A little request to all anime-savvy people on my flist.

[bakenius]

ADK-Japan is at the moment in a pitch to get to do an animated commercial for a navigational system; as in animated anime-style. But the client is hesitant... they see animation with prejudges such that it is the

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[damanique]

Anime isn't rising in popularity. It's already there. It's been popular for years and it simply sucks that its style is copied to produce ugly computer/vector-animated LSD-colored kids series like Totally Spies D:

Anyway, this article may be of interest. It has a detailed description of how fans started to distribute anime because 'normal' companies failed to succesfully release them on DVD.

You can point out that an anime won an Oscar (Spirited Away). James Cameron has bought the movie rights of Battle Angel Alita. Britney Spears' most recent music video is anime. Artists like Daft Punk have made music videos in anime style years ago.

It's all over the place! I actually find it odd that your client doesn't believe it's popular to begin with. But maybe that's because I am an anime fan :)

[caniche]

How dare you! "Totally Spies" rules. (not embarrassed to admit I watch and LOL every time, must be the kid inside me. ;) )

[rob_d]

I watched anime as a little kid and never even realized it. The adventures of Peter and Heidi, Swiss Family Robinson, Sans Famille (Nobody's Boy / Alleen op de wereld)....
Ahh, traditional animation, early eighties, all broadcasted by the EO. Mwaha.

[caniche]

Oooo, I loved the Swiss Family Robinson! Back then they also used to show anime versions of Belle & Sebastian and Tom Sawyer. I wouldn't miss them for the world!

[rob_d]

Why not let Wikipedia do all the work for you?

Influence on Western cultureAnime has become commercially profitable in western countries as early commercially successful western adaptations of anime, such as Astro Boy, have revealed. The phenomenal success of Nintendo's multi-billion dollar Pokémon franchise was helped greatly by the spin-off anime series that, first broadcast in the late 1990s, is still running worldwide to this day. In doing so, anime has made significant impacts upon Western culture. Since the 19th century, many Westerners have expressed a particular interest towards Japan. Anime dramatically exposed more Westerners to the culture of Japan. Aside from anime, other facets of Japanese culture increased in popularity. Worldwide, the number of people studying Japanese increased. In 1984, the Japanese Language Profiency test was devised to meet increasing demand. Anime-influenced animation refers to non-Japanese works of animation that emulate the visual style of anime. Most of these works are created by studios in the

[kees_s]

The manga comics, that anime is derived from, now have strongly increasing sales in the Netherlands. Where there used to be only one publisher, now there are several. They even have stopped reversing the pages, because the fans want to read them like the Japanese, right-to-left.

In the Marketingrapport Boekhandels 2008 bookshops are warned that manga sales are expected to increase further.

http://www.nu.nl/news/1487492/50/Ruim_kwart_boekhandels_heeft_webshop.html

The anime DVDs won't lag far behind in sales, I suspect.