Cultural exchange is the best way to discover great art

>>149128658 (OP)
what happened to shen

>>149128735
>what happened to shen
he chose a career where he became dependent on appealing to the lowest common denominator type of humor and "LOL RELATABLE" types.

>>149128754
How much of LOL RELATABLE has infected art and animation in the east and west?

>>149128658 (OP)
>look at americ*n animation inspired by Japanese culture
>Star Vs, Steven Universe, She-Ra, OK KO, basically anything made in the 2010s
>look at Japanese animation inspired by americ*n culture
>literally just cowboy bebop
kek

>>149130035
>>look at Japanese animation inspired by americ*n culture
There's also JJBA and more western animatiors are helping animate anime like One Piece

>>149128658 (OP)
The bike thing really broke him, huh?

>>149130035
The entire genre of Mecha was born from Starship Troopers

>>149130772
online discourse in 2025 could break anyone

>>149130035
Bebop, panty and stocking, Baccano, etc are the obvious examples. But Japan takes from western stuff a lot, its just that when it does so its usually more subtle.
When anime steals a western thing, they do it in the form of stealing elements of the setting or story. Psycho Pass is just a philip k dick story in anime form, to the point that they drop a reference to him in dialog as a nod. The majority of anime fantasy tropes started off as western fantasy staples, etc. But, with very rare exceptions, they still do it through their own cultural lens and in their own style.

When cartoons reference anime, its always superficial as fuck. Its always by stealing how it LOOKS, or referencing a specific famous anime (typically DBZ or Sailor Moon, as if those were the only two anime to exist). They never borrow the winning formulas, like an action cartoon that follows the shonen battle playbook, or the writing elements that make these genres work.
Western animation "copying" anime will give you a girl that is dressed in a magical girl cosplay outfit, but *forget to do anything of the things that make magical girl shows succeed* because they are too busy being ironic about it to ever be sincere.

>>149128658 (OP)
I like stuff like Ojamajo Doremi and I love old cartoons too.
Especially Jim Tyer's and Gene Deitch's works.