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Teaser for Netflix's Castlevania (July 7, animation, written by Warren Ellis)
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meltingparappa
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Powerhouse isn't a pretty small studio, especially for a project of this size. At best maybe they are doing all the layouts and keys in-house, but the inbetweens that have to maintain the quality in that teaser have to be done somewhere else, and they look tight enough to be from a korean studio that does action.
Either way, I hope this is their big break for more recognition. They've been doing great work for a while now.
Inferno313
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As I understand it, in Japan 'anime' is just their word for cartoon. Spongebob is an anime, Pokemon is an anime, Wall-E is an anime, etc.
In English, we use anime specifically to refer to Japanese animation. This has a style that evokes anime, but as it's not from Japan I don't think it would actually be considered anime.
In English, we use anime specifically to refer to Japanese animation. This has a style that evokes anime, but as it's not from Japan I don't think it would actually be considered anime.
Inferno313
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Heh, makes sense.
MagnaderAlpha
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Also, there were quite a bit of "American" animated series in the 80s that were animated in Japan, like G.I. Joe and The Real Ghostbusters, just to name a few. In some parts, you can see "anime face" with some of the characters too. Because they were animated in Japan, would that mean they technically are anime too?
Complex Shadow
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Now Watch me whip
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jack_package_200
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|OT| Pachinko Machines and Erotic Violence
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Joe Shlabotnik
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Castlevania on Netflix |OT| House of Dracs
hosannainexcelsis
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Just "Erotic Violence" is perfect, I think.
The Illiterati
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|OT| A horrible/wonderful night to have a binge
Manga and comic are used interchangeably in Japanese. They mean the same thing. There's no distinction. In Kinokuniya the manga section is labeled "comics". When Japanese talk about western comics they tend to say "amekomi" (American Comics).
I don't think I've seen "cartoon" used in Japanese in that context much either. Just calling it anime like everything else seems much more common. Definitely not comparable to the widespread use of "anime" in English to refer specifically to Japanese animation.
Edit: Holy shit that post is more than a month old lol.
Live preview https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fxUlQFvE6k4
I dunno if there's any common shorthand for that, since I don't come across people talking about European comics as an overall medium. Amekomi is very common these days because unsurprisingly there's a lot of interest these days due to the superhero boom in films and whatnot. Especially when Japanese animators and creators want to express the difference in artistic style and inspiration when talking about whether a superhero work they are making is Japanese style (Kamen Rider, Ultraman, etc) or Western style (Marvel, DC, etc).
All Possible Ways
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Looking good! Can't wait!
ZeroCypher
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|OT| And so the shiver of Netflix has arrived
Byakuya769
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Looks like something from Bones.
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It's these guys https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powerhouse_Animation_Studios
I'm happy for them, been around forever finally a big chance. America needs more mature/action focused cartoon studios
FlutterPuffs
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God if this isnt available in Malaysia on Netflix I'll be sending a strongly worded letter to them 
We already missed out on Voltron.
We already missed out on Voltron.
God if this isnt available in Malaysia on Netflix I'll be sending a strongly worded letter to them
We already missed out on Voltron.
The reason Voltron is unavailable is being in South East Asia Dreamworks has their own animation channel on cable networks. Voltron is a Dreamworks and Netflix co-production, and Dreamworks kept the distribution rights for their own channel in Asia. It's lame, but that's why.