East Vs. West

Anime is a rising trend of the west and this is showing more and more. The introduction of anime in the west with arguably the most popular show in the west being Dragon Ball Z. Now this give the showdown of east vs west storytelling. What it comes down to is that the storytelling is so much different to the east then the west. Topics that come up in anime will never come up in western media. Also let me be frank when I say east, I mean mostly Japanese.

For the east I will use my personal favorite anime, Overlord. This show is about a gamer who is forced out of MMO after the server shuts down, he wakes up to find himself in a different world where non-player characters can eat, sleep, talk, and have personally. He finds that his whole mindset is changed as he is changed from alive to undead. He has become the true overlord. This is a story that would of never been told as from the western perspective or not as unique as I think this did. Now this is a very suggestive subject but this bears discussing. Now I think that anime will make different stories work because they are accepted in the east. The eastern stories in my opinion are more non-conventional as in the stories are more unique in the premise of the story. As in my example of a story the main character is nigh untouchable unless provoked by people that are loyal to him. I also think that there is another show that will also support my theory.

This show is the definition of out there. This show revolves around the premise of the teacher is a bioengineered weapon that has destroyed 75% of the moon, and plans to destroy the earth in March, but he wants to teach before he does that so the world governments tell him that he can. Then they give him a class that is a bunch of regrets and give the class one goal, assassinate the teacher. Now as the show goes on the teacher shows that he is a great educator and a great guy in general. So the show is about how the students try and kill the teacher and how they grow from him. Now if this is the most interesting premise to me. This is what I am talking about with better storytelling. When you take a premise like this and make a good show out of it that is good storytelling. The storytelling has comedy, drama, and fourth wall breaking while having an underlying uplifting message of never give up and always play to your strengths and help your weaknesses. This is the kind of creativity comes from the east. When you have most outlandish stories with good writing a storytelling you have a winner in tv in my opinion.

The two shows that I have given are one of many of the un-orthodox stories that the east. This is the why I think that they are better storytellers. They come up with the most interesting and intriguing stories that will be hard to make interesting. This is why I think the east is more creative then the west.