What Even is 'Retro Anime'? Epic Anime Debates - Main Image
At Epicstream, our team regularly debate the big questions around anime fandom. This week, with the release of T.P Bon on Netflix, we decided to ask what makes a retro anime so retro.
Most of us conjure a specific image when considering a loaded phrase like retro anime. However, how much is retro to do with a particular show's style and how much is it to do with our own experiences of anime growing up?
Check out what our experts had to say and join the conversation in the comments!
Cathlyn: "Retro is About Art Styles"
When we talk about retro anime, two or three things come to mind: the anime's time of release, visual techniques, and genre tropes. After all, retro anime often reflects character archetypes and distinctive art styles prevalent during the time of their production.
At Epicstream, our team regularly debate the big questions around anime fandom. This week, with the release of T.P Bon on Netflix, we decided to ask what makes a retro anime so retro.
Most of us conjure a specific image when considering a loaded phrase like retro anime. However, how much is retro to do with a particular show's style and how much is it to do with our own experiences of anime growing up?
Check out what our experts had to say and join the conversation in the comments!
Cathlyn: "Retro is About Art Styles"
When we talk about retro anime, two or three things come to mind: the anime's time of release, visual techniques, and genre tropes. After all, retro anime often reflects character archetypes and distinctive art styles prevalent during the time of their production.
- 5/2/2024
- EpicStream
The story of Superman has been told countless times across different media, from the Zack Snyder and Richard Donner films to multiple animated shows, a CW live-action and much more. So when it came time to tell a new tale of the Man of Steel in Adult Swim’s 10-episode “My Adventures with Superman,” there was one note from the studios that became a guiding light for producers Jake Wyatt and Brendan Clogher, the latter told IndieWire: “Don’t do this stuff the way we’ve seen it before. And the look of the show itself signals that it’s a different take, and to younger audiences, it signals that this is a different version of the character.”
Indeed, while the show feels intrinsically Superman, “My Adventures with Superman” is also unlike any other version of the character. There have been many animated versions of Superman, but “My Adventures with Superman...
Indeed, while the show feels intrinsically Superman, “My Adventures with Superman” is also unlike any other version of the character. There have been many animated versions of Superman, but “My Adventures with Superman...
- 7/6/2023
- by Rafael Motamayor
- Indiewire
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