Japanese Animation vs Western Animation

Well this might sound sad but I showed my Mom a comparison of Futurama and Full Metal alchemist and she thought Futurama was more artistic and looked better.

This pissed me off so bad because Futurama has little to no shadows or lighting effects and the characters have little detail. (I like futurama but its not serious at all like most anime)

Basically I just wanted to see what other people think because most of my friends think anime looks way better.

Its nearly as bad as saying Pacman looks better than Crysis.

Here is a comparison if you dont have them.

I always thought anime had much more attention to detail (i.e lighting, landscapes etc.)than western animation.

Anime is generally drawn with more detail and has alot more styles than western anime.

American animation.

As much as I love anime nothing beats:

Tom & Jerry(my favorite animated series of all-time), Tiny Toons, Looney Tunes, Tazmania, Pinky and The Brain, Batman: The Animated Series, Samurai Jack(tied with Tom n' Jerry), and Dexter's Lab

Anime has more detail, although its a completely different style than western animation, because western animation is based on the traditional American comics, where in Japan, its manga.

In my case when said Western animation, new-story per episode comedy cartoons and come to mind like Tom & Jerry, Oggy and The Cockroaches, Bugs B., Mickey and co. while Japanese - Dragon Ball, Voltes V, which is deeper and there is a real story and more interesting IMO, but I like both and for me *** animation - deep, interesting, while West animation - fun, amusing. :D

The animation quality in anime is pretty poor compared to western animation. On the flipside, anime tend to follow interesting storylines while western animation tends to go with episodic humor that doesn't follow a storyline. There are a number of exceptions to that though.

The animation quality in anime is pretty poor compared to western animation. On the flipside, anime tend to follow interesting storylines while western animation tends to go with episodic humor that doesn't follow a storyline. There are a number of exceptions to that though.

Shad0ki11

Western Animation runs smoother, but some anime art styles are unquestionably superior.

The animation quality in anime is pretty poor compared to western animation. On the flipside, anime tend to follow interesting storylines while western animation tends to go with episodic humor that doesn't follow a storyline. There are a number of exceptions to that though.

Shad0ki11

I beg to disagree.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfoMLF8kwF4&hd=1

I haven't seen anything western that can top that.

I would have to say Anime. Animes like Ninja Scroll, Ghost in the Shell have very fluid animation, especially during their fight scenes. Though, I'll admit that American animation has certainly gotten better. For example, inSuperman/Batman: Apocaplypse, the animation is veryfluid in terms of the character's motions (this is really evident in the animated short film about The Green Arrow that's included on the Bluray Disc). This is the best I've seen of mainstream American animation. However, when I include non-mainstream American animation, such as big budget animated films like The Iron Giant (that had fantastic animation), then I'd say that American animation is more than comparable.

Western TV animation has gotten cheaper over the years, as anime has gotten better. Most tv western animation now just sub par background filler for the shows jokes. There are some wonderful exceptions though, like avatar.

Movie animation wise, western animation can be extremely top notch(and better than Japanese). Look at Princess and the Frog(animation quality), or many Disney clas sics. With that said, 2D western animation movies are near extinct.:(

So TV wise Japan is top notch. With such studios as Bones (FMA, FMA BH, Eureka 7, Soul eater, heroman)

American. Most Animes look the same to me (not saying their bad tho)

I guess I had better quit while I am ahead until she says Mario has better music than Final Fantasy. (I wouldn't be surprised) Well when it comes time to put her in an old peoples home she is going to the metal institution instead because of this.

BTW I wan't talking about storyline just the visuals. And if you pull storyline into Anime wins again. But storyline people can have opinions if they want but something as clear as visiuals shouldn't even be debatable.

In game doesn't look as good as prerendered movies does it.

I am glad to see most people think Anime is better.

I guess I had better quit while I am ahead until she says Mario has better music than Final Fantasy. (I wouldn't be surprised) Well when it comes time to put her in an old peoples home she is going to the metal institution instead because of this.

BTW I wan't talking about storyline just the visuals. And if you pull storyline into Anime wins again. But storyline people can have opinions if they want but something as clear as visiuals shouldn't even be debatable.

In game doesn't look as good as prerendered movies does it.

I am glad to see most people think Anime is better.

Hydrazz

Where I said metal I meant mental.

