How Does Anime Make Money? (Japan’s Anime Industry Secrets)
Money is a necessary driving force for any enterprise to work. This holds true for anime too. Whether you intend to make your own anime one day, or you are just trying to win a comment section fight, there are a few questions you may want answering. From seeing how successful anime is, how do they do it? And How are their workers so underpaid? Why do They do it anyway? And could you, yes you, make your own anime one day? You May Also Like: Can Anime Be Made Outside Of Japan? Anime primarily makes money through the merchandising, selling rights, and creating theme parks/arcade games for their specific anime property. The broadcasting of the anime does not make any money for the anime. Instead, it acts as an advertisement for these 3 streams of income for anime. Naturally, there is more to it than that. Such as the anime committee, who are the ones that fund anime. In order to learn of these, you will have to click through this article. How Does Anime Make Money? Anime make money through rights, not air time. There is a myth that arises around anime and its revenue. People believe that an anime, let’s say Naruto for example, makes money the same way as music would. Meaning people by a CD, and that equates money for the artist/publisher. Then when the music from the CD is played on TV shows, or movies, or radio. Then that TV show, movie or radio pays the artist/publisher. However, this is not how anime works. In order to be profitable, an anime needs 3 things; first it needs money, then it needs people who will make the anime, and then it needs to be sold to the public. Obviously, there needs to be a more money coming in then the money that was spent on the “people who will make the anime”. For each of these steps to take place, anime has taken to doing certain things different from western cartoons in order to guarantee profit, lower costs, and maintain creative freedom 1. Anime Production Committee Anime is extremely expensive to make. Masamune Sakaki (a CG creator who works in the anime industry) says an average 12-13 episode anime season costs 250 million yen (or 2 million USD). At the same time a 30 minutes episode can cost up to 11 million yen (76 715,10 USD). With that being said, it is common for companies to come together, and fund an anime. These companies are coming together form what is known as an anime production committee. The company usually have specialized roles. For example one can be an animation based company, the other advertisers, and another can be music based. These companies invest their money into the anime production, and they are paid with rights to the anime’s merchandises, and the likes. Anime production company were started around the 80s, and at that time, it was due to the drying revenue stream of CDs. At that point, anime studios had to choose. Either they drop their themes, and subject matters so they could be eligible for TV networks, and sponsors. Or, they could do get another company to fund their anime production, and continue creating anime with creative freedom. So they did just that, getting companies to fund them, and promising the companies a percentage in whatever the anime would make in turn. Which leads us to the next point. 2. Anime studios While it may have been the anime studios who first approached the anime committees, the power balance has certainly shifted. Anime studios today make all their money from the money they receive from anime production committees when the committees are suggesting a new anime. Now, the anime studios must use said money to pay all their workers, and also save up for future projects. This means that most anime studios are now owned by committees. In fact, the committees tell the studios which anime to make, and sometimes will use multiple studios to make a single anime, just to save costs for themselves. Anime studios have no power. Anime studios use the money they have to pay story writers, voice actors, animators, and musicians to create the anime for the studios. Then, they have to save up some of the money for next anime, as it would be hard to know when the next pay day will arrive. 3. Broadcasting/ Air time After the anime has been made, it is then sent off to be broadcasted, and this is where things get interesting. While in the earlier music example, the TV networks pay the musician to play their music, it is the opposite in the anime world. The TV networks do not pay to use the anime, instead there are even instances where the anime production committee pay the TV networks. Most of the anime we know are called, Late Night Anime. These are anime directed towards teens and adults. Anime production committees pay TV stations for time slots in a process known as brokered programming. It is the same thing done for informercials. So of course the question then becomes how exactly do anime make money if all they do is pay for slots on TV? Well, the anime aired in these slots that were bought, and much like informercials, these anime act as advertisements. What Anime Industries Do To Be So Profitable? The anime that is used on TV, and the anime that we also watch is more of an advertisement. It advertises the true product that these anime have, mainly DVDs, and blue rays. But as time has gone on, anime studios have found other ways of generating revenue. These include: The primary way that anime makes its money back is through the DVDs, and blue rays. They present the anime with better visuals, no sensors, and sometimes they will add scenes to the story. But the blue rays are ever more expensive to make up for the
Sci-fi and fantasy: The True Difference Between These Two (New 2024)
Sci-fi and fantasy have always had the strangest relationships. To others, they are the same thing, but to others, they are complete opposites. Yet, both camps scarcely answer the proper questions. What are the differences between sci-fi and fantasy? And what are the similarities? You May Also Like: How To Be Productive With Your Writing, and How To Be Consistent With Your Writing. I went reading about, and I might have found a place holder answer. The main difference between science fiction and fantasy is the central conflict, where science fiction’s central conflict is cause by intellectual corruption, while fantasy’s central conflict is caused by the moral corruption. This leads to the two having massive differences in world building, power systems, and themes. In science fiction, it may take place in a dystopian world, or overly technological world, which shows the intellect, while in fantasy the story may take place in a magical world, which shows the mythical morals. Yet again in science fiction, people may use technology for combat, showing the clash of ideas, while in fantasy people will use magic, showing a clash of ethics/morals. In science fiction, the themes may be over human intellectual flaws, while in fantasy, it may be over human moral flaws. These may not make sense now, but in this article, we will be getting further into details on this. Let’s get right into it: What is the main difference between sci-fi and fantasy? The main difference between science fiction, and fantasy is that science fiction’s central conflict is on an intellectual level, while fantasy’s central conflict is on a moral or ethical level. All stories have a central conflict. This is the conflict that goes beyond