http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2007/chinese-cartoons-hurt-by-imports/ The Best In Sci-Fi & Fantasy, News, Reviews, Graphic Novels, comics and more! Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:29:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2007/chinese-cartoons-hurt-by-imports/comment-page-1/#comment-30228 The Forbidden Planet International Blog Log » Vietnamese cartoonists feeling the pinch Mon, 05 Mar 2007 10:45:15 +0000 http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/?p=2983#comment-30228 [...] Following on from news last week about how China’s native animation industry is losing out to foreign competition even on its home turf an article in the Vietnam Net Bridge reports that their Vietnamese counterparts are doing worse. The article reports that there is only a single production company creating cartoons in the country and that is a part of the Vietnam Television’s Film Centre (VFC). To add insult to injury most of the cartoons created by the VFC have been shown only at home and overseas film festivals rather than general release and so are largely unknown to the public - not a good way to build up an audience following. The VFC has created a small number of cartoons in the last five years, including Knight With a Protruding Forehead, Tit Mit and Pigeon’s Class (I’m not making these names up). Government funding is due to dry up soon making the future even less certain for local cartoon creators, although as the article quotes one teenage viewer as saying most Vietnamese-created cartoons “are dull moral lessons” and the imagery was poor it doesn’t look as it the native viewing audience will be overly upset. [...] [...] Following on from news last week about how China’s native animation industry is losing out to foreign competition even on its home turf an article in the Vietnam Net Bridge reports that their Vietnamese counterparts are doing worse. The article reports that there is only a single production company creating cartoons in the country and that is a part of the Vietnam Television’s Film Centre (VFC). To add insult to injury most of the cartoons created by the VFC have been shown only at home and overseas film festivals rather than general release and so are largely unknown to the public – not a good way to build up an audience following. The VFC has created a small number of cartoons in the last five years, including Knight With a Protruding Forehead, Tit Mit and Pigeon’s Class (I’m not making these names up). Government funding is due to dry up soon making the future even less certain for local cartoon creators, although as the article quotes one teenage viewer as saying most Vietnamese-created cartoons “are dull moral lessons” and the imagery was poor it doesn’t look as it the native viewing audience will be overly upset. [...]

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