@mangeurdenuage@coolboymew@noyoushutthefuckupdad The European setting has always been popular in anime/manga. Even back in the 70s and 80s. Some of the most popular anime and manga produced of the Showa era featured Western themes and settings.
What is more concerning is the materialistic shift of the industry. Once upon a time the Japanese government used to heavily subsidize the anime industry and it led to significant developments in the art, techniques, and storytelling of the medium. With the increased funding, and less to lose should an anime fail to reach popular appeal, anime artists and directors were more willing to experiment and more people were drawn to work in the industry. Once the Japanese government cultural development bucks fell through after the bubble burst the anime industry was struggling really hard. Latching onto Moe in the early 2000 and the development of "otaku culture" as a primary driving force behind the industry is one of the things that saved it from collapsing. Unfortunately it greatly effected the growth of anime as an artistic medium.
That Miyazaki quote that people like to repost, "anime was a mistake," is sort of a mistranslation and definitely taken out of context. He was lamenting what the industry has become once it became significantly less economically viable and no longer drew in auteurs and artists looking to use the medium to explore creativity, and instead the industry began to be filled with otaku (fans) only interested in producing otaku material. Yes there have been some attempts over the last 30 years to try and create genuine creative works of art, but in general they are not profitable enough to become an entrenched and flourishing part of the business. The modern anime industry is headed by production committees who only care about the bottom line and how much they can merchandise something, and production is handled by otaku who are willing to work long hours for low wages just to be part of the business.
It really is a shame too. The money the Japanese government gave out lead to a massive growth in the development of new and innovative animation techniques and gave Japan a ton of soft power they have been coasting on ever since. Also a great number of those animation techniques are being lost as the men who either innovated them or learned them retire or die, being replaced by computer generated images or outsourced to unskilled foreign animators willing to work for a fraction of the cost.
@WashedOutGundamPilot@nugger Man you missed out. It was one of those periods when a community latches on to something organically and starts pumping out a ton of OC. Trying to think of the last time something like that happened and all I can think of is the Dr. Lively meme that was in fashion for about three weeks last year.
@Yaldabaoth@coolboymew There is a faggot on twitter who used to take clips I would make and post anonymously of joshi wrestling shows, put his water mark on them, and then post them on twitter with messages that they were OC and demanding credit from websites that would use them for articles. Like I didn't even film the footage myself, I would take it from the live feeds of the promotion's official streaming services.
@coolboymew@icedquinn Or you could just cut your own deck shell in krita and print them. ABS is nice because you can vapor fume them to smooth out layer lines, give your shell a nice glossy finish, and strengthen it at the same time. ABS has a heat deflection of 210°F so you won't have to worry about the deck softening it up. Accounting for the smoothing process you can cut your .stl with the designs and patterns you desire. If you are too lazy to take the measurements, design, and cut your .stl yourself you can just take one of the many files for the 'eck that are already made and just import them to Krita to modify. https://www.thingiverse.com/search?q=steam+deck&page=1&type=things&sort=relevant
@icedquinn@coolboymew Fair enough But much like open source software there is enough dedicated autists who would rather reinvent the wheel that you can just take their designs and manufacture them youself. t. dedicated autist