the face-value conflict. For example, in Rocky the face-value conflict is that he must beat Creed. But the central conflict is an emotional journey about standing, and fighting on in life, in spite of the odds. That’s why at the end of the movie, even though Rocky does not win, the crowd claps for him. Because he won the central conflict. He went the full rounds with the world champion, yet he was a nobody, thus proving he won the central conflict. Rocky had a rather emotional central conflict, but it was neither sci-fi or fantasy. In sci-fi, the central conflict is usually intellectual. It is due to a lack of intellect, or an abundance of intellect that we end up with the problem of the story. Then, we follow the heroes as they try to defeat the villains, but in reality, they are trying to answer a sort of intellectual problem. Usually, it takes the form of a moral conundrum like the trolley problem. Inversely, fantasy’s central conflict tends to be on matters of virtue. It is the lack of virtuous or an abundance of virtue that we end up with the problem we have in the fantasy world. As our hero attempt to defeat the main villain, they must also bring into equilibrium the right amount of virtue in order for them to do this. That’s why fantasy stories tend to be the most straight forward, having tyrannical, or weak/cowardly kings. What are the consequences of these differences? 1. World building Science fictions world building usually shows some form of the intellectual decay. The most representative symbol of intellect is languages, numbers, and technology. As a result, science fiction worlds are riddled with these things. And because it is a story, there needs to be a corruption amongst them. So the technology will either be too perfect, such as in utopias, or it will be destroyed, such as in dystopias. Fantasy world building usually shows a form of virtuous decay. The best symbol of virtue is magic. This could be due to the connection of virtue with Western Christian ideas, but even in Wuxia magic shows in virtue, so its probably an innate human thing. Magic often shows the heart of a character, or even, a world. So fantasy worlds are often littered with magical elements, be it plants, magical kingdom, magical items, or magical cities. Again, because this is a story, we need to show the corruption, and this will be show by the world being in some form of encroaching decay, such as in epic fantasy stories or a world where order, or goodness hides evil underneath, such as in grimdark fantasy. 2. Power system In science fiction, the power system will often be some sort of technology. Or maybe, a forgotten form of trick that closely resembles magic. In fantasy, the power system is always magic, though they may dabble in magical items at times. 3. Theme Science fiction will often have intellectual depravity themes. This means science fictions problems will be things like killer robots, or mass hungers. Basically, the kind of thing that makes one go, ‘For such smart people, why couldn’t they have thought of this?’ Which is kinda the point. In fantasy, the these will usually stem from virtuous depravity. This may be just a downright cruel king, traitors, or maybe even tyrant. In other forms, it can be depicted as a fake form of virtuous used to hide cruelty, and in these worlds, outright cruelty is the justice that out roots the hiders. This is basically grimdark fantasy. Examples of Sci-fi and fantasy stories Sci-fi “Dune” “Star Trek” “The Matrix” “Jurassic Park” Fantasy “The name of the wind” “Gentleman bastards” “The Way of Kings” “Harry Potter” “The Blade Itself” What writers can learn from the differences between sci-fi and fantasy “Do The Star Wars Walk” This is often what I think about when I am making stories. Many people tend to argue that there are no difference between genres, such as sci-fi and fantasy. but in doing so, I feel, they tend to lose the ability of using these genres to their full ability. I believe that it would be useful for people to learn how to use these things in order to improve their
Urban Fantasy and Contemporary Fantasy: What Is The Difference? (New 2024)
The two of the most confusing genres you will come across in modern day literature is contemporary and urban fantasy. By all appearances, they seem to be the same thing. It takes a far closer inspection to recognize the difference. But its there. So, what is the difference between urban and contemporary fiction? You may also like: what is the difference between fantasy and fairy tales, and why is fantasy so popular. The difference between urban fiction, and contemporary fiction is that urban fantasy is takes place in a metropolitan urban place, while contemporary fiction takes place in the contemporary period of the author. So the two are often mistaken because a modern day author may write a story taking place in the 21st century, so it will feature urban locations. The difference being a fantasy story that takes place in a single town will be urban fantasy. This subtle difference leads to far-reaching differences within these stories. In this article, we will cover those topics by looking at: What Is The Difference between Urban and Contemporary Fantasy? The main difference between urban fantasy and contemporary fantasy is that urban fantasy is fantasy that takes place in a single 21st century city, while contemporary fantasy takes place in the contemporary time of the writer. These two tend to be similar because modern contemporary writers tell stories that take place in modern world with modern technology like cars, and cellphones. Meanwhile, urban fantasy takes place in a city that may also be from modern day times. It’s also worth mentioning that the modern fantasy tropes we see were crafted by Tolkien, as a result we don’t normally see contemporary fantasy that takes place within our world, prior to Tolkien’s time. What makes urban fantasy? Urban fantasy takes place in a modern single city. The reason for this boils down to the fact that in urban fiction the city is as much a character as the protagonists, and antagonists. Usually, the central theme of the story revolves around the idea of community or whatever that specific city embodies. As a result, the only way for the central conflict to be resolved is with the use of the city. What makes contemporary fantasy? Contemporary fantasy is a fantasy story that takes place in modern times. However, these stories tend to be similar to epic fantasy than urban fiction. The characters often travel from city to city, with no single city being of chief importance to the theme, or central conflict of the story. You may be interested in this good reads article: Contemporary fantasy examples. This does not mean the characters may not have a specific city they wish to save. It just means that in contemporary fantasy, usually you can replace any of the cities with any other, and there would be no real difference in the story. Examples of each Contemporary Fantasy Urban fantasy How To Tell If My Story Is Contemporary Fantasy or Urban Fantasy I’ve already written a list on what makes urban fiction, thus it would be easier for you to go check that out if you want to know your book’s classification. For Contemporary fantasy, well… If you manage that far, then you are on your way to telling if your book is urban, or contemporary fantasy. And consequentially, on your way to mastering mastery.
