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<blockquote data-quote="Matthan" data-source="post: 3810653" data-attributes="member: 20005">Well, I'm reading anime as including manga.&nbsp; Now I'm not an expert, and honestly, I don't care about art direction in 3E or 4E for that matter as long as I enjoy it and I have pretty broad tastes.&nbsp; My observation on the first three images isn't that western superhero comics haven't done similar images, but that the origins of some of those tropes are manga specifically the first image with the overwhelmingly large and spiky energy attack.&nbsp; That strikes me as more manga than western superhero.As for why we should believe this or that or why this even matters, I'm not sure I can give a satisfying answer.&nbsp; Art has become so cross pollenated with influences particularly in the west, that artists rarely fall into one neat category anymore.&nbsp; I believe that those pieces have been clearly influenced through manga from panel breaks to layouts to figure work and poses, but they don't rise above influence.&nbsp; In every case the artist has his own style at work.&nbsp; So I guess the question is what constitutes &quot;anime art&quot;?&nbsp; Is influence enough or does it have to be done by an artist who has actually worked in anime or manga?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Matthan, post: 3810653, member: 20005"] Well, I'm reading anime as including manga. Now I'm not an expert, and honestly, I don't care about art direction in 3E or 4E for that matter as long as I enjoy it and I have pretty broad tastes. My observation on the first three images isn't that western superhero comics haven't done similar images, but that the origins of some of those tropes are manga specifically the first image with the overwhelmingly large and spiky energy attack. That strikes me as more manga than western superhero. As for why we should believe this or that or why this even matters, I'm not sure I can give a satisfying answer. Art has become so cross pollenated with influences particularly in the west, that artists rarely fall into one neat category anymore. I believe that those pieces have been clearly influenced through manga from panel breaks to layouts to figure work and poses, but they don't rise above influence. In every case the artist has his own style at work. So I guess the question is what constitutes "anime art"? Is influence enough or does it have to be done by an artist who has actually worked in anime or manga? [/QUOTE]

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