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The Smuggler

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@kennylauderdale_en 2 ай бұрын

but it looks totally normal?

@The_Smuggler_ 2 ай бұрын

My point exactly! finally someone gets it! UwU

@ChaosSwissroIl 2 ай бұрын

I quite like this.

@The_Smuggler_ 2 ай бұрын

I concur.

@batio58 2 ай бұрын

What are your thoughts on modern anime? The state of the industry and the direction its headed in?

@The_Smuggler_ 2 ай бұрын

If I had to speak on my recent experience with just modern anime, I quite enjoy it. I've been a seasonal watcher for more than a decade now but I find myself pleasantly surprised by at least a few shows each season. The industry and where its headed however is quite concerning, the consolidation of online anime distribution by Sony presents some issues. Given Sony's tendency to censor or exert creative control on video game developers it will be interesting to see if their company policies end up effecting which shows are licensed for foreign release. The lack of competition in the distribution market will likely result in lower wages and poorer working conditions for people in the industry both in Japan and abroad. Crunchyroll paying translators $50 per episode is a good recent example, although in some cases they would just steal subtitles from fansubbers when necessary. This is despite the fact that Crunchyroll at one point was a pirate anime website. It's interesting that Crunchyroll finally killed its comment section recently, while on the surface it was the result of offensive comments on a Yaoi show, Crunchyroll for the last 2 years has been restructuring its site and gutting its social features, forums and profile sections. This was shortly after they finally got rid of JavaScript in the site and switched over to an HTML5 video player. Some people have speculated the shutdown of comments was because they didn't want to pay moderators. But I think it was already being phased out as part of a larger plan by Sony to clean up the site and make it a more controlled, family friendly user experience. The offensive comments were just an easy excuse to execute the change. Notice that none of the large anime youtubers have commented on this fairly large change to the largest anime streaming site. It was likely they were told not to comment, or didn't want to since they are monetarily tied to Crunchyroll's credibility as a platform. If a major anituber was sponsored by a competitor like Funimation circa 2015 I imagine a change like that would have seen more public backlash, although this climate is the result of a monopoly and it will very likely get worse over the next few years. anime has always been "art as a commodity", made by for profit production committees, but moving forward the artistic merit of a work will be judged twofold. First by its appeal to certain demographics and second, against it's alignment with large corporate sensibilities. I will probably still watch this anime anyways though, because that is what I do, its what I have always done, but I fear for the future generations as they will experience this coming dark age without the benefit of hindsight. I think for anyone involved in the industry its dark skies ahead indeed. However in the next 10 or 20 years changing economic and political situations could result in the kinds of competitive creative markets we had in the 90s and early 2000s which resulted in the abundance of anime we enjoy today. Only time will tell.

@batio58 2 ай бұрын

@@The_Smuggler_ Good take! I'm pretty pessimistic about the industry as a whole and am saddened to see that anime is embracing western trends and ideas, becoming less "japanese". I also feel that recent anime have started to feel too "anime" and are starting to become borderline caricatures or parodies of the medium. I wonder if what Miyazaki said was correct? That newer directors being otakus can never create grand art since all the know is anime, and they;'ve never experienced life to fully tell a good anime...