Fantasy And Fairy Tales: What Is The Difference? (New 2024)
We’ve all heard fairy tales at some point in our lives, and definitely seen fantasy with the recent rise of it’s popularity. However, these things are two distinct things, and in understanding that, you can use this to enhance your writing. So what are the differences between fantasy and fairytales? If you already know how to write a story, how to be consistent with your writing, and how to be productive/faster with your writing, we can get into this. We did some digging around, and made a fun little table to demonstrate the results, but there is a simple answer first. The difference between fantasy and fairy tales is that fairy tales are “traditional” stories built around a single central lesson, while fantasies are “modern” stories built on themes. This difference leads to fairy tales having simple magic systems, simple worlds, and simple caricatures, which seek to make the single lesson as clear as possible. Meanwhile, fantasy stories have complex power systems, complex worlds, complex characters leading to complex events so that the theme can be explored. By it’s nature, exploration is unclear, and unfurling, so the plot tends to not be as straightforward. This article will cover why this difference exist, and what the results of it is through: What is the difference between fantasy and fairy tales? The core difference is that fairy tales are traditional stories built around a single lesson, while fantasies are original stories built around a theme. This difference came about due to the 5 core facts about these 2 things. 1. Fantasy focuses on themes, while fairy tales focuses on lessons Themes tend to be a complex fusion of multiple ideas. Things like Freedom may look like 1 word, but they are compose of a number of ideas. Meanwhile, fairy tales tend to be a simple straight forward idea. Like don’t toss the baby out with the water. A simple, straight-forward idea. 2. Fantasy comes from originality, while fairy tales come from tradition Fantasy -in the way it is- is a modern phenomenon. As a result, it emphasizes originality of the author. As you all see, I have made a living of criticizing the world of fiction, and I am not alone. All over the world in modern times, originality is demanded from fantasy writers, and originality is given. It’s not quite the same with fairy tales. Fairy tales are usually a retelling of old stories known as myths. In fact, fairy tales are 1 of the 8 types of myths. These myths have existed since the beginning of time, and consequentially, it is always fun to experience them anew. 3. Fantasy character’s are personified, while fairy tale characters are caricatures This will be the most controversial. We are all aware how fantasy uses the same personality types and races through out. It was one of the wrongs of fantasy in my article after all. But what I mean here is in personality type. In fairy tales, the character’s tend to be one dimensional, existing to show a single emotion. Meanwhile, in fantasy, even though the characters are copied, they are still 3 dimensional. None is better than the other in this matter though. It all depends on what the writers are trying to achieve. 4. Fantasy world’s are complex, while fairy tales are simple The world of fantasy tends to be complex, featuring locations that we may never even visit. Meanwhile, fairy stories can be told even without a world. 5. Fantasy plots are complex, while fairy tale plots are simple Fantasy plots intend on exploring deeper themes, and ideas. These ideas must be allowed to travel down certain routes so they can show us all the wrong routes, before finally stamping their most held right idea. This means that these stories need to be complex. Meanwhile, tales tend to have very simple stories. So simple, that the plots can even be summarized in about 3 lines at times. Because the message they are trying to teach is often a single sentence message. Examples of Fairy tales, and Fantasy books Fairy Tales 1. The Boy Who Cried Wolf 2. Rabbit and the Turtle 3. Goldilocks and The Three Bears 4. The Ugly Duckling 5. The Lion and The Mouse Fantasy 1. “Gormenghast” by Mervyn Peake 2. “Lord Of The Rings” by J.R.R. Tolkien 3. “The Witch, The Lion and The Wardrobe” by C.S. Lewis 4. “A Song of Ice and Fire” by George R.R. Martin 5. “The Color of Magic” by Terry Pratchett Once you master the differences between tales and fantasy, you will be that much closer to mastering mastery.
