Pictorially it has combined the mystical with the streamlined and the delicate with the violent. We don't need more of them, boutique divisions of huge industrial congloms owned by mega-corporations that squirt out blandly streamlined works meant to appeal to the restaurateurs of Angola as well as the pawnbrokers of Bangkok and the DVD collectors of Lapland.īy contrast, the Japanese animated product has been, at least until now, uncompromisingly Japanese: haunting, high-tech, full of ideas that Occidentals can hardly express, much less comprehend - vivid, tough as nails. It's a globalized version of the longer, denser domestic-Japanese version and one has to wonder, was this scrub job really necessary? We already have a Disney and a DreamWorks animation department, as well as a Twentieth Century Fox unit. This list was updated to reflect these changes.Somehow, the new, incredibly elaborate piece of Japanese anime 'Steamboy,' by Katsuhiro Otomo, isn't Japanese enough. Some record-breaking anime and collections were beaten by a worthier competitor, while others' record-winning statistics actually improved. This is exactly what happened to some of this list's original entries. Updated on Decemby Angelo Delos Trinos: Records are meant to be broken. It's hard to imagine some of these anime records ever being beaten, especially since the amount of work and dedication put into accomplishing them is almost beyond belief. Fans and creators alike have been awarded with record, or chased one themselves. The hunger for world records has cropped up in the world of anime and manga. Guinness gave records to those deserving of it, or they were approached by an aspiring person who wanted to leave their mark on history with a world record. Established in 1954 by Sir Hugh Beaver (owner of the famous brewery ), the Guinness Book of World Records is the governing body for any record of accomplishment.

Steamboy anime units