Are Japanese Animated Cartoons Badly Animated?
October 1 2003 Two generations ago, Japanese-made animated series, like everything from Japan were deemed cheap and bad. Kids got jerky animations such as Speed Racer and Astro Boy. A generation ago, history repeated itself, and North American kids watched badly animated series often reedited by violence-wary American producers. This was censoring at its best. In much of Europe, and North America, series such as Mazinger, Robotech and Battle of the Planets earned themselves a bad reputation. Adults seemed to notice nothing but the remaining bits of violence, and the jerkiness and repetitive scenes, often reinforced by the post editing practices of the American producers who had imported the product from Japan. Since the early 1990s, kids have had the chance, or misfortune, if you ask many of their parents, of watching a new batch of animated series from Japan. However, the new crop, including Sailor Moon, Pokemon and Dragonball have monopolized the airwaves and become more popular than
