[Belkov]

Originally Posted by SeijiSensei

This has been going on for some time now. Here's a list of so-called "Netflix original" shows."

https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/originals/anime/

For some of them, Netflix largely slapped a label on an existing production. Others wouldn't have seen the light of day without Netflix funding. I'm especially impressed that they backed Iso Mitsuo's first new show since 2007's Dennou Coil, https://myanimelist.net/anime/37914/...Shounen_Shoujo, and picked up the license for Coil as well.

As for Crunchyroll, read this: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/fea...saster/.173347

Still, the vast majority of anime is made by Japanese creators for Japanese audiences.

From reading the articles and comments from ANN, it is fair to say that a lot of these original series from these streaming channels are American cartoons created by Japanese animators.

For me to that is new to Anime, I'm seeing it from a different perspective. I've never been into comics or animated content until now but I'm into science-fiction and there isn't anything good in that genre being produced now and animated shows can give stuff to watch.

I've watched a few episodes of Ghost in the Shell: SAC 2045. I haven't seen anything else of that franchise apart from the 2017 movie but first impression of the show is that SAC 2045 has a lot of good ideas in it but is average in execution. However, having an new average sci-fi is better than not having one.

In terms of Anime that is being produced solely for the Japanese market in mind, from what I've seen, I get an impression of artistic and creative freedom which while I can't comment on Western animation, I can say that I don't see the same level of freedom in Western live action stuff.

An example of this is Neon Genesis Evangelion. When watching it, it reminded me a lot of the work done by David Cronenberg and David Lynch when they had the freedom to create the vision they wanted for their films. You don't see that kind of creativity now, at least not in mainstream movies.

To cap off, at least I'm starting to get a bit of an idea of what to watch and what to avoid.