ichiro_ino said:
with passion without money in a 3rd world country like ours, you will be ridiculous
Although poverty is a hindrance, it still isn't right to assume that all 3rd world countries are incapable of making something as good as contemporary anime. Most people tend to assume that poorer countries are incapable of anything spectacular.
This is the age of the internet, whereby many different tools are at our disposal, and most can be obtained for free. With the right tools one can create a product that would be just as good as the ones done by professional. In the end, the difference between the amateur and the professional lies in their recognition and their employment.
The main problem we are facing now is that since Japan is a pioneer of this distinct anime style, we seem to be deluded by the belief that only Japan is capable of producing such products, and anime from other countries are just ripoffs or poorer in quality. The truth is that Japan is just the pioneer, not the sole creator. There even exists people who are Japan Purists, and to me those guys are just fucking weaboo hikkimoris. We really shouldn't judge something negatively based on their country of origin.
The sad thing is that some contemporary anime are so bad they fall lower than what we had seen here. And this was made by a single person, compared to an entire studio of professional artists who do their work for profit.
I do not think it would be fair to judge this anime at the same level as the ones from Japan, because there are circumstances that have to be acknowledged and differentiated. We should lend our support and encourage this Indonesian artist to continue this project, so we can prove that anime is not the sole property of Japan alone, and that even a 3rd world country can produce good anime.
Take an example of my sister, a Chinese, who never learned the Chinese Language. When she finally learns Chinese, most likely no one would be surprised because we assume that she should know chinese because she is chinese. Then we got an american learning Chinese and that person is applauded.
The effort poured was equal, but yet it was unfairly judged based on prejudice. The next time if we see a piece of work from an amateur Japanese artist, we shouldn't judge him harshly because of our expectations from a Japanese. We must consider the circumstances, and applaud his effort. Likewise as a human from Indonesia, we should applaud this person's effort, because it was made by an amateur.
The expectations, the assumptions, the prejudice. These are some of the main problems that we are all facing today.
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