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    TyChan (Is a Girl)

    As I was watching Cartoonetwork Friday and kept hearing it was the season finale, I was wondering why do American cartoons have such shorter seasons than anime? Yes, some animes only have 10 episodes a season as well but American cartoons are usually dragged out so why couldn't they just have more episodes a seasons?
    Another thing is America cartoons can get dragged out for so long and just get canceled whilst an Anime will atleast try to wrap it up (I've never watched anything that didn't have a second season coming already).
    Finally most American cartoons are generic, the majority. They always have some super hero thing going on while with anime has much more of a variety to choose from.
    So could someone please explain the difference in market to me or something. Or does anyone else have explanations of how the American and Japanese animation industry differ.

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    Furious5

    Well IMO I think it's because anime has a more broader audience......
    Okay I don't know >,<

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    Artwork

    American/Cartoons fail to make up any good plot whatsoever and mainly only focus on little children who are unaware anyway.
    No I don't know but they're only thinking about making a show funny, and not even caring about the drawing style, story line, character development and every other factor. It's purely 'entertainment'.

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    Furious5

    ^
    I disagree with you. I thought Avatar the last air bender had a nice plot. The animation also improved throughout the second season.

    Artwork said:
    mainly only focus on little children who are unaware anyway.

    I do agree with you on this.

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    Artwork

    Saane said:
    ^
    I disagree with you. I thought Avatar the last air bender had a nice plot. The animation also improved throughout the second season.

    I do agree with you on this.

    Avatar was the last Cartoon is seriously enjoyed watching. But name any other cartoon with such a good plot. There you go.

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    Furious5

    Samurai Jack
    Teen Titans
    Wonderful Days
    Code Lyoko
    Boondocks (In a comedic way)

    Thay may not have deep plots. But to me they were good.

    Btw Wonderful Days is Korean and Code Lyoko is french

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    MasterInfamous

    The only current cartoons that get my approval are Adventure Time, Regular Show, MAD (the cartoon show), Generator REX, and some shows on Adult Swim.

    I sometimes watch Phineas and Ferb only because of her:

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    Nefly

    I love American cartoons just as much as I love anime. Avatar and Teen Titans were great.

    The Misadventures of Flapjack, Chowder, and Adventure Time may not fall into the category of having good plots... But I love 'em ♥

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    gundam4ever2

    Saane said:
    Samurai Jack canceled
    Teen Titans canceled
    Wonderful Days korean
    Code Lyoko French

    Thay may not have deep plots. But to me they were good.

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    Furious5

    The point was not that they were canceled. I was pointing out cartoons that had good plots. Also If you read my post you would know that I already stated that CL and WD weren't American cartoons.

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    MasterInfamous

    gundam4ever2 said:

    On the whole, American animation is severely injured and steadily declining. It makes one wonder: How can a country with 1/3 our population make more animated shows than us?

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    Mizushima 水島

    Saane said:
    Samurai Jack
    Teen Titans
    Wonderful Days
    Code Lyoko
    Boondocks (In a comedic way)

    Thay may not have deep plots. But to me they were good.

    Btw Wonderful Days is Korean and Code Lyoko is french

    staic shock was pretty good, also xmen and xmen evolution. ooo batman beyond and i'll have ot get back 2 yall.

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    Furious5

    I also believe that Marvel and DC cartoons had nice plots and animation.

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    gundam4ever2

    MasterInfamous said:

    On the whole, American animation is severely injured and steadily declining. It makes one wonder: How can a country with 1/3 our population make more animated shows than us?

    American artist want to be paid a more money then Asian artist and most people still think anything that is animated should only be for children.

    All good cartoons get canceled before it suppose to end.

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    Nefly

    tychan said:
    As I was watching Cartoonetwork Friday and kept hearing it was the season finale, I was wondering why do American cartoons have such shorter seasons than anime? Yes, some animes only have 10 episodes a season as well but American cartoons are usually dragged out so why couldn't they just have more episodes a seasons?
    Another thing is America cartoons can get dragged out for so long and just get canceled whilst an Anime will atleast try to wrap it up (I've never watched anything that didn't have a second season coming already).
    Finally most American cartoons are generic, the majority. They always have some super hero thing going on while with anime has much more of a variety to choose from.
    So could someone please explain the difference in market to me or something. Or does anyone else have explanations of how the American and Japanese animation industry differ.

    I think it's because in America, there are two types of cartoons. The kind that are targeted at children who have low attention-spans, and the kind for adults (usually Marvel comics that have been animated). Japan has anime for children too, of course, but its biggest audience is young adults (I think?) and therefore they are kind of forced to adhere to a higher standard.

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    Furious5

    gundam4ever2 said:

    American artist want to be paid a more money then Asian artist

    Japanese animators salaries.
    http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2010/05/02/japanese-animators-earn-3hour/

    American vs Japan animator salaries.
    http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2005-11-02/animator%27s-salaries

    Also I don't really understand what you wrote. Did you say that American animators want to be paid more then Japanese animators?

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    gundam4ever2

    nEveR.Fly_ said:

    I think it's because in America, there are two types of cartoons. The kind that are targeted at children who have low attention-spans, and the kind for adults (usually Marvel comics that have been animated).

    No you a wrong about that. There are 4 type toddler cartoons (Nick Jr. playhouse Disney), Children cartoons (typical Disney nick CN stuff) , Young Teen cartoon(Marvel,DC based), and Adult cartoon(family guy).

    Saane said:

    Also I don't really understand what you wrote. Did you say that American animators want to be paid more then Japanese animators?

    yes

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    Nefly

    gundam4ever2 said:

    No you a wrong about that. There are 4 type toddler cartoons (Nick Jr. playhouse Disney), Children cartoons (typical Disney nick CN stuff) , Young Teen cartoon(Marvel,DC based), and Adult cartoon(family guy).

    That's true 'o'
    Didn't think about it that way.

    On the topic of pay, don't Japan and the USA outsource most of their animation work to South Korea anyway? I don't know much about it though.

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    gundam4ever2

    The thing is that the good cartoons don't last long because they are geared more to teen and typical teens view cartoons as childish and for nerds unless it is like South Park or Family Guy.
    That is why anime is not that poplar in America.

    nEveR.Fly_ said:

    On the topic of pay, don't Japan and the USA outsource most of their animation work to South Korea anyway? I don't know much about it though.

    yes, they do.

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    CC

    Because it's often manga or comics that are animated. Manga can cover pretty much anything while 99% of the comics are centered around some hero or a group of them.

    Why the difference? Don't know, ask Stan Lee.. the old man wrote a lot and came up with tons of characters. I do like how Marvel super heroes usually have some grim undertone though.. like spiderman always being broke and his relationships going to hell due to his superhero hobby. Or the thing who isn't comfortable with his looks.. or the hulk, the side to the Bruce Banner which he wished he didn't have. I do like cartoons/comics like that.. superman for example I never liked, who the fuck wants a hero that has everything going for him, knows no equal in strength and has only one weakness?

    As for the length, I think this has to do with the super hero thing again.. Spiderman has been around since 1963, comics are still sold today. It has no 'target' to work forward to, it's like with the power rangers, throw in some bad guy every week and repeat the same thing over and over.
    I now feel bad for comparing spiderman to the power rangers, as the power rangers really are rinse and repeat with no variety whatsoever

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