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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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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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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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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 isn't an exaggeration. Back then people were regularly calling Japanese games "gay."*
*(not everyone did this. I had tons of cool friends who just loved cool games. BUT, I suffered through A LOT of real life and online discourse about how these Japanese games are "so gay") twitter.com/envinyon/statu…
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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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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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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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The "AI Art" discourse is unironically this IRL twitter.com/axl99/status/1…
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What they're really highlighting is the importance of accessible information. They used to have everything documented in their native language. But for the last 2 decades you really need to know English to develop games (Especially if you're coding!) twitter.com/timeextension6…
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Remember how Japanese 3DCG fell behind technically during the Aughts/2010s? This was because Softimage (by far the most popular 3D art app in Japan) was acquired by Autodesk in 2008. They quickly gutted it and stopped supporting it entirely by 2016.
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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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1. Manga has been more popular than Marvel or DC comics in the west for decades now
2. Marvel & DC =/= All American comics. Dog Man is one of the best selling books (not just comics) in the US. Americans definitely still enjoy reading American comics! twitter.com/Java_jigga/sta…
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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 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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Hideaki Anno's father lost his leg in a horrible workplace accident at the age of 16. This left him a bitter man who often took his anger out on his son. This made a deep impression on Anno and his work (a🧵)
Source:
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Taichi Shimizu is one of the top body builders in Japan and responsible for the best cosplays of buff characters you've ever seen. His work has brought joy to the world, but now he needs your help.
rebirthtaichishimi.wixsite.com/home twitter.com/taichi_shimizu…
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I don't know how, but at age 5, having just recently moved to the US in the 80s, I could immediately tell that Ducktails and other Disney shows were animated in Japan. It was just so obvious.
A🧵... twitter.com/Zerochan/statu…
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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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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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This is important. The Corridor Crew sprung their "AI" animation on the Bancrofts as a surprise. They didn't understand how it was generated using someone else's work. Now that they know, they consider this kind of work unethical. twitter.com/MystWolven/sta…
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