People just liked it better that way
ISTANBUL
Why they changed it I can't say. As a kid in the early 1990s, I remember my after school and Saturday morning ritual of watching cartoons. Back then, there were great American cartoons from Warner Brothers and Disney such as Tiny Toons, Animemaniacs, Duck Tales, Tailspin, etc. There were some stupid ones of course such as Darkwing Duck and Gooftroop, but they were good enough to watch. But it's interesting how globalization has affected kids programming. I guess that it was in the late 1990s that Japanese anime began to gain popuarity in the US with programs such as DragonBall, Sailormoon, and Pokemon. I'm no one to complain because I loved to watch those shows, but I think that because of them, American 30-min cartoons have really been in a decline. I also remember how American cartooning was reeling from the influx of popularity in anime as American cartoons bagan to use similar drawing styles (such as the big eyes which interestingly enough where the Japanese were initially influenced by Disney cartoons) and reoccuring motifs in Japanese cartoons (such as big robots). I think that anime is not as popular right now as well, I dunno, but American programming now can't compete with the writing from shows such as Batman: The Animated Series or the double-entendres that made Animaniacs so fun to watch. It may be partially the fault of government ever since the Clinton administration had put in regulations of supposedly 'educational' programming blocks that tv stations were required to show. But even these shows, mostly animal shows, pale in comparison to shows such as Bill Nye the Science Guy and Where in the World in Carmen Santiago.
PARTICLE MAN
When they meet, it's a happy land... powerful man.. universe man. I guess that it's just a sign of the times. Even in the 1980s, Japanese cartoons had found its way on to American TV such as my favorite cartoon, Macross. But globailization in inevitable; I mean most of the drawings in the shows I mentioned were mostly drawn in Korea, I think, where cost could be kept down. Now, I can watch anime on the internet that were just released in Japan, fully translated by show fanatics; even in German and Spanish. I wonder how many people have learned Japanese by watching anime as kids?
Why they changed it I can't say. As a kid in the early 1990s, I remember my after school and Saturday morning ritual of watching cartoons. Back then, there were great American cartoons from Warner Brothers and Disney such as Tiny Toons, Animemaniacs, Duck Tales, Tailspin, etc. There were some stupid ones of course such as Darkwing Duck and Gooftroop, but they were good enough to watch. But it's interesting how globalization has affected kids programming. I guess that it was in the late 1990s that Japanese anime began to gain popuarity in the US with programs such as DragonBall, Sailormoon, and Pokemon. I'm no one to complain because I loved to watch those shows, but I think that because of them, American 30-min cartoons have really been in a decline. I also remember how American cartooning was reeling from the influx of popularity in anime as American cartoons bagan to use similar drawing styles (such as the big eyes which interestingly enough where the Japanese were initially influenced by Disney cartoons) and reoccuring motifs in Japanese cartoons (such as big robots). I think that anime is not as popular right now as well, I dunno, but American programming now can't compete with the writing from shows such as Batman: The Animated Series or the double-entendres that made Animaniacs so fun to watch. It may be partially the fault of government ever since the Clinton administration had put in regulations of supposedly 'educational' programming blocks that tv stations were required to show. But even these shows, mostly animal shows, pale in comparison to shows such as Bill Nye the Science Guy and Where in the World in Carmen Santiago.
PARTICLE MAN
When they meet, it's a happy land... powerful man.. universe man. I guess that it's just a sign of the times. Even in the 1980s, Japanese cartoons had found its way on to American TV such as my favorite cartoon, Macross. But globailization in inevitable; I mean most of the drawings in the shows I mentioned were mostly drawn in Korea, I think, where cost could be kept down. Now, I can watch anime on the internet that were just released in Japan, fully translated by show fanatics; even in German and Spanish. I wonder how many people have learned Japanese by watching anime as kids?
1 Comments:
Oh my gosh, blasphemy! How could I forget about the Simpsons and South Park? Great shows, great writing, but I don't really consider them as kids programming. More like animated satire that kids probably shouldn't be exposed to too much. Otherwise they'll end up as jaded anti-social hermits like me.
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Kingsley, at 2:29 PM
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