The future of animation was never darker, but one event gives me hope

Although it is one of the oldest cinematic media around it, the animation, as Guillermo Del Toro noted, “always on the brink of extinction.” One of the wrong labor practices that leads to changes in the industry level through strikes to New technology change animation forever every few decades And the heads that are thirsty for power, the great madness, and the non -intelligence are the heads of failure to recognize the immortal attraction and the success of the mediator, Animation is constantly being attacked (even as the box office continues to save Over and over again).

Whether in the United States (where senior Hollywood players closes internal production in favor of the use of external sources) or Japan (where artificial intelligence represents an actual and tangible threat that is already adopted by the main studios), it is a dark time to look from the outside in animation, not to mention that it is already part of the industry. In Japan, all of this is at the top of the long -known and documented crisis of Crunch and employees who suffer from fatigue to fulfill very narrow final dates (as well as a general decrease in animation).

However, there is still a reason for optimism, such as Matthew The “flow” of small animation won the best Oscar animated feature Earlier this year. Now, you have recently got hope in the future of the mediator (or at least, a new ointment that affects the need) from watching the Crunchyroll Anime Awards in Tokyo.

Crunchyroll Anime Awards were held for the first time in 2017, when the ceremony moved from California to Japan in 2023. It celebrates any and all the animated shows and films that were produced primarily in Japan, including a series like “Cyberpunk: Edgerunners” (created by the Polish Red Polish Studio Made in Japan. This is important, because Crunchyroll that hosts the awards is the equivalent of the operation of Netflix The Emmys, but you can still nominate and vote on them not distributed on the platform (such as when we won the Netflix Origel “Devilman Crybaby” with the best anime).

Despite some controversial victories during the ceremony, attending the awards and seeing the actual animation that both their peers and fans around the world were a sharp comfort for me in the face of many issues that affect the industry. The animation will always be in danger, but the animation will strike and continue to draw.

Most of the main prizes, in one way or another, give the priorities of the major stars in their ceremonies, even if that means having to neglect speeches by independent filmmakers so that the actor can joke about having sex with an unprotected wife (Hi Kiran Kulkin!) Or to make an endless retail. When it comes to animation, it is worse, as the whole products are limited to “the best moving movie” or “the best animation” that gives producers or managers to work hundreds, if not thousands, from people in many different departments.

Technical directors, background artists and production designers rarely get a lot of general appreciation, especially in the events of the big awards. Even when EMMYS celebrates the artistic groups, it moves it to a separate width. There is also the “Distinguished Individual Achievement in Animation”, but even more than just a mysterious recognition covers each aspect of animation.

This does not mean that Crunchyroll Anime Awards are perfect, as they also give many artistic awards (such as the best background art or the best characters design) to just an advertisement before the show. However, it is the best that we have reached to a large extent, and it was somewhat rising to witness the love of animation in the room, for example, before Yuichio Fukushi the award for the best director on behalf of Keiichiro Saito for his work on his work Excellent Anime “Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End” With large films of the luxury character in his arms, as his table chanted loudly. Throughout the ceremony, as managers, producers and audio actors involved in less prevailing shows (such as “Makeine: a lot of losing heroes!”) They took the stage and got praise from international fans and their peers, and it was made to celebrate the means as a whole.

In fact, the vision of the crowd is heading to the wilderness of creeping nuts while playing the successful song “Bing-Bang” from Anime: Magic and Musles as if they were ordinary fans at a concert-or shots of tear animation surprised and happy to see their work recognized and achieve their impact Global-gave me hope for a future in its future in a heartbreak.

Anime in trouble. Recently, Toei Studio Toei (“One Piece” and “Dragon Ball” celebrated) Declare You will invest in artificial intelligence to start using it in animation productions, which calms down by destroying a popular artistic shape with a tradition without a soul. There is also a continuous problem of crisis, narrow final dates, and excessive work. Before attending the Crunchyroll Anime Awards, I had the opportunity to visit the Studio David Production (“Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure,” Fire Fire “) and I see very hard work that involves reviving loved titles. A representative of the studio also talked about the length From animation, on average, six months. (Consider: many of the most popular anime series come out with new seasons on an annual basis.)

No wonder that some studios cannot take it, and we end up with situations such as when they changed the “attack on Titan” studios after three seasons I started using more CGI in its last season (Since the display designs were not able to simply fulfill the impossible final dates).

However, visit David Production and seeing paper -filled paper and main frames for amazing movement serials, along with the beautiful art that is drawn by hand (some on a computer, some on actual paper), was also a reminder that this is a special artistic form. The animation was in trouble before, and things changed significantly, whether while turning into digital or broadcasting. Things are now bad, but the vision of the work that actual people put in this way in the body, and then watch them receive praise from their peers and lovers alike, I renewed my hope that the animation was fine in the end.