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By: FriendTap Network Priemium News User: Alexander Osborne
Today we take a look back at the short history of comics and animation in the United States and around the world.
As we look around us today, the landscape in the animation industry must be very different than the ones our parents saw. In their time, the American comics and animation industries dominated the market, with the Japanese Anime and Manga industries following close behind. Today, neither is largely in evidence, having been replaced primarily by goods from today's powerhouses: France and Argentina. The so called “Mexime” and “Comique” industries are booming, selling internationally at levels unmatched in history.
So what happened?
The Japanese Industry ended in a manner that is all too easy to see to comics historians: increased government regulation and involvement in the industry, leading to industry imposed self-bans, has lead to Anime and Manga all but dying out as a fully fleshed out art form, now created primarily for the consumption of children. This is not a phenomenon unknown in American history, as there was once a similar phenomenon in our own borders: The Comics Code Authority. It is very likely today's readers have not heard of this, but I encourage you to look it up and compare it with the MRC (Moral Responsibility Codes) imposed in Japan during the mid to late 10's. You will find some surprising parallels.
Unfortunately, the MRC's continue in full evidence today, despite increased demands for their dissolution. Many classic shows such as Neon Genesis Evangelion remain banned within the country itself, and some produced as recently as 2012 have been lost forever, as copies were burned.
Today we take a look back at the short history of comics and animation in the United States and around the world.
As we look around us today, the landscape in the animation industry must be very different than the ones our parents saw. In their time, the American comics and animation industries dominated the market, with the Japanese Anime and Manga industries following close behind. Today, neither is largely in evidence, having been replaced primarily by goods from today's powerhouses: France and Argentina. The so called “Mexime” and “Comique” industries are booming, selling internationally at levels unmatched in history.
So what happened?
The Japanese Industry ended in a manner that is all too easy to see to comics historians: increased government regulation and involvement in the industry, leading to industry imposed self-bans, has lead to Anime and Manga all but dying out as a fully fleshed out art form, now created primarily for the consumption of children. This is not a phenomenon unknown in American history, as there was once a similar phenomenon in our own borders: The Comics Code Authority. It is very likely today's readers have not heard of this, but I encourage you to look it up and compare it with the MRC (Moral Responsibility Codes) imposed in Japan during the mid to late 10's. You will find some surprising parallels.
Unfortunately, the MRC's continue in full evidence today, despite increased demands for their dissolution. Many classic shows such as Neon Genesis Evangelion remain banned within the country itself, and some produced as recently as 2012 have been lost forever, as copies were burned.
