Anime is likely to be captured eventually, just because its a huge investment and that's easily bought out by investors.
But manga is so easy to both publish and spread these days that they couldn't hope to control it, and if they adapt it badly people will just not watch it enough to justify multiple seasons.
I'd say the second paragraph is why anime is so much harder to capture, and it's more likely AI just makes studios irrelevant.
A lot of anime relies on the input of the ORIGINAL author and there's been times they've worked with the studio to improve their work (Bleach TYBW bonus scenes) and times they've killed a series by saying how a studio rejected their input. There's too much respect for the authors of works in Asia to fuck them over like you can in the West.
Unfortunately a lot of authors get starstruck by the compliment of their work getting adapted at all and will just call garbage awesome because of how excited they genuinely are, which is understandable. So that's only happening if its overtly and directly going against the author's message/work (I've got an example scratching my head but its not coming to mind right now).
there's been times they've worked with the studio to improve their work
I'm reminded of the time the team behind Made in Abyss drilled the author about the details on the screws used in the backgrounds of buildings. Which is why the level of detail in that anime is absurd.
Unfortunately a lot of authors get starstruck by the compliment of their work getting adapted at all and will just call garbage awesome because of how excited they genuinely are, which is understandable. So that's only happening if its overtly and directly going against the author's message/work (I've got an example scratching my head but its not coming to mind right now).
I feel like that's more common in the West. Manga writers seem extremely devoted to the craft
Eh, I've read enough manga where the author does entire extra sections literally gushing over every section of the anime production, from VAs to how nice they were, for what would be mediocre products at the end. And they'd keep hyping it even after it was received so poorly, though less directly.
Japan might be better in many ways, but they are still human all the same. And considering them immune to basic nonsense like that is how we miss the subtle attempts at colonization.
Especially as, mangaka might be devoted to their craft, but they are usually socially awkward due to devoting themselves to their craft. Which means they are easily flattered and manipulated by people wanting from them. There are dozens of semi-biographical series about creating manga about how dumb most of them consider themselves and how often they get misled.
People often forget that anime is a loss leader to get secondaries to buy the manga and/or merchandise. I don't know if anyone has ever watch anime as it originally aired on Japanese TV, but there's a scrolling list of sponsors and stakeholders involved at the beginning of each episode, and they'll cut funding if they don't see an uptick in their respective sales.
Yeah, a lot of it is. I think only the "big long runners" don't fall into that category, because things like Bleach or DBZ or One Piece managed to escape that and eclipse their own manga. But that's why a lot of series are just 1 season with little resolved of their own plot, they existed to pull in a larger audience rather than be their own thing.
That's not even anime specific, nearly all cartoons in the 80s and a bit into the 90s were just glorified toy commercials. It wasn't until Cartoon Network took off that Western animation broke out of that.
Adaptation anime can be, but isn't always. Adaptations are low hanging fruit and while the anime itself doesn't always break even they aim for merch sales and the like as well.
Anime originals are not at all expected to lose money - and this is where most of the top tier shows come from anyway. Gundam sure as hell prints money, any and all gundam manga are barely tertiary compared to the show and model kits etc.
Cowboy bebop, for a less "toy salesman" example. That wasn't made as a loss leader.
Anime is likely to be captured eventually, just because its a huge investment and that's easily bought out by investors.
But manga is so easy to both publish and spread these days that they couldn't hope to control it, and if they adapt it badly people will just not watch it enough to justify multiple seasons.
I'd say the second paragraph is why anime is so much harder to capture, and it's more likely AI just makes studios irrelevant.
A lot of anime relies on the input of the ORIGINAL author and there's been times they've worked with the studio to improve their work (Bleach TYBW bonus scenes) and times they've killed a series by saying how a studio rejected their input. There's too much respect for the authors of works in Asia to fuck them over like you can in the West.
Unfortunately a lot of authors get starstruck by the compliment of their work getting adapted at all and will just call garbage awesome because of how excited they genuinely are, which is understandable. So that's only happening if its overtly and directly going against the author's message/work (I've got an example scratching my head but its not coming to mind right now).
I'm reminded of the time the team behind Made in Abyss drilled the author about the details on the screws used in the backgrounds of buildings. Which is why the level of detail in that anime is absurd.
I feel like that's more common in the West. Manga writers seem extremely devoted to the craft
Eh, I've read enough manga where the author does entire extra sections literally gushing over every section of the anime production, from VAs to how nice they were, for what would be mediocre products at the end. And they'd keep hyping it even after it was received so poorly, though less directly.
Japan might be better in many ways, but they are still human all the same. And considering them immune to basic nonsense like that is how we miss the subtle attempts at colonization.
Especially as, mangaka might be devoted to their craft, but they are usually socially awkward due to devoting themselves to their craft. Which means they are easily flattered and manipulated by people wanting from them. There are dozens of semi-biographical series about creating manga about how dumb most of them consider themselves and how often they get misled.
People often forget that anime is a loss leader to get secondaries to buy the manga and/or merchandise. I don't know if anyone has ever watch anime as it originally aired on Japanese TV, but there's a scrolling list of sponsors and stakeholders involved at the beginning of each episode, and they'll cut funding if they don't see an uptick in their respective sales.
Yeah, a lot of it is. I think only the "big long runners" don't fall into that category, because things like Bleach or DBZ or One Piece managed to escape that and eclipse their own manga. But that's why a lot of series are just 1 season with little resolved of their own plot, they existed to pull in a larger audience rather than be their own thing.
That's not even anime specific, nearly all cartoons in the 80s and a bit into the 90s were just glorified toy commercials. It wasn't until Cartoon Network took off that Western animation broke out of that.
Adaptation anime can be, but isn't always. Adaptations are low hanging fruit and while the anime itself doesn't always break even they aim for merch sales and the like as well.
Anime originals are not at all expected to lose money - and this is where most of the top tier shows come from anyway. Gundam sure as hell prints money, any and all gundam manga are barely tertiary compared to the show and model kits etc.
Cowboy bebop, for a less "toy salesman" example. That wasn't made as a loss leader.