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Unironically this. Not only is this the single funniest thing the Joker has ever done, it's also the best characterization I've ever seen of the Clown Prince of Crime, where he will always prioritize going for the laugh over saving his own life. twitter.com/Av3rage_Us3r/s…
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This is the most detailed yet concise explanation of why Japanese animator salaries always remain low no matter how much the industry grows. Straight from Toshio Okada, cofounder and former president of Gainax and a legend in the field. Must watch if you care about this issue. twitter.com/animatorsuppor…
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Chirin no Suzu (チリンの鈴) aka Ringing Bell. A Sanrio movie from 1978, based on a book by Takashi Yanase, creator of Anpanman. I say this with zero irony, this is one of the most harrowing gut-wrenching films I've ever seen. And not just for shock value. It goes DEEP. twitter.com/davidcinema/st…
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I'm glad that the create-a-character allows for really unhinged stuff with no regard for balance and all regard for fun and self expression. That's how it ought to be. twitter.com/renorenoaray/s…
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When people say that "AI art will empower artists" this is what they mean. This tech takes individualistic voices honed by a lifetime of real experiences and reduces them to a party trick. All expression is just grist for the mill of "content." Is this the future you want? twitter.com/Phil_Lewis_/st…
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Western Samurai movies: We must preserve our honor above all else. Honor is everything (#honor)
Japanese Samurai Movies: twitter.com/MovieKessler/s…
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Remember that scene in Logan where Wolverine is trying to force Professor X to take his meds, but Xavier is having an inconsolable meltdown over how untenable life has become and he screams "THERE'S NO DIGNITY TO THIS." I think about that line a lot. twitter.com/chheplo/status…
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I get that people are pushing back against this being "the best animation in all of existence" but saying it's poorly done is too much. It's actually executed very well, and quite efficiently too. This scene works great in context and serves the story meaningfully. twitter.com/NNezukoV2/stat…
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This is terrible advice for 99.9% of games. Hi-Fi Rush is an Xbox exclusive published by Bethesda and developed by Tango Gameworks, which was founded by Shinji Mikami, one of the most famous and influential game designers of all time. These are very specific conditions!! twitter.com/pcgamer/status…
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I've always thought that Breath of Fire 4 had some of the best sprite art in the world. There's shockingly few animated gifs of the game out there tho, so I made some of my own! Here's the idle animation of the Zaurus. Sprite rip by Barubary, I just compiled the frames into a gif
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RIP to Ryuichi Sakamoto, one of the greatest, most influential composers of our times. And I mean like really truly foundational levels of influence. Do you like electro? Hip hop? Videogame music? Modern film scores? Jpop? Jrock? "Experimental music"? He was a pioneer of it all! twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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One of the greatest, most inspiring and influential sprite artists of all time is now on Twitter. Do you love Metal Slug? Then please give him a follow! All hail AKIO!!!
#pixelart #spriteart #gamedev twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Belladonna of Sadness (哀しみのベラドンナ), 1973 twitter.com/darklongbox/st…
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The Afro Samurai show was cool, but the pitch/pilot directed and largely animated by Kazuo Koike is transcendently COOL. Filmmakers are still chasing this high decades later. twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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TLDR: production committees collude to cap budgets so they can remain in control of productions. Even when they get big cash injections from the outside, those don't increase budgets, instead they fund new productions with the same capped budgets.
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So as more money goes into the Japanese animation industry the profits don't trickle down. Animators aren't rewarded with higher salaries, just more work at the same capped salary.
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By the way this is also how automation affects all industries (not just art, but everything). As work becomes automated, jobs get cut and the people remaining are just expected to do even more (with the aid of automation).
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Anglophone fandom is especially full of people who like being a fan more than liking the thing itself. This results in discourse centered around how liking certain things makes you look, vs discussions about the thing itself, the qualities of it, how it made you feel etc. twitter.com/RedLightning42…
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I wonder how different the reaction to this would be worldwide if a Chinese company did this. twitter.com/Phe_nack/statu…
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This sucks. The Internet Archive represents the best of the internet. The internet used to be so good. I feel bad for kids who only know it as a small cluster of social media platforms and a ton of ad filled satellite "content" mills. twitter.com/PublishersWkly…
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Goku is famously based off of Sun Wukong, the Monkey King and the most famous mythological folk hero in Asia. Lesser known is that Bulma is based off of Tang Sanzang, the monk Wukong swore to protect who would be responsible for SAVING THE SOULS OF ALL HUMANITY twitter.com/MrMcMaster12/s…
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During the 2000s I would try to explain to English speaking anime/manga fandom how popular Slam Dunk was in Asia and how it popularized basketball among the youth. I was told I was a crazy "weeb" out of touch with reality. Just wanna say that I was right & those dorks were wrong. twitter.com/chinaorgcn/sta…
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This is spot on and goes way deeper than you might think. It's all about "neoteny," the retention of juvenile features (looks and behavior) in an adult animal. twitter.com/DeltyThe73rd/s…
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It doesn't matter if Michael B Jordan didn't know that the classic cross counter shot in manga/anime came from Ashita no Joe. What matters is that he felt that punch in his heart and passed it down the line undiluted. twitter.com/Richmond_Lee/s…
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Mario does have a clear personality in the games. It's just that he's straightforwardly heroic and earnest. It comes through very clearly in the games too. By "personality" I think they meant quippy and neurotic, which makes him more like your standard CG film/sitcom hero. twitter.com/GoNintendoTwee…
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