Chinese anime quality is no longer an issue.
even Nikkie accepted with whole hearted.
TOKYO -- The animation industry is undergoing seismic changes as works from Chinese studios have caught the eye of Netflix and other streaming platforms. The shift has not gone unnoticed by Japanese animation studios, who have virtually dominated the global market in recent years but are now scrambling to deal with serious competition.
Chinese studios "have been improving over the past few years and are now able to create original content," says Shizuka Kurosaki, a producer at Aniplex, a Tokyo-based anime planning and production company of Sony Group.
A Chinese anime series titled "The Founder of Diabolism" has become a global hit, amassing more than 11 billion views worldwide. Especially popular with women, the series topped the chart on MyAnimeList, a global anime and manga social networking site.
Anime studios in China, which in the past have mainly produced works outsourced by Japanese makers, are starting to release original products, gaining a large fan base in China and even in Japan.
The popularity of Chinese and other countries' anime may be due in part to mastery of three-dimensional computer graphics (CG), allowing studios to quickly create lifelike characters and realistic backgrounds.
Much Japanese anime uses 2D celluloid pictures, in which character movements are painstakingly created by hand, though the use of CG is also prevalent in Japan. "The Founder of Diabolism" resembles a 2D production but includes many scenes that employ 3D, according to industry insiders. "Chinese studios are superior [to Japanese] in certain ways in terms of background art and 3D technology," Kurosaki said.
In the global anime sector, 3D computer graphics are now mainstream, as exemplified by U.S.-based Pixar Animation Studios, which released 3D computer-animated movies such as "Toy Story" in the mid-1990s and more recently "Frozen."
"Arcane" took over top place on Netflix, dethroning the long-running "Squid Game." (Image courtesy of Netflix)
In China, 3D CG has developed due partly to the abundance of subcontractors that work on Japanese games, anime and other digital content. Many Chinese internet giants such as Tencent have invested large sums in the anime sector, helping drive production of high-quality, original content.
