Questions tagged [anime-production]
Questions pertaining to the process of writing, animating, distributing, or otherwise creating anime. This tag generally should NOT be used for questions about things like characterization, thematic elements, or other artistic concerns and certainly not for identification requests.
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How are short anime scheduled to be broadcast in Japan?
Normally, anime is about 23 minutes long. With the addition of ads, it will take about 30 minutes for one episode to air which is what one time slot normally is. Yet, some anime like Miss Monochrome ...
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What are recent innovations in animation techniques? [closed]
As with many forms of art and entertainment, the process of drawing anime must have evolved over time. CGI isn't uncommon in modern anime, as scenes or whole shows can be completed using nothing but a ...
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Why do Manga & Anime defuse tragic situations so often?
Why do Manga and Anime defuse so often tragic situations? Moments that can be tragic/serious are often immediately defused by some hilarious moment and some stupid face of the characters. I personally ...
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Why don't anime shows finish the manga?
On almost every anime I've watched, they stop producing the anime even though there is more story in the manga, and then to get the rest of the story you have to read the manga.
For example, I've ...
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Why are most anime dubbed in American English, rather than British English?
What is the reason behind most anime being dubbed in American English and not British English? Does the control of a country over the world market have something to do with this?
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How does a series go from manga to anime?
In a previous question, I asked about Dragon Ball Super being released before its manga. My question here is about the life cycle of a manga becoming an anime.
From my understanding, an artist or ...
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How does Dragon Ball Super's anime release before the manga?
The anime is currently being released way faster than the manga according to my sources. In most cases of anime production (correct me if I'm wrong). But there is a mangaka (in this case toriyama-...
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Why is it so rare to see new long running anime series these days?
Around the early and mid 2000's we saw the spawning of a large collection of long running anime series, such as Naruto, One Piece, Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, etc., all of which still are continuing today in ...
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Why do fansubbers merge video and subtitle into one file? [closed]
Why do fansubbers merge video and subtitle into one file?
Sometimes its an mkv file and I can just extract the sub.
On some sites they hardcode it into the video frames as image overlay.
This is so ...
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What are these charts and what are they for?
This is used during anime production,but why do animators draw those and what are they for?
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Why do anime have manga adaptations? Why don't authors just focus on one medium at a time?
Instead of having to work on both the anime and the manga at the same time, why don't the authors just focus on one?
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Can fans convince a streaming site to show a certain anime?
If a streaming site, for whatever reason, doesn't have a certain anime of which you're a fan, can you gather enough votes in online petitions or facebook likes to convince the site to start streaming ...
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What is the process of acquiring a streaming license?
When a streaming site decides they want to stream a particular anime series or movie, what steps do they take from start to finish?
Who emails whom?
Does the streaming site hire additional staff ...
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How do anime streaming sites decide whether to acquire licenses from studios to show their anime?
What is the process of getting an anime for example onto CrunchyRoll? Let's say a new original anime airs in Japan and a lot of the viewers on the west want to watch it too. What reasons does a ...
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Is there anything driving the number of recent series and characters from the Touhoku region?
In the last couple of seasons of anime, I've noticed quite a few shows being set in or using characters from the Touhoku region, especially around Aomori. Examples of shows include Kumamiko: Girl ...
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Why do only some anime series translate on screen text?
Some anime series use captions to translate signs, text messages, speech bubbles, and the like while others do not. I'm left guessing when some characters only communicate through these messages and ...
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Who typically owns the rights to an anime's soundtrack?
I watched episode 7 of Space Patrol Luluco today, and, well, that sure was a thing. Saliently, it featured
(I'm spoilering this because, frankly, this is the best anime-related surprise I've gotten ...
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What are typical release cycles?
What are typical release cycles that are used for manga chapters or anime episodes?
I'm not asking for specific mangas/animes but simply how often on chapter/anime could be released, eg weekly or ...
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Why not export to America?
I've come across many forums and fan-sites of various anime. It seems that of the 300 million people in America, there's a huge market for anime, specifically in the gaming and streaming industries (...
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Have there been any anime that have been subjected to exclusive distribution rights?
I see that this season, Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress is being streamed by Amazon, which holds exclusive distribution rights to the series and will also hold exclusive distribution rights to other ...
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What role did Crunchyroll play in the production of Ojisan and Marshmallow?
I noticed that Crunchyroll appears in the end credits of Ojisan and Marshmallow:
Why? Did Crunchyroll play some role in the production other than just streaming the show?
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By number of series, how much of the animation industry is made up by anime?
Today a friend of mine proclaimed that around 70% of the world's cartoon animation entertainment consists of anime. So according to his statement, for every 3 non anime animation series, at least 7 ...
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How long does it generally take to release a soundtrack?
Essentially, I want to know how long it normally takes for soundtracks to be released after an anime's release. Are the soundtracks always released?
The main reason I ask is because I want to know ...
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Do the Blu-ray episodes replace the TV episodes on the Internet once they've been released?
Because of God Eater, I got to know that the episodes in the Blu-ray often differ from the episodes recorded on TV. As the Blu-ray is being released after the series has been completed, the producers ...
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Why isn't Digimon consistent with its rule mechanics per story/season title?
After reading this review about Digimon:
While the general basis of relationships between the show's kids and their digital companions remained constant over the course of the series, almost ...
