Anime Hardsuits For Sale

Fuzzy_Damnit! pointed us at a site where a guy has built authentic looking Anime Hardsuits that he's selling on eBay. Features a quite impressive Nene (from Bubblegum Crisis). No. It doesn't fly. Or have weapons. You might still be able to ride a motorcycle.

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Re:Anime and the loss of Cultural Identity

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Anime is a medium, not a genre. Saying that "the entire Anime movement" (whatever *that* is) is driven by a desire to return to pre-Restoration feudalism is like saying that all American movies are Westerns. Certainly true in some cases; completely off the mark in others:

Serial Experiments Lain is a meditation on the nature of reality and godhood.

Cowboy Bebop is a noir-ish melodrama, akin to Hong Kong action theater.

Saber Marionette J is a sly reconsideration of the role of women in traditional Japanese society.

Oh My Goddess! is straight romantic comedy.

Princess Mononoke, for all that it's set during Japan's feudal era, is an essay on the inevitably uneasy relationship between Man and Nature.

The assertion that (salaryman == samurai), though widely believed in the West, is a shallow interpretation of a deep and complex culture. Good anime reflects many facets of that culture.