Re:‘Excuuuuse me, Princess ’: An oral history of The Legend ...
by aflag on Sunday January 15, 2023 @06:21AM
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The first one is actually Japanese and the second is an independent production. Sure, it was not unheard of. But I think the Simpsons is what made it mainstream. My point was that adults were not sitting down in front of the TV to watch cartoons (and specially not ones based off of a video game). That was associated with kids.
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Re:‘Excuuuuse me, Princess ’: An oral history of The Legend ...
by latexr on Sunday January 15, 2023 @07:04AM
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> The first one is actually Japanese
Yes, I know. I don’t see how that’s relevant (other countries do exist and matter) but it’s because I thought you might nitpick that I added a USA example.
> and the second is an independent production.
I don’t see how that’s relevant. It was a worldwide hit and is an important piece of movie history, it’s not an obscure college movie.
> Sure, it was not unheard of.
It’s considerably more than “not unheard of”, I specifically chose well-known authors with well-known works. Ralph Bakshi alone directed eight adult-oriented feature film animations before the Simpsons was a thing. Those are far from the only examples.