Top 4 Reasons Why Fantasy Books Are So Long (New 2024)
So, like most breathing homo-sapiens recently, I’ve been reading fantasy. Lots of it. So much in fact, I am beginning to believe I may not be able to finish all of them. As much as I enjoy this fact, there are others out there who feel the need to finish a book they are reading. These distressed folk have been battling with a question; why are fantasy books so long these days? If you have already read my how to be consistent article, then you will be ready for this technique. And to be honest? It’s actually simple. Fantasy books are so long because they have to give a lot of detail. Unlike other genres, the mass appeal of fantasy is the fantasy world itself, thus most fantasy need to be immersive. Secondly, readers cannot be immersed in a world they have never seen before, with weird technologies, and ecosystems that they just do not understand, so fantasy books spend a lot of word-time on introducing the world to the readers. Thirdly, the fantasy books need to set up the climax of the story by introducing a power system that is cohesive with the plot of the story. These things put together lend to the word-time of fantasy books bloating more so than you could expect. But, it’s not as bad as it may seem. This article will be detailing just how that’s the case: How Long Are Fantasy Books Usually? Fantasy books are usually 50,000 to 150,000 words long. This is a massive number. And according to self-publishing school this makes fantasy tied to sci-fi, and with only dystopian fantasy coming close to their numbers with 120,000 words length. However, this is just an average. With different types of fantasy genres, it can even grow bigger. The same article also states that YA, and adult fantasy have different ranges of industry accepted word counts. YA fantasy is often expected to be lower than 90,000 words. Meanwhile, Adult Fantasy books are usually 90,000 – 200,000 words long. Why Are Fantasy Books So Long? 1. They Have A Lot Of Detail Fantasy books have a lot of detail compared to many other stories. Most fantasy books have a lot of work to do compared to other stories. They therefore tend to have a lot more similes, and metaphors. They tend to have a lot of time with characters spent just walking, or experiencing a facet of the world in a sort of detail that most other stories can’t. This bloats this genres’ word-time. 2. They Have To Be Immersive Fantasy books have a responsibility to be more immersive. The further strain placed on fantasy worlds is that readers have come to expect fantasy worlds to feel real. They want to experience how the worlds look, how the smell, how they sound, and how they feel. Fantasy even has an entire game known as D and D, where players meander around a world, immersing themselves in its every facet. This means that this genres’ books must do the same for readers. 3. They Introduce Entirely New Worlds Fantasy stories have the responsibility of introducing entirely new planets to people. If you’ve read my how to world build article, then you know what types of demands world building requires. You need to world build historically, so that your story is cohesive and makes sense for why characters are where they are today. Also, so that it makes sense why the world looks the way it does today, which leads to the second part. You need to world build ecologically. This means you need to take care of the plants, the weather, the stars, and man made ecologically structures, such as cities, vehicles, and even things like weapons, and clothes. This would also mean having to pay attention to things like races and physical appearances. Finally, you need to world build socially. You need to understand the languages of the people. you need to understand their customs. Their special days. You need to list out how they interact with each other, and what they find right and wrong. Keep in mind, you need to do this in a way that won’t disrupt any of the other 2 arenas. So through out the 3 areas, socially, historically, and ecologically, there needs to be a cohesion. This is hard. And it takes a whole lot of word time to get done. 4. They Need To Set Up The Climaxes Using New Worlds Fantasy needs to set up its conflicts so that it has satisfying resolutions. The simple world for this is power-systems. As often spoken about in other articles, such as the fantasy vs sci-fi article, fantasy’s biggest strength is that it has a central conflict that is shown most visual. The power system of characters in fantasy is usually the physical expression of the themes in the story. That’s why angry characters tend to use fire, and such. It’s because the writers use the power system to show us what we do not know about the world. What is the consequence of this? It is of paramount importance for a writer of this genre to make sure that their power system is what binds the characters, the world building, and the story. Unfortunately, the only way to verify whether these things were bound seamlessly is with the climax of the story. Only then will we see that the set up was worth it, and was logical. This therefore means that more words must be spent by the author to explain how the magic system works, and why it works the way it does. At the same time, leave it ambiguous enough how this will help solve the conflict of the story so that it remains enticing. Suffice to say, this is a lot of words. Are Fantasy Series Getting too Long? Fantasy books are getting too long. As observed in this article by medium, between the years of 1999 and 2014, the average book
Is It Wrong To Read Fantasy? 8 Reasons It’s Fine (New 2024)
Now that we have already covered just how popular fantasy is, and why it is popular, there is an additional thing we need to discover. As I read through the research for those articles, I could not help noticing something. It seemed as if people have some reluctance to indulge in their fantasy desires. Firstly, many people seem guilty to read fantasy. Some feel they are too old, while others feel that their religious beliefs may hold them back. Finally, others have no guilt, but they just aren’t sure what benefits they will receive from fantasy. So. Should you read fantasy? You should read fantasy, because there is nothing wrong with reading fantasy. Its fine if you are above the expected age, because the majority of fantasy readers are adults. Secondly, its fine if you are Christian because the most popular fantasy series tend to have Christian undertones/inspirations in the first place. Finally, you should read fantasy because fantasy has a number of physical benefits for your life. Fantasy increase your cognitive capacity, allowing you to think in new and creative ways, while also providing exercises that train your mind to grow