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>“Japan is no longer an advanced country in terms of animation.”
>Tomino recounts that 10 years ago, he went to Peking University in Beijing to give a lecture on animation and was surprised by the number of enthusiastic students. Now, 10 years later, he says, many of those students are now professionals working in the Chinese animation industry.
>Meanwhile, the director says, Japanese politicians still think about Japanese animation the way they did 30 or 40 years ago, a kind of laissez-faire attitude in which the government doesn’t support the industry. By contrast, Tomino says, the Chinese government is actively working to support the animation industry there.
>“I feel a sense of crisis that if we continue to make animation from a business-oriented perspective, we will be completely outdone by our Beijing counterparts,” said Tomino.
https://otakuusamagazine.com/gundam-creator-tomino-japan-is-no-longer-advanced-in-terms-of-animation/
>Tomino recounts that 10 years ago, he went to Peking University in Beijing to give a lecture on animation and was surprised by the number of enthusiastic students. Now, 10 years later, he says, many of those students are now professionals working in the Chinese animation industry.
>Meanwhile, the director says, Japanese politicians still think about Japanese animation the way they did 30 or 40 years ago, a kind of laissez-faire attitude in which the government doesn’t support the industry. By contrast, Tomino says, the Chinese government is actively working to support the animation industry there.
>“I feel a sense of crisis that if we continue to make animation from a business-oriented perspective, we will be completely outdone by our Beijing counterparts,” said Tomino.
https://otakuusamagazine.com/gundam-creator-tomino-japan-is-no-longer-advanced-in-terms-of-animation/
