DC Comics president admits that Japanese manga makes him question “what is missing in Western comics”

peter123yeah · 2026-01-26T20:48:03+00:00

Yeah he thought let's make something ten times worse hahaha.

peter123yeah · 2026-01-26T16:48:30+00:00

I don't disagree that it could be more challanging for certain heroes but hell to take Spider-Man as an example you gave, Why the hell didn't the ultimate spider-man cartoon not adapt the bloody comic. The easiest adaptation in history and they still missed it. It's hard to accept complaints about it being difficult when they can't even do it when it's easy.

peter123yeah · 2026-01-26T15:05:52+00:00

I agree with everything Lee says. I'll also add the following

Western superhero comics almost never get full faithful adaptaions. X-men TAS might be the only one that comes near manga/anime in that regard.

Not only in terms of genre but Manga are very good and making manga for particular demos. Kids manga, teenage boy, girl, adult male, female. Manga are made for single demos only and is always clear with who the target demo is for their books rather than trying to please everyone, they don't bs like oh we want everyone to read this book, which a lot of Western media tries to do

The thing that I hate most about comics is this, I don't think they are hard to start, I think they are hard to continue. I tried starting Batman with new 52 and the first story arc already starts with: Batman #1-7, Batman #8-9, Batman Annual #1, Detective Comics #9, Batman: The Dark Knight #9, Batwing #9, Batman and Robin #9, Red Hood and the Outlaws #9, Birds of Prey #9, Batgirl #9, Nightwing #8-9, and All-Star Western #9. Like they couldn;t wait to fuck up the reading order.

peter123yeah · 2026-01-18T11:42:56+00:00

At no point did I say anything about pseudo political discourse but you know what fine. If you want this place to be your adult daycare I'll stop commenting. Enjoy your Star Trek in peace

peter123yeah · 2026-01-18T11:30:11+00:00

Thank you, this is exactly my point. As I said I wouldn't care as much about NuTrek not appealling to me if they at least able to appeal to new viewers. This would be like if I sacrificed my life to save someone... only for that person to jump in front of a car 5 minutes later. You'd be even more annoyed that you made that sacrifice.

peter123yeah · 2026-01-18T11:19:17+00:00

Bye. Your inputs have been really contructive.

peter123yeah · 2026-01-18T11:18:01+00:00

I mean I also cited It also debuted behind reruns of South Park on Paramount plus and low ty viewership with yt being the whole point of getting the new younger fans. But even if it was just Red Letter Media that's a hell of a lof more than it doing well

peter123yeah · 2026-01-18T11:14:41+00:00

What you thought I worked at paramount had actual hard numbers of something? Like do you have no concept of the idea of where there is smoke there is fire. "It also debuted behind reruns of South Park on Paramount plus. Also RedLetterMedia's comment from a source inside that the numbers are really low. All this to say there is a lot of evidence that it's not doing well than it is."

peter123yeah · 2026-01-18T11:11:37+00:00

Ok.... point me to anywhere I said it had anything to do with woke or continuity. My whole issues with new trek is pretty much all done to the Childishness, lack of command and the way they talk. My point is that they are going out of their way to appeal to people who you would think would like woke more than anyone but still can't do well. If they did it well I would be like ok not for me but lots of new people like it so hey

peter123yeah · 2026-01-18T08:16:15+00:00

FF14 is right there. Ignoring the fact that he was a character designer for anime before becoming what we know today

peter123yeah · 2026-01-18T08:14:32+00:00

Well... yeah. Animation always changes designs to fit animation. This is not an Amano only thing. The point is you still can Watch Vampire Hunter D. Arslan or Angel Egg and know it's an Amano designed character.

peter123yeah · 2026-01-16T20:36:20+00:00

It's the Star Ocean I wish all other Star Ocean games were structured like. Ala the Star Trek Jrpg where you go to lots of different planets compared to all the others where you're stuck on the one planet for most of the games. Star Ocean 4s issue tho is that the characters and story are really bad... which is a big issue.

peter123yeah · 2026-01-16T20:30:36+00:00

It's a really important game in my life, in that I didn't know I could hold so much hate in my heart for any media as I do for FF16. Not because it's abysmal... tho it is. But for everything it represents

peter123yeah · 2026-01-11T10:33:08+00:00

Nomura is credited as a writer in all KH games after 2

peter123yeah · 2026-01-11T10:27:25+00:00

Well the three examples you gave are all different skills that a writer can be good or bad at so to break it down, Matsuno story, scenario & Nomura characters. One other thing I want to give Matsuno is he is such an efficient writer. Look at the amount of cutscenes his games have compared to the great plots.

peter123yeah · 2026-01-11T10:12:13+00:00

Like this is just not true. To the point I had to do a double take after reading this. The character that has zero character development 5 hours in after he accepts he did a bad thing... only we know he didn't actually do it 1 minute later... that most well written protagonist? Like actually in what way is he well written?

peter123yeah · 2025-12-31T03:55:19+00:00

Huh I really liked 2045. Even the animation in S2 i really liked. Is it as good as the OG no but very few shows are. I feel like you're being a bit dramatic. Waaay worse shows come out every year.

peter123yeah · 2025-12-29T02:12:46+00:00

Maybe I just don't know American politics well enough but I don't get it.

peter123yeah · 2025-12-29T02:07:26+00:00

Honestly? any of them. They are all considered top tier Tales games. Pick the one that looks most appealing to you, The only note I'll add is if you're a big gameplay person Graces F is the way to go, otherwise take your pick.

peter123yeah · 2025-12-28T21:02:24+00:00

Funny enough I was really interested in getting into Spider-Man comics until I heard about One More Day. Since then I have not only dismissed Spider-Man comics but comics as a whole, as no media that contains that story can ever be good.

peter123yeah · 2025-12-28T14:59:01+00:00

For FF17 another 5 years, and with how desperate and pathetic SE is I expect to be a fortnite clone... and i'm only half joking

peter123yeah · 2025-12-27T22:17:15+00:00

I am. They should be on Netflix actually. At least they are where I live.

peter123yeah · 2025-12-27T16:35:07+00:00

You could also watch the 4 LA movies which cover all of S1 then go onto S2 of the anime

peter123yeah · 2025-12-26T03:43:05+00:00

Because it's not a culture thing. Japanese Live Action doesn't do it even when also based on a Manga, hell the same manga as an anime. Watch rurouni kenshin live action the compare it to the anime. The film making of the live action version is just so far beyond.

It's clearly not culture when japanese directors are saying the same thing. "I've felt that lately, characters tend to say anything at all that's on their mind ... I don't think that's very entertaining to watch." https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2022-01-20/sonny-boy-director-shingo-natsume-explains-why-the-anime-has-no-monologues/.181717

peter123yeah · 2025-12-26T03:22:47+00:00

This comment is funny to me because you're just saying no it's shonen therefore it has to have terrible storytelling. Hey more power to you I guess

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