Eastern style meets Western story-telling in emerging neo-anime genre
Although the mania that anime wrought in the Western world during the late '90s may have subsided somewhat, the impact of Japan's most significant cultural export of the last decade is still wending its way through the non-Asian kids entertainment industry. In particular, Western prodcos, enamored with the genre (and doubtless sensing the currency it still holds with North American and European kidcasters), have begun incorporating the anime aesthetic into their new productions.
January 3, 2002
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