The animation quality in anime is pretty poor compared to western animation. On the flipside, anime tend to follow interesting storylines while western animation tends to go with episodic humor that doesn't follow a storyline. There are a number of exceptions to that though.

Shad0ki11

edit, guess who this is a cameo of.

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If your mother's subjective opinion about the subjective visual enjoyability of one TV show compared to another "pisses you off so bad", you might have a problem. :P

New american shows I'm watching:

Young Justice Episode I (Premires this friday on Cartoon Network if you missed the 1st look last year)

&

The Avengers: Earth's Mightest Heroes (first season about finished but you can catch repeats on Disney XD or on youtube)

other notable mentions:

Jackie Chan Adventures

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2000's version)

and

Xiolin Showdown

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The animation quality in anime is pretty poor compared to western animation. On the flipside, anime tend to follow interesting storylines while western animation tends to go with episodic humor that doesn't follow a storyline. There are a number of exceptions to that though.

dercoo

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yea I know I mean futurama's walls are like one color when FMA's look like wear and paint bumps on the wall.

Also Futuramas Skies are usually just a gradient with a couple of clouds when FMA and most anime have sun streaks and realistic lighting.

^ That's not a fair comparison, especially considering Family guy just went HD this season...

These are better examples imo.

Some Western animation artstyles are better than japanee animation artstyles and viceversa, having said that I prefer more what the japanese anime companies do mainly because there has been a decline in the production of the American cartoons since the golden age (1928-1960ish). After that era most if not all of the truly good animation was in movies, heck still in the golden era the cartoons were mostly seen in theaters anyways. Still I can understand people liking the American StyIes better, some are great.

^ That's not a fair comparison, especially considering Family guy just went HD this season...

These are better examples imo.

Espada12

Those are movies.

Which as I noted western animation in movies are still top notch.

Tv is mostly:?

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The animation quality in anime is pretty poor compared to western animation. On the flipside, anime tend to follow interesting storylines while western animation tends to go with episodic humor that doesn't follow a storyline. There are a number of exceptions to that though.

dercoo

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It's funny, considering the last two are made by the same people (Seth MacFarlane).

Don't recognize the first one, though.

Espada12

Those are movies.

Which as I noted western animation in movies are still top notch.

Tv is mostly:?

dercoo

Ah ok didn't read your first post, I thought you were straight up comparing from his statement.

i am not a fan of anime, in fact i barely watch any, but it just seems that japan and maybe korea just seem to have more devoted, bigger animation studios that can produce similar work. I bought justice league complete and in a lot of the commentary, they talked about outsourcing a hell lot of their animation to korea. In fact, i would not be surprised if a lot of american companies did that. Im not even sure what american animation is because it varies a lot from family guy to the simpsons to young justice to spongebob to whatever the hell the run on cartoon network these days that look like a bunch of twelve year olds put together. No to mention the crappy 3D stuff they try to pass off as animation.

When did Batman became black?Lonelynight

Super girl is black there as well, I never noticed it till you brought it up.. I suppose it's just a style.. it looks pretty natural though.

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The animation quality in anime is pretty poor compared to western animation. On the flipside, anime tend to follow interesting storylines while western animation tends to go with episodic humor that doesn't follow a storyline. There are a number of exceptions to that though.

CRS98

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It's funny, considering the last two are made by the same people (Seth MacFarlane).

Don't recognize the first one, though.

My anime pics are from the same studio too, Bones (1st is StarDriver, 2nd HeroMan)

i am not a fan of anime, in fact i barely watch any, but it just seems that japan and maybe korea just seem to have more devoted, bigger animation studios that can produce similar work. I bought justice league complete and in a lot of the commentary, they talked about outsourcing a hell lot of their animation to korea. In fact, i would not be surprised if a lot of american companies did that. Im not even sure what american animation is because it varies a lot from family guy to the simpsons to young justice to spongebob to whatever the hell the run on cartoon network these days that look like a bunch of twelve year olds put together. No to mention the crappy 3D stuff they try to pass off as animation.

bionicle_lover

As I recall, the animation for Boondocks was from Korea.

Cartoons are more fluid, but Anime is more artistic, mature, deep and has more details. The only kiddy anime I know are Pokemon and Bakugan (repetitive and ripoff)

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dercoo

It's funny, considering the last two are made by the same people (Seth MacFarlane).

