Ah I see. Sorry if my wording came across like I wanted one to beat the other. That very much is not the case. The "surpass the Japanese industry" remark was purely meant to be illustrative of how big I think the Chinese animation industry will become. Not trying to make some competition out of it or dunk on anime, just saying that given the amount of manpower/resources being put into it, I think donghua will become as mainstream as anime is right now and I think that will be good.
While I've seen a few donghua with very distinctly Chinese art/animation styles (e.g. Fog Hill of Five Elements), the majority don't diverge all that much from styles that exist in other animated works made outside of China and I don't really see that changing in the future. For the most part, the more prominent "Chinese" features of donghua besides the language are in the non-visual aspects of the work which is what makes a lot of them feel rather refreshing to me as someone who has watched a ton of anime over the years. I'm also hopeful that with the enormous amount of resources being put into this, stuff like R&D, more funding towards original content, and decent wages will have positive effects on the animation industry as a whole.
Ah I see. Sorry if my wording came across like I wanted one to beat the other. That very much is not the case. The "surpass the Japanese industry" remark was purely meant to be illustrative of how big I think the Chinese animation industry will become. Not trying to make some competition out of it or dunk on anime, just saying that given the amount of manpower/resources being put into it, I think donghua will become as mainstream as anime is right now and I think that will be good.
Alright. Yeah, I would be excited to see another animation style come into the main stream.
While I've seen a few donghua with very distinctly Chinese art/animation styles (e.g. Fog Hill of Five Elements), the majority don't diverge all that much from styles that exist in other animated works made outside of China and I don't really see that changing in the future. For the most part, the more prominent "Chinese" features of donghua besides the language are in the non-visual aspects of the work which is what makes a lot of them feel rather refreshing to me as someone who has watched a ton of anime over the years. I'm also hopeful that with the enormous amount of resources being put into this, stuff like R&D, more funding towards original content, and decent wages will have positive effects on the animation industry as a whole.