Anyone ever think what the future might be like if....

[coolcow]

Anime still is as popular as it is and all of the current and old Animes that we so love and adore are forgotten and go collecting dust and the newbies of the time look at us wondering what in gods name we are talking about? I personally think it would be funny. "In my day we didn't have any of this fancy smancy fully digital stuff, It had to be drawn by hand and that sometimes took years and you couldn't always do it because you had to worry that it wouldn't come out right and the people who watched it started a riot at the station and they kicked your show off the air!, You young people don't have any... *snore*" Sorry I couldn't help myself I just had to say it but agree with me what may happen to our favorites decades from now? I personally am a little afraid.

[Malificus]

I personally am a little afraid.

I would be to.

But seing as how I spike my hair daily to copy big anime style-doos, I don't have the time to think about it.

I actuallly look forward to the day that I can rant, rave, then show the small little kids my hand drawn stuff and watch their little brains fry with wonder on how I did it.

This could be considered pointless....

[|I Caught Fire|]

I think anime will continue to live on as long as television and the internet is around, and that's practically forever. As for our favorites...not so sure, but if you have their DVDs then you shouldn't have anything to worry about, do you? I wouldn't entirely doubt them disappearing into nothingness, its just the nature of media. But I would worry too much about it, I mean, look at astro boy and Yuyu Hakasho, both those animes are pretty old and they came back from the dead and made headliners around the nation. Don't worry about it so much, and just be happy with what you have right now.

[TheKorovaMilkbar]

I don't think it's really a question of how long anime will be around. The group of anime lovers only gets substantially bigger each year. No, I think it is a question of what anime will become. Even now, that hand drawn goodness has faded out, and become only a shadow of it's previous glory. Now, it's all CG. And while that might be pumping out such awesome series such as Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. and Macross. It means also that some animes will surface that will be just plain "eye candy". Then there is the problem of "how much is too much CG?". Well, that is a good question, how can the CG in Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. be a good/positive amount of CG, while CG in Armitage: Dual Matrix is too much (in my personal opinion). Well, I guess that will all be deciphered on people's opinion.

The reason I thought Armitage: D.M. had too much CG was because it did not use the same amount of animation as the original Armitage III: Poly Matrix. The best example of this is the airliner scenes. In Poly Matrix, they were drawn, In Dual Matrix, they were CG, and crappy, undetailed CG at that.

But then, that is just my personal opinion. If you're going to start a work of art out of paint, finish it out of paint.

[Heero_Yuy84]

Anime still is as popular as it is and all of the current and old Animes that we so love and adore are forgotten and go collecting dust and the newbies of the time look at us wondering what in gods name we are talking about?

I say 'Welcome to my world'. I've been like this for years, since several of my top favorites apparently don't exist to the anime world as a whole since they were made before 1995 (Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam and Aura Battler Dunbine being two biggies.)

I personally think it would be funny. "In my day we didn't have any of this fancy smancy fully digital stuff, It had to be drawn by hand and that sometimes took years and you couldn't always do it because you had to worry that it wouldn't come out right and the people who watched it started a riot at the station and they kicked your show off the air!, You young people don't have any... *snore*"

Again, closer to the truth than you realize. Way too many people in the US fandom placing emphasis on visual over story. It saddens me when I see people turn down hand-drawn stuff purely on the basis the other choice is CGI (and in some cases not even all that good CGI.)

Sorry I couldn't help myself I just had to say it but agree with me what may happen to our favorites decades from now? I personally am a little afraid.

Decades nothing. It's happening faster than you think.

[bobbarker31]

Yes, the future…. I have just come from there and there is good and bad…. The good news is that Anime is still a viable entertainment medium, but there are not as many good or original ideas these days… the good ideas all peaked 20 years ago in the year 2034.

But it IS an interesting place for the anime fan. Got2maskit is here. He is recovering from a flying hovercar accident his grandchild caused, but he is recovering in style. He is immersed in a free form simulation provided by the hospital based on Fooly Cooly where he is living out possible story lines as Amarao. Yes, it is a jacked-in-computer fantasy, but it is more exciting than recovering in bed bored out of his mind.

