01-28-2014, 12:33 PM
Somehow I missed your reply... Yup, the influence is evident and it really is going left and right in a ping pong manner:) I mean, japanese woodcuts, Lautrec, Mucha, Disney, anime, matrix, cartoons... It's a good mish mash and that's how it should be.
I can clearly see anime influence in the last like 10+ years, not only in USA and not only in animation media. And yeah, character concepts do seem to work, especially if they are in that korean style.
But actual anime iconography and visual language, that may indeed have to wait.
On the other hand, and that crossed my mind just now, there are platforms and opportunities for producing one's own IP and that's an area which I see as something that would only grow in the future. And I have the impression that a lot of western audience actually enjoy anime as such a lot.
I can clearly see anime influence in the last like 10+ years, not only in USA and not only in animation media. And yeah, character concepts do seem to work, especially if they are in that korean style.
But actual anime iconography and visual language, that may indeed have to wait.
On the other hand, and that crossed my mind just now, there are platforms and opportunities for producing one's own IP and that's an area which I see as something that would only grow in the future. And I have the impression that a lot of western audience actually enjoy anime as such a lot.