This could've permanently saved the industry. What happened?
This could've permanently saved the industry. What happened?
Asher Martin
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Christian Nelson
The only reason the industry is shit is because the change to digital, and no money to hire and train good people to draw
Hunter Jackson
MC was incredibly boring for starters, and the rape scene didn't help making him likable
Jonathan Cruz
This was a commercial flop and Bandai never saw a return on the huge investment they put into this film. I have no idea why you think this movie in particular could or should have revitalized the industry, when Akira did the very same only 3 years later.
Luke Perez
Except Akira was the same otaku trash from its time, retard.
>"In modern society, which is so information-oriented, it becomes more and more difficult even for sensational works to really connect with people, and even so, those works get forgotten quickly. Moreover, this flood of superficial information has dissolved those values and dreams people could stand upon, especially among the young, who are left frustrated and anxious. It could be said that this is the root cause of the Peter Pan syndrome, that says, 'I don't want to be an adult' ... If you look at the psychology of anime fans today, they do interact with society, and they're trying to get along well in that society, but unfortunately, they don't have the ability. So as compensatory behavior, they relinquish themselves to mecha and cute young girls. However, because these are things that don't really exist—meaning, there's no interaction in reality happening between those things and the anime fans—they soon get frustrated, and then seek out the next [anime] that will stimulate them ... If you look into this situation, what these people really want, deep down, is to get along well with reality. And what we propose is to deliver the kind of project that will make people look again at the society around them and reassess it for themselves; where they will think, 'I shouldn't give up yet on reality.'"
Thomas Carter
Akira didn't make much of a splash in Japan, it did decently well, but Totoro was the big hit that year. Also, Akira was from 88 and Wings was from 87.
Julian Hernandez
>and the rape scene
I love how Japanese that scene is. To any western viewer it seems like it comes out of no where, seems unneeded in the large scheme of things since it goes no where, and drags down the characters. Yet Japan doesn't seem to think much of it, it's just how they are.
Connor Green
>they relinquish themselves to mecha and cute young girls. However, because these are things that don't really exist—meaning, there's no interaction in reality happening between those things and the anime fans
Anime fans did have access to cute young girls though - it wasn't a male dominated fanbase. Akira is also well known for it's lack of cute girls. This post is a garbled mess.
David James
Your orientalist mindset is showing.
Colton Phillips
Nah too narrow appeal.