Thursday, January 7, 2021

The Uncomfortable Truth About "The Mandalorian"

So since my last blog my wife and I acquired Disney Plus and I've been watching and enjoying "The Mandalorian", and while I'm only in the middle of Season One I'm realizing that "The Mandalorian" despite having amazing production values is a series that is merely getting by on name recognition, I'll explain in a bit.

Monday, January 4, 2021

The Difference Between Western and Eastern Animation

So this article was going to be a lament about how I am currently unable to watch "Infinity Train", an animated series I noticed in passing at my local Wal-Mart, and while I misread the title to read "Infinity Rain" (let's face it the font makes it very difficult to find the "T") it nonetheless caught my interest. But this article isn't going to be about that, this article rather is going to be about exactly what the title states. What brought this on is during my research of "Infinity Train" which now looks (pun intended) infinitely more interesting than I initially assumed, I came across an interesting quote from the series creator in regards to whether or not this series will receive a 4th season, and I quote;

“I strongly believe that we can push animation into a more mature direction outside of the purely comedy space. If adults were able to finally understand that comic books aren’t just for children, then they’ll also be able to learn that animation isn’t either. Whichever studio produces the show or movie that finally breaks through and teaches that lesson, then that studio just got their own Marvel,”

This gem coming from series creator Owen Dennis and thus begins this article. Let's dive in;