Don't recognize the first one, though.

My anime pics are from the same studio too, Bones (1st is StarDriver, 2nd HeroMan)

A lot of animation studios usually go with similar animation their in their works. Not to say there aren't any that change up from time to time (Western studios as well).

On a different topic, I hate how in anime, everyone and everything that's American has to wear the stars and stripes (Heroman being one of them). That's really just something I've observed.

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i am not a fan of anime, in fact i barely watch any, but it just seems that japan and maybe korea just seem to have more devoted, bigger animation studios that can produce similar work. I bought justice league complete and in a lot of the commentary, they talked about outsourcing a hell lot of their animation to korea. In fact, i would not be surprised if a lot of american companies did that. Im not even sure what american animation is because it varies a lot from family guy to the simpsons to young justice to spongebob to whatever the hell the run on cartoon network these days that look like a bunch of twelve year olds put together. No to mention the crappy 3D stuff they try to pass off as animation.

dercoo

As I recall, the animation for Boondocks was from Korea.

ya, so its really hard to really categorize an american style.. at least thats what i gather :P i dont know, american media doesnt really seem to push cartoons as a seroius medium. Besides the occasional kids cartoon show that actually tries to take itself seriously, there seems to only be adult cartoon shows and those require absolutely no good animation because their humor usually isnt in the animation. or it actually depends on the bad animation

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i am not a fan of anime, in fact i barely watch any, but it just seems that japan and maybe korea just seem to have more devoted, bigger animation studios that can produce similar work. I bought justice league complete and in a lot of the commentary, they talked about outsourcing a hell lot of their animation to korea. In fact, i would not be surprised if a lot of american companies did that. Im not even sure what american animation is because it varies a lot from family guy to the simpsons to young justice to spongebob to whatever the hell the run on cartoon network these days that look like a bunch of twelve year olds put together. No to mention the crappy 3D stuff they try to pass off as animation.

bionicle_lover

As I recall, the animation for Boondocks was from Korea.

ya, so its really hard to really categorize an american style.. at least thats what i gather :P i dont know, american media doesnt really seem to push cartoons as a seroius medium. Besides the occasional kids cartoon show that actually tries to take itself seriously, there seems to only be adult cartoon shows and those require absolutely no good animation because their humor usually isnt in the animation. or it actually depends on the bad animation

I hope that one day we will get some western animation that is not comedy, or targeted at youth.:(

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As I recall, the animation for Boondocks was from Korea.

dercoo

ya, so its really hard to really categorize an american style.. at least thats what i gather :P i dont know, american media doesnt really seem to push cartoons as a seroius medium. Besides the occasional kids cartoon show that actually tries to take itself seriously, there seems to only be adult cartoon shows and those require absolutely no good animation because their humor usually isnt in the animation. or it actually depends on the bad animation

I hope that one day we will get some western animation that is not comedy, or targeted at youth.:(

im looking forward to dc animated stuff. I know half of it is made in asia, but i really like it. Its much more friendly than getting into the dc universe of comics (reading wikipedia on all these characters is pretty much reading a book... even on wikipedia it has a plot and plot twists and i dont wanna stop).

I still don't think anything has topped this yet!

I wish this effort was put into anime ever, but I know that's not realistic..

I still don't think anything has topped this yet!

I wish this effort was put into anime ever, but I know that's not realistic..

Espada12

Which gundam is this? And the animation looks pretty but is the story good?

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I still don't think anything has topped this yet!

I wish this effort was put into anime ever, but I know that's not realistic..

AtlanticRock

Which gundam is this? And the animation looks pretty but is the story good?

It's Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn and the story is the continuation of the universal century (the main) story of the gundam universes. It's going pretty good so far!

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I still don't think anything has topped this yet!

I wish this effort was put into anime ever, but I know that's not realistic..

Espada12

Which gundam is this? And the animation looks pretty but is the story good?

It's Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn and the story is the continuation of the universal century (the main) story of the gundam universes. It's going pretty good so far!

I just searched for this series on Bluray at Amazon and the first volume, which is only one hour long, costs $134.00. Damn. I wanted to add it to my queue on Netflix, but it's not available on Netflix. Double damn.

western is better i like futuramas style more than animes