accustomed to the sorts of cognitive strains. Additionally, it lifts your mood, and as a consequence, could not only improve your health, but also improve your productivity, thus improving your ability to compete in life/business/school. Admittedly, these are extremely boisterous claims. However, I have seen a lot of studies that back these points up, so if you find you are still unconvinced, here is the additional information that expands on each of these points. Is It Ok For Adults to Read Fantasy? It is Ok for adults to read fantasy. A lot of studies and surveys done found that the majority of fantasy readers tend to be adults any way. A study conducted by fantasy-hive found that the typical fantasy reader was a woman in her 60s, who reads books in paperback and on her tablet. or maybe on an ereader. This may be surprising to learn, but the typical expectations are met with the other part of the study. This is the part of the study that discovered that the typical reader of this genre could also be a man in his 20s who reads his books on his smartphone, or in paperback. But of course, a single study was not enough, so I went looking for another. Tinadubinsky also conducted a survey to track the desires of their readers. However, instead of focusing on the gender of the readers, this time they tried to gage the age of the readers. What they found is that 53.1% were over 40 years of, 36.7% were 26 to 40 years old, and 8.2% were 18 to 25 years old. In total, that would mean 98% of the SSF consumers were people over 18 years old. Thus, they were adults. But this study was a university centric study. My favorite study on the subject is the next one. A research paper from James Cook University did a study in science fiction, and fantasy. The paper is a collection of multiple papers that were done throughout the years that detail the demographics of fantasy readers, going back to the 1900s. This way, we get to observe the shift, and change of fantasy readers demographics with the progress of society and technology. This paper shows that the modern age of readers were in their late 20s, with the mean age being about 42.3 years. Also, they found that most readers say that they discovered their love for fantasy at around 15 years of age. Is It Ok For Christian to Read Fantasy? It is Ok for Christians to read fantasy. After all, some of the most popular fantasy books are Christian inspired fantasy books. With how prevalent talks of demons, and monsters tend to be in fantasy books, it is not uncommon for Christians to believe that fantasy books somehow condone these things, or wish them into the world. However, if you’ve ever read any fantasy book, you will know that by the end of the story, usually the demon or dark king is defeated. The stories are more so a celebration of the defeat of evil, than the celebration of evil itself. If you find you are still convinced, just look at how many popular fantasy books are Christian inspired. The most popular is “Lord Of The Rings” by J. R. R. Tolkien. Then, you have “The lion, The witch, and The Wardrobe” by C. S. Lewis. Finally, we have a more surprising entry into the list, and that would be J. K. Rowling, and the Harry Potter Series. Knowing of the controversy of Harry Potter in the past, it is easy for people to mistakenly think this story is none Christian. But it is, and the author has spoken at length about it. However, if you remain unconvinced, there is a lot of books you could get that delve deep into the symbolisms in the story that show its Christian heritage. 9 Reasons to Read Fantasy 1. Fantasy helps increase your imagination It books will help you increase your imagination if you read them. This is the most obvious advantage of fantasy. As I often mention, with all the sorts of literature out there, fantasy, and maybe sci-fi, are the two that delve deep into imaginative spaces. These stories create entirely new world, and exotic spaces that require you to stretch your mind to understand. And because you wish to enjoy the story, you do it. In this way, fantasy helps you increase your ability to imagine things. 2. It helps increase optimism/boldness “SPIDERMAN FALLS ON HIS FACE VIDEO” Fantasy allows you to increase your optimism, or boldness. Another common feature of fantasy is the simplicity of the stakes. There is one bad guy, who is overwhelmingly powerful, and we watch as our unlikely hero not only climbs the ladders, but eventually overcomes the villain. This kind of input
Why Is Fantasy So Popular? (New 2024)
In modern day ties, it is hard to imagine but there was once a point where fantasy was not popular. In fact, being a fan of anything fantastical, or sci-fi would have garnered you ridicule. But things have changed. At some point, fantasy shifted in the eyes of the public to become something trendy. It’s gotten to the point where the most popular forms of media today are almost expected to be fantastical in nature. So, why did this happen? Why did fantasy become so popular? And why do people like fantasy so much? The answer may be more complex than expected. Fantasy is popular today because of the critical and financial success of early 2000 fantasy projects, especially those in TVs. This led to studios wanting to produce their own forms of fantasy, which lead to fantasy being exposed more frequently to the general public. This shift of exposure to fantasy from books (which are often seen as nerdy and not for the cool kids) to visual media (which are often seen as cool) meant that people were more likely to consume fantasy, leading to them experiencing fantasy, and discovering its true appeal. The appeal of fantasy, and the reason why people like fantasy so much, is because it appeals of Carl Jungian psychological archetypes. Firstly, these symbols found in fantasy resonates with the subconscious mind found in all human beings. Additionally, fantasy affirms basic morality, and inspires people to be the same. Even I have to admit that’s a mouth full. In this article, I will break this answer down to appropriate pieces, and show some of the research I’ve done that backs this stuff: How Popular is Fantasy? Fantasy is one of the most popular genres in the world in the present era. Fantasy statics from wordsrated.com show us that fantasy books, along with sci-fi, generate $590.2 million sales per annum in the United States alone. Yet still they grew by 45.3% in 2021 compared to 2020, the largest among all genres aside from graphic novels, and finally, that only in Q1 of 2021 fantasy sales were up to 48.4% in the similar time frame in 2020. Additionally, the top 10 most selling authors of all time feature 2 fantasy writers; J.K. Rowling, and Dr. Seuss. Also, fantasy has broken into the main stream. While fantasy has existed for a long time, it was