![]() ![]() ![]() Theatrical children's features based on the mega-popular Japanese TV cartoons Pokémon and Digimon have been notoriously profitable despite poor critical reviews. Animation in general has become more acceptable for adults, thanks to movies and TV programs like Toy Story, Chicken Run, King of the Hill and South Park. Anime is better known to the general public than it was just five years ago. It was not successful enough to justify the costs of making dozens of 35mm prints and taking out full-page newspaper advertising.īut a lot can change in a few years. The only exception was Troma's 1993 small general release of the family film, My Neighbor Totoro. They have played usually in only one theater at a time, for a half-week or a week before moving on to the next city. ![]() For most of the 1990s (starting with Akira in December 1989), Japanese animated features for adolescent and adult audiences have toured America only on the fine-art theatrical circuit. The question has arisen recently as to whether the American motion picture industry is ready for Japanese theatrical animation, which is not presold through children's TV. ![]()
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