So there's apparently a new Ranma 1/2 anime in the works

[ToroidalBoat]

I think it's more of most anime studios thesedays, they tone down the fanservice.

Is it because they want to cater to Western SJWs "global audiences"?

Anime industry should've stayed the way it was before Current Year: the Japanese being the primary intended audience, and a number of non-SJW Westerners liking it anyway.

"international" viewer opinions

or in reality: the "woke" viewer opinion

(and link to the Twitter post on Nitter)

 

[Hammr2]

Is it because they want to cater to Western SJWs "global audiences"?

I guess so, anime has been big on official US streaming sites for a while now, Netflix and lesser extend Disney or Hulu. It's one thing from creators, but it's another thing from publishers want more audience. JP industry is definitely more aware of "global audiences".

 

[ToroidalBoat]

JP industry is definitely more aware of "global audiences".

What about manga? I guess since manga is more decentralized and because the local market is rather large, they're not catering to "global audiences", unlike how anime is.

(also last I heard anime is more of a niche market in Japan anyway)

 

[Hammr2]

What about manga?

Localization is the typical problem popping up now and then. Yada yada Japanese is boring, bland and maybe offensive. Therefore translating them into English should be better or in a more appropriate way.

 

[ToroidalBoat]

Localization is the typical problem popping up now and then.

So manga in Japan doesn't have the "global audiences" problem that anime and vidya are getting?

(Like I said that would make sense as manga is more decentralized and the market is big there.)

 

[PS1gamenwatch]

Here's a thought, would DoCo make new songs for the series? Will we get cover versions of their songs? One thing I didn't like about the Urusei Yatsura remake was the lack of songs in some episodes, which turn into mini music videos like when Lum gets drunk, they didn't put the song Margarita like in the original.

 

[Hammr2]

So manga in Japan doesn't have the "global audiences" problem that anime and vidya are getting?

(Like I said that would make sense as manga is more decentralized and the market is big there.)

Not sure if this the answer you are looking for. Otherwise, I don't know what to say more.
Anime has to deal with anime production committee, which they may or may not have some foreigners input in production. MAL and Sakuga blog have a talk about committee. Though Netflix cut back their involvement somewhat. If you wanna ask me how much Western actually influence over Japan right now, I don't really know.
Anime at the end of the day serves as big advertisement for potential customers to buy manga and/or merchandise.

Manga making doesn't have problem with requirement asking for foreigners input. It's still a Japanese person proposing idea to a Japanese company to sell a product to Japanese people. Manga at most just give license to foreign countries to publish. Any change to manga in those countries is their problem, not Japan.
Another thing, anime is almost simultaneously aired around the world, most manga don't get that. Except for big publishers like Shueisha's mangaplus and Vizmedia.

 

[ToroidalBoat]

Manga making doesn't have problem with requirement asking for foreigners input. It's still a Japanese person proposing idea to a Japanese company to sell a product to Japanese people. Manga at most just give license to foreign countries to publish. Any change to manga in those countries is their problem, not Japan.

I think that anime scene in Japan used to be different: like how you describe the manga scene now. There used to be delay between an anime airing in Japan and airing abroad. Same with Japanese-made vidya -- there used to be a Japanese release first, and then it may be localized abroad. Like how Pokemon Red and Green were released in 1996, and meanwhile Red and Blue weren't out in USA until 1998.

Anyway good the manga scene in Japan isn't being subject to foreign meddling like the Japanese anime and vidya industries seem to be.

 

[TrinityReformed]

I think the chinese alone have a larger percentage of foreign audiences then all of the west combined. I guess they're more prudish? Can anyone here verify that?

 

[ToroidalBoat]

I guess they're more prudish?

Nudity is rather taboo in Chinese ways from what I read, and porn is illegal in the PRC (at least to distribute).

 

[Sapphixys Shitty Panties]

Most people are worried(with good reason) that Ranma is gonna get troonified, & I'm over here worried about how bad they're gonna neuter Happosai.

 

[PS1gamenwatch]

Most people are worried(with good reason) that Ranma is gonna get troonified, & I'm over here worried about how bad they're gonna neuter Happosai.

And there's China most likely would throw a fit. What's worse, modern Western audiences or the CCP?

 

[TrinityReformed]

Episodes have been leaked. Barbie doll treatment looks like. As in the trailer, colors look washed out. Shampoo and Kodachi look beautiful though.

 

[Kari Kamiya]

Barbie doll treatment looks like.

Oh fuck, they're going to put the broadcast versions up on Netflix, aren't they.

 

[TrinityReformed]

Oh fuck, they're going to put the broadcast versions up on Netflix, aren't they.

That's implying there would even be an uncensored version.

 

[Clyde Cash's Left Teste]

Does anybody have the leaked versions of episodes 2,10,11, and 12? Just asking

Also I miss the music from the OG anime

 

[Stab You in the Back]

Does anybody have the leaked versions of episodes 2,10,11, and 12? Just asking

Also I miss the music from the OG anime

Nyaa has them all.

 

[Clyde Cash's Left Teste]

Nyaa has them all.

How exactly do I download them there?

 

[TrinityReformed]

How exactly do I download them there?

You'd need a torrent client, I believe.

 

[Stab You in the Back]

You'd need a torrent client, I believe.

Lotta browsers have torrent clients built in. Brave, for example.