The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim | December 13, 2024 | New Line/WB | Anime | Kenji Kamiyama directing.

[El Squibbonator]

1 hour ago, Hiccup23 said:

 I appreciate the venture to adult animation though

 

Eh, not really. If there's one thing I've learned from following the world of animation, it's that the success of anime hasn't really changed how major Hollywood studios view animation. That's not to say they don't see the potential in it-- heck, we're seeing that right now, since Warner Bros. is co-producing and distributing this movie-- but it hasn't encouraged American movie studios to make comparable movies of their own.

 

Ideally, if this movie is successful, other animation studios like Disney and DreamWorks will look at it and say "maybe animated movies don't have to just be for kids anymore!" But I doubt that'll happen. Because this is a Japanese co-production, it's probably instead going to be dismissed as "just another anime movie", and hence irrelevant to Hollywood animation.  If Warner Bros. had made this movie entirely in-house, instead of as a Japanese co-production, it might have more of an impact on the American animation scene.

[BK007]

I thought this was going to be CGI animation and parts of it, the fire and bridge look like it, so the whole thing feels off.

 

It does look more Japanese animation (the director) than anything. Don't think it's going to do well.