>>113533257All these cartoons that take influence from the East do so with shitty results. It's the same problem as the early 2000's with Teen Titans, Xiaolin Showdown, Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi, and so on. They mimic superficial elements of anime (Art styles, concepts, sweatdrops, angry veins, pratfalls, the way eyes are drawn) then apply it to Western writing. You end up getting a hodgepodge mess of something that looks like a cartoon but is trying to sound like an anime.
What they should do instead is collaborate with Japanese artists (Avatar, Kipo, B:TAS, Jackie Chan Adventures) or otherwise TRANSLATE things that influence you into a way you write and draw already (Samurai Jack, Teenage Robot, PPG) in a way where the blend is seamless.
Instead, people just see an anime character with a big sword and go, "I want MY character to have a big sword that looks just like that!".