usually looked down upon by people. This genre was often enjoyed in secret, and was a niche thing that most did not know about. Yet today, it has grown to levels that we could not imagine, with articles like the guardian pointing out just how big fantasy has gotten, and which main culprits are the cause of this. Finally, the popularity of the this genre has leaked out of the literary, and book places, and now it exists in different mediums too. The most prominent of these being screens. Studycorgi.com even wrote a piece about this, where they analyzed how much fantasy has grown in the pop cultural sphere. Why is Fantasy so popular? Forest-Fire Theory Fantasy is popular because of the critical and financial success of early 2000 projects, which led to the spawning of even more similar projects. Of all the discussions I’ve read up on the popularity of this genre, there is one that I still have yet to see discussed, and that is something I’ve dubbed the forest fire theory. You see, when an entire forest is on fire, it does not mean that the forest erupted simultaneously in a combustion of flames. Instead, there was one point where someone forgot to turn of a fire. As a result, the bush caught the fire, then a tree, and a few more, and finally the whole forest. This is how fantasy became popular. It’s not that this genre just became popular to everybody. It used to be that being a nerd was seen as a negative, and most people hid their interest in fantastical stories for fear of ridicule. But, with the popularity of Sam Raimi’s Spiderman, then the Ironman, suddenly, there were more of this genre’s movies being created. Just like in a forest fire, the fire started in one section; visual media. Things like movies and TV series. Soon, it spread to things like TV shows with the popularity of Game of Thrones, and the likes. The popularity of these shows inspired people to start seeking out this genre series, instead of waiting. Thus, people started reading the books. And before we knew it, fantasy was the cool kids thing now. This habit was then accepted all over the world. When did the fantasy genre become so popular? At some point when the graph begins, but it truly become popular when it hit tv, and made this genre’s movies big. What is the appeal of fantasy? The appeal of fantasy is that it provides escapism, teaches morality, and it resonates with our deep psychological minds and archetypes that were discovered by psychologist Carl Jung. Escapism The first appeal of fantasy is it’s escapism. Truly, the most appealing elements of fantasy has always been it’s worldbuilding. It is something that is integral to this genre plot, characters, and themes. This is because of how the world complements the themes, and central conflict, thus reflects the heroes losses, and the heroes victories. But at a meta-contextual level, the reason why this genre is so important is because it allows the viewers to place themselves in a world completely different from theirs. Fantasy worlds are fun. And that’s it. They have all sorts of awesome magic, fascinating locations, and amazing creatures. It is exciting existing in a world like that. So we want to live in that world, and this genre allows us to go there, escaping out harsh, and boring worlds for a moment. Morality The second appeal of fantasy is that it tends to be a moral place. One of the most disheartening things about our world is
YA Fantasy Books: Why Are They So Bad? (New 2024)
In the modern era of high fantasy popularity, there is a wide variety of fantasy genres enjoyed, along side YA fantasy. Romance Fantasy, Mystery Fantasy, obviously High Fantasy, and one that I’ve been trying my hand in writing for my latest book, Historical Fantasy. However, a fantasy books that harbors strange territories would be YA fantasy. At times, it seems to be all people talk about, but when you listen closer, you’ll find that the words are not always positive. Which begs the question. Why is YA fantasy so hated? This is what I discovered after doing some light research. YA fantasy tends to be bad because it’s characters can come across as flat and melodramatic, its plots come across as predictable and derivative, and finally, most are written in an unconvincing first person perspective, which only exasperates the appearance of flatness in the character. I say “tends to” because there are many YA fantasy books with amazing characters, ingenious plots, and interesting observations of the human mind through first person perspective. But because YA fantasy is usually aimed at young adults, many authors feel comfortable classifying their work as YA if they feel they did not do a good enough job at their book. Additionally, most publishers are to comply due to the lucrative nature of the YA fantasy genre. There is so much to unpack here. If you already know how to write a story, how to be productive enough to actually write, and how to be consistent enough to finish the writing. Then, we can dive right into the post. Why Are YA Fantasy Books So Bad? YA fantasy books are bad primary because the YA genre is seen as a low quality and high revenue genre. So when authors are feel uncomfortable with their work they will classify it as YA fantasy, and publishers will agree, in hopes of getting money. From the writing point, there are a number of reasons that authors may feel uncomfortable with their work; it could be their presentation of the story, poor prose, and poorly constructed story. 1. Presentation of the story The first thing that makes YA hard to read is that the story tends to be presented in a bad way. I’m referring to the first person point of view. There is nothing with first person point of view in itself. It is the best POV for trying to make us get to know the character’s feelings, and personality. It’s easy. However, that can be the downside. Sometimes, first person is used by first time authors because of how easy it is for the author to put themselves in those situations, and speak as the person. Unfortunately, this is easy to sense for the readers. As a consequence, the character seems to disappear and we here the author telling us what they want us to know about the character, and the world. 2. Prose The second problem most YA fantasy novels have is prose. Usually, the stories will feature prose that is very elementary, and basic. The prose may feel bland at best, and at worst, it feels like a children’s book. This is caused by 1 of 2 things. First, it could be that the author wrote bad prose due to some sort of lack maybe they lacked the skills for proper prose, or they lacked the time to refine their work. The second reason is that the author decides to write the story specifically for a younger audience, but they greatly underestimated the developmental level of the children. So they write prose that is unbelievably basic, and simple. This then leads to an uncomfortable reading experiences. 