Why did anime anthologies go out of fashion? they're very rare these days
economic bubble etc. etc.it's very disappointing how often I have to explain this to idiots
>>287226384There's one coming out this year
>>287226446Well it's a very disappointing "explanation"
Star Wars Visions>they're very rare these daysThey were never common
>>287226446Because these were meant to showcase the studios' capabilities and could be short not necessarily moviesYet nowadays they only do 6 minutes shorts to showcase a studio's power
>>287226384Because anthologies are usually shit like picrel despite their god-tier animation
>>287226384Fujimotos thing was only a few months ago and was all over this board
>>287226384We get a new anthology every 5-6 yearsI'm guess you haven't seen a single one thats come out in the past 18 years because they were nearly all ONA's that got a Netflix release
People doesn't care about animators nowdays. Right now the fashion are the VAs
>>287226384The anime industry is usually strapped for talent, so getting a bunch of directors together to work on something that is less in scope than a full film, is probably not efficient in a profit sense. Anthologies are usually good for letting small directors put their name out there, so the format should come back for them. Rather the older form of getting a 'dream team' together.
>>287226384They don't make enough money to interest the business people, and the art people struggle to scrape up the money for them without the business people. Same reason they were never popular.
>>287231946 You're looking at it backwards.Anthologies exist *because* the industry is strapped for talent. They're pressure valves. When you can't lock down a full cour for some director with weird ideas, you let him cook for 10-20 minutes and slap it into a compilation. Low risk, potential prestige win.The “dream team” stuff happened when there was surplus money floating around and producers wanted to flaunt taste. Now committees want guaranteed merch pipelines and gacha tie-ins. An anthology doesn’t sell figures. It doesn’t get a season 2. It doesn’t trend on Twitter for 12 weeks.It's not about efficiency of talent, it’s about ROI and brand synergy brainrot. If anything, anthologies are the *most* efficient way to showcase new directors. The problem is nobody in a suit cares about showcasing directors anymore.
because the industry only invests in stuff they can milk for years through merchandise and cross promotion
