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In the US, there are so many people who watch Japanese Anime.
But I'm just realizing that the US has awesome cartoons too. I know this is old school, but the original x-men and spiderman shows were pretty good. I'm watching them right now, and besides the poor art quality, I'd say the story and suspense and action are better than what's out there in anime like naruto and what not.
Do you think people in Japan ever watch American cartoons, and if they did, which ones do you think they would, and which american cartoons are comparable to japanese Anime in quality?
I think x-men and spiderman is pretty good. Batman wasn't that great and seems it was geared towards a younger population. The new stuff from pixar and dreamworks (wall-e and kungfu panda) are awesome as well, but they don't fall into the cartoon/anime category. Avatar wind bringer is pretty good too.
oh ya, and if Japanese people aren't watching american cartoons as much as american people are watching japanese anime, why do you think this is the case?
I'm totally addicted to the original x-men season 1 series right now.
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They don't watch american cartoons as much as american people watch japanese anime. Why because, Anime obviously is >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Cartoons.
PS: Naruto sucks.
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the cartoons that are popular here (south park, simpsons, etc) probably lose their hilarity due to cultural changes.
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I really liked all those older cartoons, like Rocko's Modern Life, Hey Arnold, Invader Zim, Rugrats, Catdog, Dexter's Laboratory, Courage, Ed Edd and Eddy, etc etc etc. There were a lot of really great cartoons made in the US. However I really don't think those garner that much interest outside of the US, especially in Japan.
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Ren and STimpy and Rocko's modern life... great shows like that HAVE to cross cultural lines :D.
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They do watch American cartoons in Japan. Tom and Jerry and Popeye were particularly popular. I also met a Japanese girl who was obsessed with Secret Squirrel (which was a Hanna-Barbera cartoon which was revived in the mid-90s).
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On September 07 2009 07:10 Polyphasic wrote:
In the US, there are so many people who watch Japanese Anime.
But I'm just realizing that the US has awesome cartoons too. I know this is old school, but the original x-men and spiderman shows were pretty good. I'm watching them right now, and besides the poor art quality, I'd say the story and suspense and action are better than what's out there in anime like naruto and what not.
Do you think people in Japan ever watch American cartoons, and if they did, which ones do you think they would, and which american cartoons are comparable to japanese Anime in quality?
I think x-men and spiderman is pretty good. Batman wasn't that great and seems it was geared towards a younger population. The new stuff from pixar and dreamworks (wall-e and kungfu panda) are awesome as well, but they don't fall into the cartoon/anime category. Avatar wind bringer is pretty good too.
oh ya, and if Japanese people aren't watching american cartoons as much as american people are watching japanese anime, why do you think this is the case?
I'm totally addicted to the original x-men season 1 series right now.
Old X-men, Old Batman through Justice League Unlimited, old spiderman were all well worth watching
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My favorite cartoons are not ones that would perhaps cross the cultural divide as well; South Park and Boondocks, for example, rely on a lot of current events and social humor and in Japan they would not understand the humor or satirical nature of the cartoons.
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I remember I didn't get the humor at all in some animes when I started watching, so I guess it's the same way around.
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protip: Shows in the vain of Ren and Stimpy and Rocko's modern life are NOT great. They are gross.
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Lots of people from Asian countries (especially Japan) enjoy Western movies/culture. I don't see why they wouldn't also like cartoons. Just look at all the Asian languages hardcoded in subs on streamed video all over the internet.
That said, we're probably looking at cartoons with higher production values than Spiderman  I would say MAYBE x-men, since it's plot line is basically an anime in and of itself, but probably something more along the lines of Dilbert or Clone High.
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While I can't answer your question, I'd say things like the Simpsons and South Park are obviously only watchable when you are in North America.
On related notes, Growing Pain was extremely popular in China during the 90s; Harry Potter is extremely popular right now in pretty much all of the East-asian countries.
EDIT: You asked the question of why animated shows from Japan have been far more successful than North American ones, even though animated shows originated in America. To answer this question, I suggest you watch the documentary (it's on Youtube) about the history of comic book super heroes. Although it does not directly answer your questions, it can shred some light on the problem.
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On September 07 2009 07:26 illu wrote:
While I can't answer your question, I'd say things like the Simpsons and South Park are obviously only watchable when you are in North America.
Not quite. The Simpsons are hugely popular in France and South America. The show is also extremely popular in Korea (which would lead me to believe it also has some type of audience in Japan as well). For South Park, I can't say, but I know that it is dubbed in Japanese and broadcast on Japanese satellite channels. Since it's been around for more than a decade, I would say that it must have some audience, however small, in Japan.
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On September 07 2009 07:26 illu wrote:
While I can't answer your question, I'd say things like the Simpsons and South Park are obviously only watchable when you are in North America.
On related notes, Growing Pain was extremely popular in China during the 90s; Harry Potter is extremely popular right now in pretty much all of the East-asian countries.
EDIT: You asked the question of why animated shows from Japan have been far more successful than North American ones, even though animated shows originated in America. To answer this question, I suggest you watch the documentary (it's on Youtube) about the history of comic book super heroes. Although it does not directly answer your questions, it can shred some light on the problem.
You're joking, right? Those two series are IMMENSELY popular outside America.
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On September 07 2009 07:33 TS-Rupbar wrote:Show nested quote +On September 07 2009 07:26 illu wrote:
While I can't answer your question, I'd say things like the Simpsons and South Park are obviously only watchable when you are in North America.
On related notes, Growing Pain was extremely popular in China during the 90s; Harry Potter is extremely popular right now in pretty much all of the East-asian countries.
EDIT: You asked the question of why animated shows from Japan have been far more successful than North American ones, even though animated shows originated in America. To answer this question, I suggest you watch the documentary (it's on Youtube) about the history of comic book super heroes. Although it does not directly answer your questions, it can shred some light on the problem. You're joking, right? Those two series are IMMENSELY popular outside America.
OK fine. I meant by in East-asia they are probably not very popular.
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Aside from South Park and Family Guy on occasion, there's no worthwhile American cartoon show.
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I love south park (: best show ever, how would it be only watchable in north america?
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On September 07 2009 07:17 esla_sol wrote:
the cartoons that are popular here (south park, simpsons, etc) probably lose their hilarity due to cultural changes.
I'm not sure I buy that completely. Tons of anime hilarity is lost due to cultural changes, yet some of them remain very popular outside of Japan. Things like Lucky Star and Hayate no Gotoku have very Japanese humour but yet it's very popular among the North Americans that I know
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On September 07 2009 07:26 illu wrote:
While I can't answer your question, I'd say things like the Simpsons and South Park are obviously only watchable when you are in North America.
My little bro who is like 11 years old never misses an episode of the simpsons everyday. South Park is one of my favorite tv shows :/. With the internet and this day of globalization, anyone who knows decent english can appreciate most american tv shows to their full extent. You just need to keep up with the news and youll get most of the satire, I dont keep up with the celebrity references in SP, but I get the rest of the show.
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