future), and so did countless Japanese artists, heck probably all of them
Kadokawa is the company that owns GeeXplus, the company behind Trash Taste and importing a bunch of Western content creators into Japan, especially the pro globalism types. I'll believe it when I see it
Didn't Kadokawa get bought out by Sony or some investment group or something, putting this in the 'all talk' category with no ability to actually implement that?
10% of it and it got bought by Sony Group Japan, not SIE (PlayStation) in California. There's no way KDK actually works with the crazies at SIE, they'll most likely be working with Aniplex and SMEJ in general in Japan since that's what they where already doing anyways.
Every Japanese company needs to adopt this mindset. Globalization is the death of creativity.
Globalization leads to homogenization of content. So yep.
It's why Hollywood movies have gone from telling a story, to being flashy booms for global audiences.
exactly.
I didn't start to like Japanese media because it was trying to be like everything else.
Same goes for things like British humour, or French or Italian cooking.
Most like that because it is different and interesting and authentic.
Yep. I enjoy JP media simply because even the absolute worst drek published often has more depth, more character development, and more interesting hooks in the first 2 chapters of a novel, LN, or manga than an entire season of a show, or even an entire book series written in the west.
I don't have a problem with "flashy booms". The problem is they are ignoring the audiences for these movies and create shitty fucking movies. Either unlikeable girlboss MCs, preaching about BS issues majority of the people don't give a fuck about, or really bad fucking CGI replacing practical effects.
On that last one, compare Fast 5 to Fast X. Fast 5 had mostly practical effects and looked good, while Fast X looked like fucking garbage with it's CGI.
The problem is the "flashy booms" are why they're making shitty movies. They went all-in on it, dropped stories.
We're here talking about vidya (in general), we've all seen the same path our hobby/escapism has gone down. Flashy booms and making it for the modern audience in our case.
Stop talking and just do it.
DO IT
JUST. DO IT.
Just don't fucking attempt to change the Japanese market to become like the Western one as well. Cause it will lead to failure.
Tell that to the idiots in the anime subs that keep complaining about the tropes in anime
Tourists mainly. Fuckem
Making "something for everyone" only shrinks the appeal, it doesn't expand it.
Although to be fair, this is because "for everyone" means "appeases the AWFULs running publishing houses," not "putting a variety of different things into the work that multiple different audiences can enjoy."
The worrying part is that in Japan this is a talking point. It shouldn't be, didn't they took notes on what happened to the comics and animation industry in the US?
True
Correct. The mindset "Westerners really like our Japanese-First manga, anime, and games - so therefore we have to change our manga, anime, and games to suit their tastes" never made any logical sense and has ended in failure time and time again.
Thanks to history, Japanese culture is infused with many western ideas. It would be a tragic shame if Japanese creators were to hew off what makes their art unique and interesting. Especially at a time when Japanese culture is already under attack by globalist lobbies, credit card companies, woke western cultural hegemonists, and endless grifters.
So, like, are you gonna actually DO that? Because your manga lineup for this year contains a lot of literal race communist propaganda.
and ironically those are the ones with the higher chances of selling globally
Aka let's not be like the West that is suicidal and hates money.
Isn't the current CEO of Kadokawa a member of the World Economic Forum?
This just sounds like he's telling people what they want to hear while colluding with the globalists in practice.
So about the whole anime and manga are going woke..the company that was the most woke in Japan came out and said nawww where ditching that shit...also most of the whole Japan has fallen thing is mostly outrage from outside in Japan there it's pretty peaceful making you guys simp to communist china all the more laughable
Okay. So make sure your company actually does it, cause so far, I haven’t seen shit that makes this much more than words
https://archive.fo/o5PMU
I thought it was common practice. every single mangaka interview I've read is always "I'm making this for the Japanese youth first" which makes complete sense, and so did the old RGG studio CEO when asked about who he was making games for: "Japanese boys". (he's now gone so I dread for the franchise's future), and so did countless Japanese artists, heck probably all of them
Kadokawa is the company that owns GeeXplus, the company behind Trash Taste and importing a bunch of Western content creators into Japan, especially the pro globalism types. I'll believe it when I see it
Good stories transcend all that nonsense
Didn't Kadokawa get bought out by Sony or some investment group or something, putting this in the 'all talk' category with no ability to actually implement that?
10% of it and it got bought by Sony Group Japan, not SIE (PlayStation) in California. There's no way KDK actually works with the crazies at SIE, they'll most likely be working with Aniplex and SMEJ in general in Japan since that's what they where already doing anyways.