Comments on: Anime vs. Cartoon http://www.writingfordesigners.com/?p=7296 The class blog of AVT 395-1, George Mason University Thu, 23 May 2013 11:23:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: hopeful1 http://www.writingfordesigners.com/?p=7296&cpage=1#comment-3207 hopeful1 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:44:29 +0000 http://www.writingfordesigners.com/?p=7296#comment-3207 The styles are definitely different. I love Miyazaki’s works for sure, and I wish there were more like his.

There is such a huge style change, along with content change between Japanese and Western art. For example, when japanese ‘PG’ movies come to the US, they usually get rated ‘R’ because we don’t expose our youth to the same things. I think the American way to get back at them is to make cartoons like ‘The Simpsons’ and what not, to say that we can make shows inappropriate for kids too. I much prefer anime, I think they keep it artistic as well as entertaining…cartoons seem to just be their for entertainment.

]]> By: ddunnema http://www.writingfordesigners.com/?p=7296&cpage=1#comment-3200 ddunnema Mon, 07 Nov 2011 01:33:09 +0000 http://www.writingfordesigners.com/?p=7296#comment-3200 I liked the comparison between Japanese and Western animation that you made because while the styles differ they have both made great contributions to animation. I think that the greatest Western animations that I know of have come from Disney. Back when each animation was painstakingly drawn frame by frame and it made for a beautiful look that seemed like an impossible amount of time, care, and attention to detail went into each creation.
The same goes for Japananese animation and the likes of Miyazaki’s films and other such classics. Today it is rare to see such detail put into animation from either Western or Japanese artists which is depressing.

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