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Why do they censor vomiting in anime?
In vomiting scenes, the liquid is censored by rainbow, mosaics or bright light. Why do they censor puke? Blood shedding, killing, fighting, taking alcohol, bad language, nudity (without showing ...
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Why was the first episode of Osumatsu San removed from Crunchyroll?
The first episode of Osumatsu San is no longer available on Crunchyroll. Instead, a message on the right of the episode page states:
Due to a decision by the anime's production committee, episode 1 ...
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Why is dubbed anime commercially considered a "premium"?
You can easily, and legally, stream anime for free from services like Crunchyroll, Hulu, directly from the licensing companies (such as from Funimation), and whatnot.
But the catch to that free ...
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How was the first anime made?
Anime production nowadays is now pretty much complicated and technologically advanced.
I'm curious as to how was anime production back then back in the old days when it was still obscure?
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What are model sheets and why do animators use them?
Model sheets depict characters in their front view, side view, behind, and facial expressions, etc. In anime production animators use these, but what does it contribute in trying to animate?
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Why are some anime OP/ED theme songs sung by Kpop/Korean Artist?
I was watching one piece and noticed that there was a TVXQ name on the credits
I am somewhat familiar of SM towns Korean Groups and one of them was named TVXQ
I googled and found out that it was ...
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What are Tsurime Eyes and Tareme Eyes? Why do the characters have them?
What are Tareme and Tsurime eyes?
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Does making a TV anime series cost less than making a typical TV series?
According to this post, 10 million yen per episode is the minimum price for making an anime. I am wondering how this price compares to making a typical TV series that film human actor?
I guess if the ...
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Why do some anime not have an opening in the first episode?
A lot of anime I've seen don't have openings in the first episode, instead the openings start from the second episode. I cannot particularly name any of them besides Boku Dake ga Inai Machi.
Why do ...
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What is "digi-paint"?
I was reading some reviews of this season's new shows, and I somehow happened to run across references to "digi-paint" twice(!):
The raw mechanics of producing anime can be a pretty ...
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How does online anime streaming work within Japan?
One of the main ways people in the United States watch anime these days is to stream it online via a streaming service like Crunchyroll or Hulu.
Is the online streaming of anime in Japan as popular ...
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Is Bakuman realistic?
Does Bakuman explain the life of a mangaka realistically? Is the way shounen Jack works the exact same as jump?
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What are the positions "CA", "TK", and "AP"?
The credits for each episode of Kowabon feature credits for the positions "CA", "TK", and "AP". For example, from episode 11:
What are these positions? The official website for Kowabon doesn't list ...
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Why didn't the writer reveal the contents of the disk that fell on the ground?
As mentioned in this question, I am wondering why the writer or the creator of the anime Chobits didn't reveal a crucial thing such as the contents of the disk in question.
According to this answer, ...
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Are there any significant differences between reading mangas as compared to watching the animation? [closed]
The title says it all.
Personally, I am not fond of reading and when it comes to this, I'd prefer to watch the anime rather than read its manga. However, there are some who prefer reading the manga.
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How are anime soundtracks made for a story?
So say there is a manga. Now who comes up with the soundtrack and composes that according to the anime?
Many many soundtracks (instrumental) are masterpieces, and just as equally or even more ...
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Why don't they complete all an anime's episodes before it airs?
In Shirobako (an anime about making anime), they only make the first few episodes and then continue to finish the others while the anime is airing. This causes some problems when they can't catch up ...
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What airs on TV in Japan during the break between the fall and winter anime season?
With little to no new anime airing in the next week or so, with fall season now being over and winter season starting in January, I for the life of me, cannot figure out what airs on TV in Japan to ...
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Was Sailor Moon edited in the English version?
Was Sailor Moon edited for the English version, to show less in the transformation when they are naked? Was it originally meant for children?
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Why are anime girls drawn without pubic hair?
Why are there no hair drawn down there or anywhere apart from FEMALE character's heads in anime?
I heard it was illegal from my friend. Were they making it up?
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Is Miss Monochrome's voice computer edited?
In the Miss Monochrome anime series, Miss Monochrome is depicted as an android and thus talks like a robot. Is this computer edited or does Horie Yui actually speak like that?
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How come we never saw Dragons leaving the body of the Dragon Slayers in Fairy Tail (2014)?
We don't see the Dragons leaving the body of the Dragon Slayers except in Natsu's case, even though Igneel mentioned it in Episode 89. Why is that? Did they forget to animate it?
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Why don't anime seasons have a standard amount of episodes?
Anime seasons are generally 12/13 episodes long. There are quite a number of exceptions though, where more or fewer episodes are fitted into the same timeslots. Most notably, however, a season can ...
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What is the reason behind this strange censorship of a specific scene in Tokyo Ghoul?
During the scene where Kurona and Nashiro are fighting Juzo in Season 2 Episode 4, I noticed some censorship. Juzo ends up stabbing Kurona a lot with his knives, but it's blurred out like this:
I ...
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Why is it expensive to create realistic faces in the anime industry?
Like Gantz for example has characters with realistic faces instead of big eyes and hair colors but to use to this can be expensive so why is it cheaper to use anime and manga faces that lack realistic ...
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