Bardeil13 is here too. He gave up going to singles bars and speed dating. Now he has his ideal companion. He always wanted to date Misato Katsuagi, now he is!! Using genetically designed, custom tailored DNA, a woman was cloned full grown with the character's appearance and voice (he selected the American voice actor option). Implanted memories give his Misato all the memories of the animated series just up until she passed out saving Shinji. All this and she is predisposed to take a shine to Bardeil13!!.... Hurray for the future..

The future’s anime is not drawn on cell or computer screen, but imagined to digital tape by professional imagineers. This new art form is not dependant on medium or skill with an instrument, but the imagination of the mind. These creators are often writer creators, while other conceptionalists take ideas and put them into form with their imaginations. Anime is more interactive now with viewers choosing the decisions of the characters or taking the role of a character themselves in a virtual reality their minds are jacked into. No two experiances are the same, but there are more popular ones.

In the year 2054, I see myself showing my grandchildren and the neighborhood kids the stories I grew up on in their original form. Where did Utena go and what was the power of revolution? What was that paradise that the wolves sought with Cheza’s help? What exactly occurred during Third Impact? I remember what it was when I asked these questions, and I am sure that they will have the same enjoyment when those not yet born ask the same. A compelling story is timeless and while mediums in which anime is presented may change and the creators may not be 100% Japanese, anime will continue in one form or the other.

[Malificus]

But it IS an interesting place for the anime fan. Got2maskit is here. He is recovering from a flying hovercar accident his grandchild caused, but he is recovering in style. He is immersed in a free form simulation provided by the hospital based on Fooly Cooly where he is living out possible story lines as Amarao. Yes, it is a jacked-in-computer fantasy, but it is more exciting than recovering in bed bored out of his mind.

Glorious... that is awesome.

Wait, I'm shocked that I end up with grand kids when I'm like, 45. They can even DRIVE! kids sure will grow up fast in the future. I rremember back in my day, we had to walk 15 miles through ice and snow just to get anime. And kids took a whole 16 years to get a driver's licence. I'll probably have messed with my haur so much by then it's white anyway though...

-$150 says that Evangelion is still one of the top ten anime in Japan and US in the year 2025.

-$50.000000 says that there will be a sequel by 2034.

-$20 says GAINAX spawns it's own religion by then. (Based on FLCL and Evangelion)

[bobbarker31]

But it IS an interesting place for the anime fan. Got2maskit is here. He is recovering from a flying hovercar accident his grandchild caused, but he is recovering in style. He is immersed in a free form simulation provided by the hospital based on Fooly Cooly where he is living out possible story lines as Amarao. Yes, it is a jacked-in-computer fantasy, but it is more exciting than recovering in bed bored out of his mind.

Glorious... that is awesome.

Wait, I'm shocked that I end up with grand kids when I'm like, 45. They can even DRIVE! kids sure will grow up fast in the future. I rremember back in my day, we had to walk 15 miles through ice and snow just to get anime. And kids took a whole 16 years to get a driver's licence. I'll probably have messed with my haur so much by then it's white anyway though...

-$150 says that Evangelion is still one of the top ten anime in Japan and US in the year 2025.

I would like to think so. But things change with perceptions and times. Remember that it was Nadesico that was rated higher in Japan after it came out according to one poll. Evangelion, which was once in the future for us, is now partially in the past (all the pre 2005 scenes). This will be a series that people will look back and smirk with its take on the future much like we look at Sci-Fi that told us how we would be living now. But a good story that focuses on character development will be timeless in any age.

-$50.000000 says that there will be a sequel by 2034.

If Ray Charles can push Diet Pepsi and Willie Nelson: Taco Bell, then I am sure that Anno will be lured back in the pursuit of more money. The question will be "Will it be good or not?" George Lucas's prequels were considered the second coming, but....oh boy... Anno might end up like Lucas and Elvis (I sure hope not)....

-$20 says GAINAX spawns it's own religion by then. (Based on FLCL and Evangelion)

If Jedi can be a religion in the last Australian and British census, I am sure that this will be too. Maybe there will be a Tokyo 3 theme park?... or vacations centered around you becoming your favorite anime character for a week or two.