Nora N.

Visual Storyteller.

[Aakanksha @aakancvedi]

Most entertainment in India (like most places in the world) was imported from the US. For decades, no one could beat the US’s domination, but somehow in the early 2000s Japan took over children’s entertainment in India

When I realised this sometime ago, I had two big questions, first of course, how did they beat US to this, and second, of all the countries in the world, how come Japanese cartoons caught on in India?

Answer was very simple, Indian TV networks needed to fill hours and hours of children’s programming every day but American kids’ content licences were very very expensive, episode counts were limited, and branding rules were tight (like you could not give advertisement slot to xyz during cartoon abc cause abc’s parent company is in competition with xyz)

The ad revenue simply wouldn’t justify the hassle

So Indian networks looked for kids entertainment from across the world, but nothing made sense, stories and cultures were too difficult to translate to an indian audience

But then they came across Japanese studios like Toei, Shin-Ei, TV Toky, etc. They sold massive episode libraries at low cost and made shows about routine activities that were very relatable for an Indian kid, say for example going to school, hanging out with friends, small everyday challenges and lessons from them, etc which made them ridiculously easy to dub and present to an Indian audience

This went on for sometime, until early 2010s when Indian studios started creating stronger IPs that caught on and closed the era of Japanese cartoons

[80s Kidz @80s_Kidz]

MTV officially shut down its 24-hour music channels yesterday. They ended their final broadcast with 'Video killed the radio star' by The Buggles, the very first video broadcasted by MTV on August 1st, 1981.

[🐈🌷🔻 @vianacatperson]

POV from Ojol driver in Indonesia
Thank you somad all 🤎🤎

[Cartoonist ZACH @cartoonistzach]

thesis it

[Earth Hippy 🌎🕊️💚 @hippyygoat]

I don't know you but you are a beautiful human😍✊🏼🇵🇸

[Patrick Henningsen @21WIRE]

How about them apples.

[PVT @propvstruth]

I thought Jews were starved during the holocaust 🤔

[America The Ghetto @Lizzurr]

They are so real for doing this! They know the Western media has blocked out South Africa’s argument completely in the media and they’re trying to use their platform to highlight the argument made by South Africa’s team.

[No Film School @nofilmschool]

Basics are the key 📸

(via originfilms)

[The Film Stage 📽 @TheFilmStage]

Martin Scorsese on preserving the art of cinema in the face of Hollywood’s “repulsive” and “insulting” obsession with box office.

[BFI @BFI]

Filmmaker Mani Haghighi was due to join us at the BFI London Film Festival with his film Subtraction. Authorities in Iran confiscated his passport and he could not leave.

#LFF supports Haghighi and all filmmakers in their freedom to present their films around the world.

[Insider Asia @InsiderAsia]

How food commercials are made

[Que Haidar @que_haidar]

Scene ni 6 muka Surat dan berlangsung Selamat 10 minit. Dapat sparring hrmmm Insyaallah sahabat @Beto_Kusyairy ada peluang lagi, amin

[Aus Meshi @AusMeshi]

Masakan Cina dengan sedikit sentuhan Jepun.

🏯The Qing, KL

[#BangsaManusia @Amerul_Affendi]

4 Ogos ini sebuah cerita komedi realiti kehidupan di rumah flat bila tiada air..

Mari tertawakan kehidupan kita masyarakat marhaen bila gangguan bekalan air berlaku.

Khas buat warga KL & Selangor dan umum buat masyarakat Malaysia walaupun kita jual air ke Singapore.

[Muhammad Najib @muhammadnajib79]

Tweet pasal anak raja datang lambat pun polis sibuk nak panggil siasat.

Tasik Chini hilang status Unesco, ada sesiapa nak siasat siapa punya angkara?

[Pak Salam Erwin Joko Anwar @syzwnrzk_]

Terima Kasih untuk nyanyian yang merdu kak adibah noor. Semoga tenang di sana.

Mega mendung di angkasa.

[No Film School @nofilmschool]

True. (via moviesethumor)

[No Film School @nofilmschool]

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[MIPSTERZ @Mipsterz]

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