[Klonoahedgehog]

I saw the clip. It was awesome.
I hope Deadpool joins Spidey in breaking the 4th wall, they would be stupid not to do it.

[Matrixbeast]

Where's She-Hulk?
Those 3 together would annihilate the 4th wall.

[Potato]

Oh man, I can't believe I haven't noticed this thread. I'm gonna jump in here. I've been working in the animation industry for quite a while now. Been at Dreamworks for over 7 years, and decided I really wanted in on the "action/adventure" side of things. Flash forward a few years, and I ended up working on a bunch of stuff from Ben 10 and other cartoon network projects. I worked on a bunch of the DC animated stuff and was a director on Young Justice. I'm currently directing on the last two seasons of Legend of Korra.

I just wanted to point out that there is a lot of false information going on here, but some correct ones too. If you guys have any questions regarding animation, feel free to hit me up.

As for Korra looking top "anime"..its because our main character designers is actually an anime animator. What a lot of peeps don't realize is that "MAJORITY" of Japanese animation is actually animated in Korea. P.S. a chunk of Book 2's animation is done by Japan's Pierrot (Naruto and etc). So if gets to look even more "anime" you know the reason.

[Locke]

Outsourcing animation to Korea is done by the US as well as it's cheaper to do...and you can really tell the outsourced bits because they look awful.

[Potato]

Wrong. Yes, we outsource to the Korea. But its not cheaper and its not worse. In fact some Korean studios are superior to the Japanese ones. When I was at WB, I co-directed on Justice League: Doom. It was done by one of the oldest Japanese animation studios (TMS). It is inferior (animation wise) to the other DVDs done by Korean studios. 4C also did Thundercats for us..and its not any better than the Korean outsourced bits. It was mediocre. HOWEVER, they out did themselves on the latest Justice League DVDs coming out.

The reason we went with the Japanese studios at that time, was because they were desperate for work. They're animation industry was at an all time low.

Also, the latest stuff we're getting back from Korra, Studio MIR (Korean) blows the stuff from Pierrot out of the water.

But just like Japanese studios, not all Korean studios are equal. MIR is at the top (infact a few top Jap. studios (inlusing Prod. IG, 4C and Trigger) tried hard to recruit their animators).

MOI is one of the largest animation studios there...problem is they've gotten too big. Their talent spread out over too many projects. I'm hoping they'd go back to their old ways and shrink down a bit and concentrate their most talented artists on the main projects, instead of stuff like Kaijudo, Spiderman and etc.

They used to be our go-to studio.

[losondro]

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Originally Posted by Potato

Oh man, I can't believe I haven't noticed this thread. I'm gonna jump in here. I've been working in the animation industry for quite a while now. Been at Dreamworks for over 7 years, and decided I really wanted in on the "action/adventure" side of things. Flash forward a few years, and I ended up working on a bunch of stuff from Ben 10 and other cartoon network projects. I worked on a bunch of the DC animated stuff and was a director on Young Justice. I'm currently directing on the last two seasons of Legend of Korra.

I just wanted to point out that there is a lot of false information going on here, but some correct ones too. If you guys have any questions regarding animation, feel free to hit me up.

As for Korra looking top "anime"..its because our main character designers is actually an anime animator. What a lot of peeps don't realize is that "MAJORITY" of Japanese animation is actually animated in Korea. P.S. a chunk of Book 2's animation is done by Japan's Pierrot (Naruto and etc). So if gets to look even more "anime" you know the reason.

All i have to say is: Thank you and keep up the good work.

[ZeoRangerV]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Potato

Wrong. Yes, we outsource to the Korea. But its not cheaper and its not worse. In fact some Korean studios are superior to the Japanese ones. When I was at WB, I co-directed on Justice League: Doom. It was done by one of the oldest Japanese animation studios (TMS). It is inferior (animation wise) to the other DVDs done by Korean studios. 4C also did Thundercats for us..and its not any better than the Korean outsourced bits. It was mediocre. HOWEVER, they out did themselves on the latest Justice League DVDs coming out.

The reason we went with the Japanese studios at that time, was because they were desperate for work. They're animation industry was at an all time low.

Also, the latest stuff we're getting back from Korra, Studio MIR (Korean) blows the stuff from Pierrot out of the water.

But just like Japanese studios, not all Korean studios are equal. MIR is at the top (infact a few top Jap. studios (inlusing Prod. IG, 4C and Trigger) tried hard to recruit their animators).

MOI is one of the largest animation studios there...problem is they've gotten too big. Their talent spread out over too many projects. I'm hoping they'd go back to their old ways and shrink down a bit and concentrate their most talented artists on the main projects, instead of stuff like Kaijudo, Spiderman and etc.

They used to be our go-to studio.

Thanks for the insight, that's really interesting stuff!

[areaseven]

Since this thread is about Western animation, what do y'all think of Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa?

[badlander86]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Potato

Wrong. Yes, we outsource to the Korea. But its not cheaper and its not worse. In fact some Korean studios are superior to the Japanese ones. When I was at WB, I co-directed on Justice League: Doom. It was done by one of the oldest Japanese animation studios (TMS). It is inferior (animation wise) to the other DVDs done by Korean studios. 4C also did Thundercats for us..and its not any better than the Korean outsourced bits. It was mediocre. HOWEVER, they out did themselves on the latest Justice League DVDs coming out.

The reason we went with the Japanese studios at that time, was because they were desperate for work. They're animation industry was at an all time low.

Also, the latest stuff we're getting back from Korra, Studio MIR (Korean) blows the stuff from Pierrot out of the water.

But just like Japanese studios, not all Korean studios are equal. MIR is at the top (infact a few top Jap. studios (inlusing Prod. IG, 4C and Trigger) tried hard to recruit their animators).

MOI is one of the largest animation studios there...problem is they've gotten too big. Their talent spread out over too many projects. I'm hoping they'd go back to their old ways and shrink down a bit and concentrate their most talented artists on the main projects, instead of stuff like Kaijudo, Spiderman and etc.

They used to be our go-to studio.

Are you privy to any insider information...i.e. maybe a release date or a trailer? SDCC is just a couple of days away a couple of tidbits of info wouldn't hurt...right...? RIGHT!? Sorry..You Avatar people are VERY tight with info.

Thanks for the info about Animation studios by the way. I gathered as much listening to Creator commentaries on some other series like Batman Beyond and JLU. Also most anime tend to have a large list of Korean names in the end credits. Their presence in modern animation is nothing to laugh at.

A little off topic but since Korea is getting there in terms of animation do they release any series based off any of their own fiction? Manhwa or original animation aimed mainly at the older viewer? It feels a bit off why a country with quite a lot of notable animation studios hasn't released anything homegrown of note. Granted I haven't been looking hard.

[badlander86]

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Originally Posted by Paladin

And in between "Brave & the Bold" and now, we also got:

*Arkham Asylum
*Arkham City
*Batman: Year One DTV
*Dark Knight Returns 2-part DVD
*at least two of Christopher Nolan's movies if I remember the timing right


Maybe its just me but I think that's ENOUGH BATMAN.

Sez you.

Batman's a marketable character that has been going strong for more than half a century. The character runs out of steam every so often but he comes back stronger than ever when the right creative talent knows just what to do with him.

While I'd love to see other DC characters get more of a spotlight (Flash is getting some love in the Flashpoint Paradox) and Aquaman, you can't deny Batman's appeal and influence is strong. He's a pop culture icon. It's just how it is.