3. Poorly Constructed story A story is constructed of 5 elements; plot, characters, setting, POV, and themes. Good stories are stories that have a single unified message. This allows the characters to meld together with the plot of the story, the themes, the settings, the POV, and finally, the themes of the story. This melding together of the separate parts of story creates a satisfying cathartic experiences as you read the story. However, there could be an instance where these things don’t meld. Perhaps the character’s arc, and the plot are not compatible. Or maybe the world betrays the themes. Maybe it betrays the character’s arc. Or it is the themes that are just not compatible with the character’s arc. Whatever the reason, the consequence will be a story that comes across as being dissatisfying, and disjointed. Readers know instinctually when they are reading a bad story. They can tell from how bored or confused they feel, but what’s worse is that writers also know when their story is disjointed. As a writer is working on their story, they can feel instinctually as things are becoming undone. As things are being continually misaligned. This leaves them feeling terribly anxious, and as a result, they feel dread when their writing session comes. To avoid that, they may do something else, like watch TV or so procrastination. This leads to depression, and general anxiety. A constant anxiety. This constant stress then culminates with a feeling of spiritual exhaustion, even though they have not done any physical labor. Basically, this leads to writers returning to their work feeling no energy, thus they write just to finish, and get rid of the thing. This makes bad stories, and when the writer knows it. But they liked the concept of the story. So rather than throw it away, they give the story to a publisher. Instead, they make it YA, hoping children will not be able to notice the weak story lines. Who Is The Target Audience of YA Fantasy Books? The primary target for YA fantasy books is 12-18 year olds. This is another reason why YA fantasy books tend to be bad. People see these teenagers, and assume that writing for them will not be that hard, so they drop their quality. But they miss 2 things; first, children are really bright.
YA Fantasy Books: Why Are They So Popular Amongst Adult Readers
With how many people seem to feel like it is bad, it is amazing how popular YA fantasy actually is. Just looking at awards, or tallies will show you that on the top 10, there is always at least 3 YA fantasy books/series. Natural, this got me wondering, why exactly is YA fantasy so popular? After digging about, this is what I discovered. Adults read young adult fantasy because it young adult fantasy reminds them of their teenage years, their most energetic, and potential filled era. Young adult books feel adults with hope for the future, while also activating their nostalgia. Finally, young adults books provide them with a comfortable space where they can relax, shut down, and prepare for the upcoming day. For a more in depth example, we will be observing the 9 reasons why adults read young adult fantasy. 1. YA fantasy provides Escapism Adults may read Young adult fantasy as a means of experiencing escapism. This is the most obvious reason, and as such it is the first, and least expended upon. Fantasy worlds are magical, and different from our worlds. So adults may want to read young adult fantasy as a means of avoiding their grown up world, and returning to the world of the young. This does lead to the question of why would adults wish to return to the world of the young? 2. YA Fantasy Provides Potential Adults want to read young adult fantasy because they want to connect to the time when they had the most potential. Being an adult is great. You have money, and a job. You basically have everything you wished for as a child. However, you quickly learn 2 things; 1, you have lost all your freedom, and 2, you can never get higher then where you are then. As an adult, you lose your freedom because you need to work hard to get the money that you have. You work so hard, and so often, that you do not have time to spend all that money you make. Additionally, most of the money is spent paying of bills, so you barely make any real money in the first place. Also, as an adult you have reached your peak. When you were a child, you still had time to practice, and train for whatever you want to be when you grow up. but as an adult, you have no more time left. You have reached the peak of your life. So, why else would you not want to go back to being a child? 3. Optimism Adults read young adult fantasy for the optimism. With the above point in mind, you will get to experience a lot of optimism. With the feeling of potential that adults feel when reading about these teenage heroes who have such bright futures ahead of them, they get to tap into this well of optimism. For a span, the adult can have feelings of hope for the future. They can feel better about where they are, and can have a space where they can be happy. 4. Closure Adults read YA fantasy books to complete the series they’ve been enjoying since they were kids, or just because they are fans of the same series they’ve enjoyed since they were kids. One of the strangest mistakes that is often made in this discussion is the separation of adults and young adults into 2 distinct pillars that never interact. Parallel lines, if you will. But the thing is, adults, and young adults are on the same line. it’s just that adults are further on ahead. People tend to forget that young adults who enjoy TV series, and stories, will may continue enjoying the same things even as they enter their adult years. This is best seen with merchandise culture. In today’s era, it is not uncommon to find that it is actually adults buying things like toys, and purely for themselves. Just because they love the medium. Example This is something that was recently written about in a Times article. They spoke about how in a Lego store in Manhattan, there was a long line that required bouncers, and this line led to not only sections dedicated to Harry potter, and Star Wars, but even a location called, “Adults Welcomed”. Additionally, we can also observe just how much money is spent by adults on merchandises, and stuff like anime. The anime industry, as covered in a previous article, basically makes its billions of dollars just from adults spending money on their merchandise, and the likes. But that is a bit of an impersonal example. Example If you want a more specific example, look no further than this one Quora user. They were asked ‘How much do you spend on anime merch?’