Epsilon Wrote:So, how do you tell the difference between the next regurgitated crap and the next Haruhi Suzimiya (or whatever anime you want to put in there)?Pretty easily - "the next Haruhi Suzimiya" doesn't follow the exact same plot line that all of the "regurgitated crap" does. Granted, neither does "the next Plan 9 from Outer Space", but at least the innovators are trying to come up with something original.
Epsilon Wrote:The only way to produce art is a scattergun approach. Throw enough of it at the wall, see what sticks.It would be nice if the anime production companies would go back to that approach... but most of them have hung up their shotguns and are using photocopiers instead. (Note that the majority of the original anime in any given half-decade come from a minority of studios.)
When you're throwing enough of it at the wall, and seeing what sticks, don't be surprised when nothing sticks to the spot where a dozen previous throws have already been stuck. And if you're aiming at that spot on purpose, well...
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012