ANIME VS AMERICAN ANIMATION

ANIME VS AMERICAN ANIMATION

by Marker Apenname

[markerapenname@subdimension.com]

THESIS STATEMENT

This is my thesis statement -- while American animation and Japanese animation both have their virtues, the style of American animation, in general, has a significant amount of higher quality.

WHERE TO BEGIN? WHERE TO BE GOING?

To begin with, one of the major problems that has hindered American animation is budget and time constraints. On the other hand, in Japan, anime has been allowed to flourish all over. When it comes to animation, it seems that Hollywood simply does not take it seriously and would rather throw its millions into "live action" films and TV shows. There is only one company in Hollywood which devotes a significant amount of its resources to advancing our heritage in animation, and that's Disney. Comparatively, its Japanese cousin has hundreds. This is a real shame considering that animation itself was originally pioneered by us. The American form of animation has not had its techniques advanced through as many stages or been perfected as much as Japanese anime has. This would lead some to the conclusion that Japanese animation is inherently better than American animation; a false conclusion that I will dissect piece by piece as we go on. Still, there are some examples where the qual!

ity of American animation really shines through for what it was meant to be. Take another perspective, and you'll see that the cut-throat constraints which ...

ANIME VS AMERICAN ANIMATION

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