I love reading AO's stories that cover the non-animator creatives behind animated productions! So cool. Would love to see a piece focused on an animation screenwriter!
Thanks very much! We'll absolutely keep that in mind. Writing for animation is an unsung topic and we have tried to touch on it a bit in the past, but there's a lot more to say. (At least one article about it has been sitting on the idea list for a long while.)
Until then, you might be interested in the handful of pieces we've done on writing so far, including our interview with the writer of Puss in Boots 2:
One thing I noticed in the article about Vietnamese animation is that the works being put on the forefront of its growing industry are the cheap content farms targeted at children such as Wolfoo [shudders], which doesn't give much hope for the medium's future there. One may argue that all publicity is good publicity for a nascent creative scene, but I worry that Vietnamese animation will end up attracting a similar stigma China has had to fight to be taken seriously, and unlike China, Vietnam has not, as far as I'm aware, released a film or series on the same caliber as even South Korea's strongest productions.
Besides that, the Ultraman movie looks like a promising watch. I have yet to watch anything from the franchise, but hopefully, this would be a good starting point.
Rising is really good -- we went in almost completely new to Ultraman, and it just felt natural. It's not a lore-heavy film, thankfully. It works as a standalone superhero movie.
And definitely agreed about Wolfoo! It's pretty weird. We haven't studied Vietnam's animation industry closely yet, but it seems to have had a difficult history. It's an outsourcing destination, and it's not clear whether the domestic scene was ever able to get established like China's did. We'll have to learn more. But absolutely -- the content farm problem is real, and the hype for Wolfoo in that state paper is a little ironic, given the scandals surrounding that series.
I love reading AO's stories that cover the non-animator creatives behind animated productions! So cool. Would love to see a piece focused on an animation screenwriter!
Thanks very much! We'll absolutely keep that in mind. Writing for animation is an unsung topic and we have tried to touch on it a bit in the past, but there's a lot more to say. (At least one article about it has been sitting on the idea list for a long while.)
Until then, you might be interested in the handful of pieces we've done on writing so far, including our interview with the writer of Puss in Boots 2:
https://animationobsessive.substack.com/p/writing-teen-titans
https://animationobsessive.substack.com/p/writing-fosters-home-for-imaginary
https://animationobsessive.substack.com/p/quentin-tarantino-would-not-like
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Ah, that's super kind -- thank you! Very glad you're enjoying the newsletter and hope you'll like the issues we're working on next!
One thing I noticed in the article about Vietnamese animation is that the works being put on the forefront of its growing industry are the cheap content farms targeted at children such as Wolfoo [shudders], which doesn't give much hope for the medium's future there. One may argue that all publicity is good publicity for a nascent creative scene, but I worry that Vietnamese animation will end up attracting a similar stigma China has had to fight to be taken seriously, and unlike China, Vietnam has not, as far as I'm aware, released a film or series on the same caliber as even South Korea's strongest productions.
Besides that, the Ultraman movie looks like a promising watch. I have yet to watch anything from the franchise, but hopefully, this would be a good starting point.
Rising is really good -- we went in almost completely new to Ultraman, and it just felt natural. It's not a lore-heavy film, thankfully. It works as a standalone superhero movie.
And definitely agreed about Wolfoo! It's pretty weird. We haven't studied Vietnam's animation industry closely yet, but it seems to have had a difficult history. It's an outsourcing destination, and it's not clear whether the domestic scene was ever able to get established like China's did. We'll have to learn more. But absolutely -- the content farm problem is real, and the hype for Wolfoo in that state paper is a little ironic, given the scandals surrounding that series.
omgg im soo excited!!
It's really good! We were impressed. Hope you enjoy the film!