Long Season and Dead to Rights seem like worth giving a shot.
Chinese film, television, music
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It‘s not race, just culture. I can‘t think of a single good movie made in South East Asia. In the meantime take a look at Iranian movie industry which pumps out diamonds every 2 years or so despite facing a lot of headwind. That‘s what you cal good movies that leave a footprint.
A bit late to the party, but I just finished To Be A Hero X and man it's a masterpiece. Just the animation, the ecomotional depth of the storytelling, the way all the anthological and nonlinear elements build off one another and ultimately come together at the end. Whether or not its better than Link Click comes down to your own personal preference, but I feel it exceeds Link Click infinitely in ambition. Such an ambitious show will stumble here and there. I see the common consensus is Loli being the weakest story thread, although I actually liked her. I was more bored by Little Johnny's story thread, but perhaps it will have good pay off in Season 2.
Chinese animation this year has just been insane though. Chinese video games were already the spear tip of the Chinese entertainment industry, now Chinese animation is easily the second line following the vanguard.
Chinese animation this year has just been insane though. Chinese video games were already the spear tip of the Chinese entertainment industry, now Chinese animation is easily the second line following the vanguard.
Today I watched Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc in the theater. I won’t comment on the story, but the animation quality was truly a work of art. Although it’s not a Chinese production, I noticed that, besides the Japanese staff, there were many Chinese names in the end credits—far more than those of any other foreign nationality. In fact, it was the same when I watched the Demon Slayer movie last time.
China should have a massive cultural and artistic market capable of supporting talented creators like these. Perhaps it’s time to strengthen copyright awareness and implement a proper age-rating system, so that such creative potential can truly flourish.
To Be Hero X and A Mortal’s Journey (anime) are both excellent. I wish they would get theatrical releases someday.
China should have a massive cultural and artistic market capable of supporting talented creators like these. Perhaps it’s time to strengthen copyright awareness and implement a proper age-rating system, so that such creative potential can truly flourish.
To Be Hero X and A Mortal’s Journey (anime) are both excellent. I wish they would get theatrical releases someday.
China already has all this. The top selling movie this year is a Chinese animated film, and the Chinese cartoon industry is already producing some of the best TV animation in the world. On top of that, China is the world's biggest consumer of Japanese anime so there's certainly a lot of appetite for this kind of material. All that needs to happen is to have more good quality works to be created, and as there's a lot of funding for this kind of quality, it's bound to happen.
The main obstacle I see for all of this is that the government censorship is overbearing and overly arbritrary. It's hard to know what material will get cut so producers have to play very cautiously around a lot of topics to ensure it can get released.
Sure, the issue of censorship standards for films and television is a major one. What I mean is that an age-rating system would make those boundaries much clearer — allowing R18 works to reasonably include more graphic or violent scenes without drawing complaints from parents. However, for the age-rating system to function effectively, a strict copyright regime must first be in place; without proper copyright enforcement, R18 content would spread uncontrollably, rendering the entire system meaningless.
Seriously, what are they even censoring in animation/films to that extent? I dont understand this level of censorship. They cant expect to eat their cake and have it. The government seem to want a vibrant animation/cultural/film industry but their censorship rules are so wide ranging and vague that it seems producers are not even sure anymore which of their production will be call off or censured, so in that case, most will simply choose to stay way from implementing or even coming with an idea which out of the norm just to remain on the safe and avoid risks by playing it safe. This is exactly what kills creativity.
The government should decide exactly what they want amd make the rules clear, maybe they can list only a short list of things that they will censor, so every player will be aware of what not to touch on and carry on their work without fear of their work being censored. Else the industry will never thrive to her real potential(which is massive giving Chinas size, population, rich culture and long history)
Have you even watched a single Chinese film lately?
Youku animation youtube channel posted a number of their future shows animation previews.
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Example: