should animation as a medium be taken seriously?

[weirdMcGee]

I have been in some threads in the past where simply over analyzing cartoons can be seen as autistic to a degree and it's sort of true. There’s really no point in taking something fictional and making it the sole reason you feel depressed or something.


With that out of the way, I do want to ask one thing, what is your thoughts on the animation age ghetto as well as the cultural ties of it? And should we just not took animation too seriously or try to find a balance?


Now for me, I do believe animation in the west should expand into more avenues than senseless comedy and violence. No worries, your slapstick loony toons aren't going away, we just should try taking a risk in some cases.


And no anime is not a good example of that, in fact, their dealing with something similar as well. it might seem like some anime is taking a risk but when is the time you see an anime that doesn't have tits being thrown at you?

 

[Black Waltz]

it's all shit

 

[Philosophy Zombie]

Like women, the other thing liberals screech at us to appreciate, animation should be given exactly as much respect as it deserves: none at all.

 

[ICametoLurk]

lolcartoons

 

[Pickle Inspector]

It can be as highbrow or lowbrow as film, maybe cinema should just be taken less seriously as an art form.

 

[From The Uncanny Valley]

If there's one thing I've learned from the Mr Enter types it's that animation totally fails as a therapy replacement.

 

[SugarSnot]

Some people will have an aversion to the surface level of things no matter how much you try to convince them there is something more to unearth from any media you show them. How easy is it for people to discount stuff for being too edgy, a chick flick, too childish, or too fan-servicey? Happens more often than not.

You complain about the tits, and using it as the benchmark that renders anime void as a serious medium. Though you're really just throwing the baby out with the bathwater. If you things that irk you demand that much attention then I have a hard time imagining you enjoying media at all. No better than a /pol/tard who dismisses an entire movie because of a mixed race couple.

Now. If you actually took a course and tried to learn how to animate, or even how to draw I think you would come to respect animators much more. It's hard work that takes a lot of time, effort, and experience to do well. Backgrounds. Sound design. Framing your shots. Character design. It's a seriously impressive medium, and the fact that millions of people get some sort attachment to characters on a screen that just vaguely resembles human beings is not to be understated.

 

[weirdMcGee]

Some people will have an aversion to the surface level of things no matter how much you try to convince them there is something more to unearth from any media you show them. How easy is it for people to discount stuff for being too edgy, a chick flick, too childish, or too fan-servicey? Happens more often than not.

You complain about the tits, and using it as the benchmark that renders anime void as a serious medium. Though you're really just throwing the baby out with the bathwater. If you things that irk you demand that much attention then I have a hard time imagining you enjoying media at all. No better than a /pol/tard who dismisses an entire movie because of a mixed race couple.

Now. If you actually took a course and tried to learn how to animate, or even how to draw I think you would come to respect animators much more. It's hard work that takes a lot of time, effort, and experience to do well. Backgrounds. Sound design. Framing your shots. Character design. It's a seriously impressive medium, and the fact that millions of people get some sort attachment to characters on a screen that just vaguely resembles human beings is not to be understated.

Trust me, I tried getting into animation but I realize hard it can be to do several frames of animation. So, I guess I grew some notable respect for them.

 

[Y2K Baby]

I have autism so it's bad and lol, anime was mistake.

 

[Varg Did Nothing Wrong]

it might seem like some anime is taking a risk but when is the time you see an anime that doesn't have tits being thrown at you?

There's tons tbh.

 

[A Welsh Cake]

I think people should stop outsourcing animation to the Koreans and actually work on their ideas. Problem being companies and money.
Also 2D animation > 3D animation.

 

[IV 445]

When you think about it, animation is a series of still images strung together to form a motion picture. That takes some hard work.

 

[KillYourself]

I take it seriously.....seriously autistic!

...that was corny as fuck.

 

[Sylvie Paula Paula]

Think of it like this: If the person who created an animation treats it like actual art and takes it seriously, then it should be. If the creator doesn't care, then you shouldn't either, no matter how much work went into it.

 

[RG 448]

lol no cartoons are for babies

 

[Marsaudiac]

With the recent proliferation of garbage like this, by Tumblr kids with the audacity to call themselves artists, I'm gonna lead toward "no."

 

[Trans Fat 41g]

If you believe art imitates life, if that is your prerogative, who cares?

 

[Scratch This Nut]

Obviously.

Though I think most cartoons nowadays have the same terrible art style.

 

[Jewelsmakerguy]

It can be as highbrow or lowbrow as film, maybe cinema should just be taken less seriously as an art form.

Well, considering how the film industry as of late is basically a joke, it might as well be.

As for animation, it'll never be taken seriously between the executives not taking chances and the animation industry and fandom by and large being full of spergy perverts.

 

[AnOminous]

Think of it like this: If the person who created an animation treats it like actual art and takes it seriously, then it should be.

But what if they only people who do that are insanely autistic and generate autistic manbabby stuff, even if they think they're Shakespeare?