Thread:Mesektet/@comment-27729149-20150707052956/@comment-3581997-20150811141653

Why do you assume all anime is collectively the same, it's like coming up with an over all like and dislike of Western Animation. To associate them all as the same thing is quite preposterous. Putting Sailor Moon, Yu Yu Hakusho, Full Metal Alchemist, Dragon Ball and Sword Arts Online, all together and judging them as one based on where they were animated is like grouping Steven Universe, Adventure Time, Avatar the Last Air Bender, Simpsons and South Park all together and collectively judging them as one thing; They aren't. The only thing that unites them is that they are all Western Animation, any likes or dislikes you could make about one's animation by no means applies to another.

Avatar is some of the most painstakingly achieved animation in recent years, Adventure Time on the other-hand is intentionally simple so that whatever artists they get can all animate it the same way. Dragon Ball has inspired billions however can get very ridiculous at times with character serving the plot, Yu Yu Hakusho has some of the most diverse characters and plots in anime and Sword Arts Online is just soft-core porn with a plot that makes no sense of any kind. Would you really put Sword Art Online on the same level as Dragon Ball just because of the art style?

Also doing things like reusing shots or forgetting to animate movement, or having people stand still while talking is by no means isolated to Anime, check out the old He-Man cartoon for proof of that, or Birdman, or Transformers or if you are in the mode for real train-wreck find The Christmas Tree, ughhh. Could a Japanese person put all those together and make a collective judgment about Western Animation? "Oh Avatar the Last Airbender, well it's Western Animation so they will probably reuse shots, end up making the wrong voice come out of the wrong character and it will all be about flat characters who don't sound like real people."