. And his response was, ‘I worked out that I spend (very roughly) approximately $1500 annually in manga and anime alone’. Now that is a lot of money. But what does all this money show us? In these cases, we see adults who were interested in a series as a youth, but never had the money to spend on it. But as soon as they got the money, they started spending it on the stories. So, we see that adults and young adults are on the same line, not parallel lines. 5. YA fantasy Books Provide Nostalgia Some adults enjoy reading YA fantasy purely for the nostalgia. This reason is often spoken about, and it is with good reason. I found an interesting research paper on what Nostalgia is actually about, but before we get to that, we need to understand that sometimes adults do lose interest in a series. Maybe the series comes to an end when they are young, so they stop watching it. Or maybe they decide they want to fit in with friends, and stop watching “childish” things. Whatever the reason, adults may find themselves not watching the series they watched as kids, and move on. but then one
How To Write A Cunning Villain (New 2024)
One of the most fascinating character in fiction is the cunning villain. He is unique for a number of reasons that will be covered in this article, but with the popularity makes one wonder. Is it even possible to develop a formula for writing a character like this, no matter the medium? How does a person write a cunning villain? If you want to know how to write a story, how to be productive in your story writing, and how to be consistent, then it will assist you in putting all of these into action. After some snooping around, I’ve distilled it into this simple phrase. To write a cunning villain, you must write a villain with hidden intentions to the heroes, which only become obvious only after the villain has manipulated the heroes to help him further his ends. This may seem overly simplistic, but it is a technique that is far more valuable than you could understand. First of all, it naturally portrays the qualities that make a cunning villain, while also showing the villains intelligence, and power. Finally, it gives the villain an aura of invincibility. This can be a problem for when it comes time to defeat the villain. We will show all that here. Let’s get right into: What Makes a Villain Cunning? What makes a villain cunning is that ability to control the main character’s actions so that they further the villains aims, and they can control other characters in such a way that the villain gains. The words most used to describe a cunning villain are: What all these words have in common is they focus on the consequences of the villain. The focus on how the villain always seems to be a step ahead of the their characters, and the heroes only arrive as the villain has already dashed of with the treasure, waving them off on his helicopter. But what really causes these consequences? Control. A cunning villain’s intelligence is shown through how he controls all the other characters in the story. This shows their resourcefulness. It shows their patience. I mean, think about it. This means the villain spent many nights scrawling through their nemesis’ Facebook posts to understand them. The point is, the villain knows stuff, and uses the stuff he knows to make the heroes do as he wishes, so he can gain. The villain gains this control through controlling the flow of information the hero gets. Whether through direct information, leaving false clues, or spies, the villain always tells the hero what she wants them to know. Now, how do you write such a character? How do you write a character with control? How to Write a Cunning Villain? 1. Write a Character With Justified Ambitions You need to write a character who would be capable of being cunning. Now, the more obvious take here is that your character needs to be smart. That will work. To have a character that has a high IQ and stuff. But if you don’t know me than allow me to introduce myself. Hi, I am fond-of-story-tropes-that-are-given-a-unique-twist, and who might you by? Right, my precious student. So, let me tell you 2 things you can do to make your character cunning. First The first is that when I say make a character capable of cunning, I do not mean in general IQ ability. I mean in terms of character goals. If you have not read my how to write a character article, I will summarize. In essence, your character is an extension of certain ideas, and their design, personality, and physical, are a representation of those ideas. So, you character is composed of the themes, and the internal conflicts they face. You cunning villain needs to be a character whose central conflict requires them to be cunning. Maybe they are physical weak, and must survive in the world (see? The idea of ‘What would happen if a physically weak person had to live in a world of able-bodied people’ made manifest). Or maybe they are the lowest in the society where bloodlines are important, so they need to use their brains to catch up to the other characters born to wealth or high societies. (The idea here is ‘how would a peasant take part in the affairs of the noble in a strictly stratified society’. So the character is born). Then, you can make your character unique by giving them an uncommon sense of intelligence. Example A real life example would be Al Capone. Not bookish smart, but viciously intelligent in the crime world. The point is that a character who is an A student, and who is very obviously intelligent is a bit predictable. Imagine instead we meet a character who is dressed not in a suit but in a safari uniform with those shorts, and he is coming up against our suited heroes. Then, this character somehow outwits our characters at every turn. The element of surprise here emphasis the cunning in the character an makes it seem new. So how to do this unique intelligence? Well, just avoid stereotypical intelligence signifiers. From physical design. Instead of tall, and lean, maybe a pudgy, short character. Or tall, muscly type, to accent. A rougher lower class kind of accent, or maybe even a harsh unattractive foreign accent, to choices of entertainment for the character. Instead of reading, maybe he likes partying all night, and sleeping with girls. Or he prefers to go out hunting, and seems rather careless, and even to their living station. Perhaps instead of a multi-layer single building maybe they live in a common rented apartment, in spite of having the money for a private apartment. 2. Write a Goal Worth Wanting For This Villain To write a cunning villain, you must write goals that are worthy of the character. So, now you’ve given your idea a physical manifestation (you made your character). What follows next is fairly simple if you’ve finished that stage. You will