Netflix bets on Japanese anime to battle Disney and Apple in streaming wars
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Re: Netflix bets on Japanese anime to battle Disney and Apple in streaming wars
#2great, expect the same socjus drivel that's right now killing hollywood's legacy IP, dressed up for a new medium with prettier art but the exact same sorry excuses for storytellers. It'll last just long enough to suck in the industry's best and brightest and push the current crop of cash-strapped studios off a fiscal cliff, only to leave everybody high and dry when the number-crunchers finally realize that the core audience - nerdy young men - would rather gouge their eyes out with a spoon than watch this shit, while the diversity pushers clamoring for it never planned to watch it in the first place.
Re: Netflix bets on Japanese anime to battle Disney and Apple in streaming wars
#3great, expect the same socjus drivel that's right now killing hollywood's legacy IP, dressed up for a new medium with prettier art but the exact same sorry excuses for storytellers. It'll last just long enough to suck in the industry's best and brightest and push the current crop of cash-strapped studios off a fiscal cliff, only to leave everybody high and dry when the number-crunchers finally realize that the core a…
...relax
Re: Netflix bets on Japanese anime to battle Disney and Apple in streaming wars
#4I think Netflix would see better returns if they invested in something more mainstream and kid friendly like Nick Parks work (e.g. Shaun the sheep).
Either way, I'm pretty sure Walt Disneys greed will in the end bite them in the ass since big companies like Netflix now have a reason to invest in small studios.
Re: Netflix bets on Japanese anime to battle Disney and Apple in streaming wars
#5Important point missed by this article is that if Netflix really wants to compete with anime they need to massively improve their subtitles. Every subtitled show I've seen on Netflix has been awful to watch because of basic errors.
I feel like fans will really be put off by this unless they up their game considerably.
Re: Netflix bets on Japanese anime to battle Disney and Apple in streaming wars
#6great, expect the same socjus drivel that's right now killing hollywood's legacy IP, dressed up for a new medium with prettier art but the exact same sorry excuses for storytellers. It'll last just long enough to suck in the industry's best and brightest and push the current crop of cash-strapped studios off a fiscal cliff, only to leave everybody high and dry when the number-crunchers finally realize that the core a…
You just described what happened to Star Wars perfectly.
Re: Netflix bets on Japanese anime to battle Disney and Apple in streaming wars
#7great, expect the same socjus drivel that's right now killing hollywood's legacy IP, dressed up for a new medium with prettier art but the exact same sorry excuses for storytellers. It'll last just long enough to suck in the industry's best and brightest and push the current crop of cash-strapped studios off a fiscal cliff, only to leave everybody high and dry when the number-crunchers finally realize that the core a…
The level of concern in this post about something that would be a minor nuisance to almost everyone else, is remarkable.
It reminds me of a classmate in my political science class (now more than a decade ago) who emailed everyone a passionate blog post about how the Captain America cartoon show turned a generation of Americans against economic progress.
Re: Netflix bets on Japanese anime to battle Disney and Apple in streaming wars
#8great, expect the same socjus drivel that's right now killing hollywood's legacy IP, dressed up for a new medium with prettier art but the exact same sorry excuses for storytellers. It'll last just long enough to suck in the industry's best and brightest and push the current crop of cash-strapped studios off a fiscal cliff, only to leave everybody high and dry when the number-crunchers finally realize that the core a…
The level of concern in this post about something that would be a minor nuisance to almost everyone else, is remarkable. It reminds me of a classmate in my political science class (now more than a decade ago) who emailed everyone a passionate blog post about how the Captain America cartoon show turned a generation of Americans against economic progress.
yes, shocking that someone might feel strongly about their interests and subculture
Re: Netflix bets on Japanese anime to battle Disney and Apple in streaming wars
#9Important point missed by this article is that if Netflix really wants to compete with anime they need to massively improve their subtitles. Every subtitled show I've seen on Netflix has been awful to watch because of basic errors. I feel like fans will really be put off by this unless they up their game considerably.
Long ago, when "Attack on Titan" was _the_ anime series everyone was excited about, Netflix had the last two episodes out of order. It was pretty bad. Episode 25 is supposed to end with a big twist that Episode 26 begins to explore as it closes out the season.
I was so confused while watching. Eventually I figured out it was the wrong episode, but the twist was completely spoiled. The thing that made me really disappointed, though, was discovering a Reddit thread from several months earlier about the problem.
It left a terrible impression. They just didn't seem to care.
Re: Netflix bets on Japanese anime to battle Disney and Apple in streaming wars
#10great, expect the same socjus drivel that's right now killing hollywood's legacy IP, dressed up for a new medium with prettier art but the exact same sorry excuses for storytellers. It'll last just long enough to suck in the industry's best and brightest and push the current crop of cash-strapped studios off a fiscal cliff, only to leave everybody high and dry when the number-crunchers finally realize that the core a…
But the shows are for audiences in Asia (at least according to the article) and usually most of Asia outside China (and to a lesser extent SK) look at Japan favorably in terms of culture, so I don’t see them messing with the stories.