Creator of Neon Genesis Evangelion predicts the death of anime, but not the ending?

[Bouzoo]

Hideki Anno, the creator of aforementioned anime, says that anime will soon... die. But not end. Quite confusing right?

 

In an interview with Russian news agency RIA Novosti (via EvaGeeks), Anno said the anime industry as we now know it will end in the next five to twenty years. Decline and “death” are unavoidable. Anno calls this only “a matter of time.” Yikes!

 

“Japanese animation is in decline,” Anno told RIA. “It’s already peaked.” Next, Anno believes, is the inevitable death. “After it does collapse, there will probably be a new resurgence.” The question, Anno wonders, is whether people will wait for this rebirth.

 

This death isn’t the end of anime per se. Japan will continue to have animation. “I don’t think animation will vanish,” Anno continued, “but perhaps, there might not be the conditions that have existed up until now that have led to the creation of interesting films.”

 

THen there is also this

Anno believes that animation in Japan needs to be more flexible towards adapting new methods, such as computer graphics, to find new ways to make interesting anime in a new environment. As the working conditions show, the current business model simply isn’t sustainable. If things don’t change, Anno’s prediction could become reality.

And here's a tweet.

 

I... don't know what to say. This caught me unprepared. I'm a huge anime fan, and I really don't want this to happen. I'm not into the "anime business model" so I don't know how things are atm, but I really can't believe this is likely to happen. But then again, who am I?

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[Fred Castellum]

New business model as in better access across the board for foreign countries? Then yes I think he's correct. 

 

Ease of access for anime is a major problem because of all the licensing bullshit people have to deal with lol.

[Bsmith]

hmm i wonder how long it gonna take and how it will end up.

 

hopefully not as neon genesis did, man that was fked up..

[Me1z]

Anno has always been full of Sh*t. Evangelion was a masterpiece, but that doesn't mean its creator isn't a prick. He essentially hates his fans, and most anime viewers for that matter. Anno is the type of guy who would tell you to go screw yourself whilst ripping a 20 out of your hand to pay for the advice he gave you. You would need to drain the oceans to have enough grains of salt to go with the words he says. You might as well be getting you anime news from WCCFTech while you're at it.

[Misanthrope]

Anno has always been full of Sh*t. Evangelion was a masterpiece, but that doesn't mean its creator isn't a prick. He essentially hates his fans, and most anime viewers for that matter. Anno is the type of guy who would tell you to go screw yourself whilst ripping a 20 out of your hand to pay for the advice he gave you. You would need to drain the oceans to have enough grains of salt to go with the words he says. You might as well be getting you anime news from WCCFTech while you're at it.

 

Touched a nerve I see

[linuxfan66]

i dont take advice from mr pretension himself either...