Should Manga Animation Remain As Current Form Of Entertainment
Besides socializing with friends and sports, entertainment is the other way to help us destress and recharge our mind Such as movies, music, reality, variety shows and dramas. What about manga animation? Should it be remain as current form of entertainment when internet access, iphones, ipads and smart TVs are becoming more prominent?
For some of you who may not know, manga is an alternate term by Japanese and comic lovers for Japanese animation. You know the characters with big eyes and colourful hair with multiple lively expressions? Those are the characteristics that gave Japanese a cutting edge over their American counterparts in manga industry where they are the only competing countries back in the 80s and 90s.
Shows like Astro Boy, Spaceship Yamato, Battle Of The Planets, Mobile Suit Gundam and Macross are some of their prominent trademarks. So much so that while most Asians tend to be influenced strongly by Americans, it is the other way round with Japanese influencing Americans.
One example is their joint venture animation series of Robotech by Tatsunoko and Harmony Gold Studios. They comprised of 4 totally unrelated animation series such as Southern Cross, Mospeada and Sentinels besides Macross as well as 2 major blockbuster movies Robotech The Movie and Robotech: Shadow Chronicles.
I know because I am one of their biggest comic and animation fans way back in 1980s and 1990s before internet.
The way I see as now, manga can still be the next form of entertainment if it retains the original story and design quality together with some CG and 3D enhancements.
These are already apparent in movies like Transformers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Resident Evil Damnation. Other than just normal comics and videos, they should include games that can integrated into ipads, iphones and Smart TVs. Same goes for movie download licences into those electronics.
It is much easier for those born in the 1980s to 1990s and current new generation to accept manga animation than the older generation unless the latter are Japanese themselves.
The fact remains that Japanese are the original creators of manga, CG and 3D. Henceforth their artwork is second to none. Not even the Americans and the rest of the world who still have a long way to go. It is precisely this reason that Americans often merged with Japanese into translating their works from Japanese to English before showcasing to everyone else.
For some of you who may not know, manga is an alternate term by Japanese and comic lovers for Japanese animation. You know the characters with big eyes and colourful hair with multiple lively expressions? Those are the characteristics that gave Japanese a cutting edge over their American counterparts in manga industry where they are the only competing countries back in the 80s and 90s.
Shows like Astro Boy, Spaceship Yamato, Battle Of The Planets, Mobile Suit Gundam and Macross are some of their prominent trademarks. So much so that while most Asians tend to be influenced strongly by Americans, it is the other way round with Japanese influencing Americans.
One example is their joint venture animation series of Robotech by Tatsunoko and Harmony Gold Studios. They comprised of 4 totally unrelated animation series such as Southern Cross, Mospeada and Sentinels besides Macross as well as 2 major blockbuster movies Robotech The Movie and Robotech: Shadow Chronicles.
I know because I am one of their biggest comic and animation fans way back in 1980s and 1990s before internet.
The way I see as now, manga can still be the next form of entertainment if it retains the original story and design quality together with some CG and 3D enhancements.
These are already apparent in movies like Transformers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Resident Evil Damnation. Other than just normal comics and videos, they should include games that can integrated into ipads, iphones and Smart TVs. Same goes for movie download licences into those electronics.
It is much easier for those born in the 1980s to 1990s and current new generation to accept manga animation than the older generation unless the latter are Japanese themselves.
The fact remains that Japanese are the original creators of manga, CG and 3D. Henceforth their artwork is second to none. Not even the Americans and the rest of the world who still have a long way to go. It is precisely this reason that Americans often merged with Japanese into translating their works from Japanese to English before showcasing to everyone else.
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