> Is anime a new status quo that will, one day, be upturned by films equivalent to My Neighbor Totoro and Akira — but in a style we can’t imagine yet? Not that

> Is anime a new status quo that will, one day, be upturned by films equivalent to My Neighbor Totoro and Akira — but in a style we can’t imagine yet? Not that it radically created a new style, but I think the sheer excellence of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse goes to show that the current superhero renaissance/overload misses out on the core strength of the source material- the power of animation. Perhaps when more of those comic book movies actually resemble comic book art can there be a challenger from American animation traditions against the anime status quo.