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My Neighbor Totoro and Ebert

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the mainstream-creds dept.

peter_gzowski writes "Well known film critic and closet otaku, Roger Ebert, has a bi-weekly segment on his website where he reminisces about the greatest films of all time (in his opinion, anyway). The most recent installment covers My Neighbor Totoro. This is the second anime to make the list, joining Grave of the Fireflies. For those unfamiliar, Totoro is a film by anime master Hayao Miyazaki, the man behind Princess Mononoke, amoung many other great films (Castle of Cagliostro being my favorite)." Always pleased to see anime get more mainsream cred. And Miyazaki always deserves it.

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  1. I'm always pleased... by GiorgioG · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    to see Taco use a spellchecker...

    "Always pleased to see anime get more mainsream cred. And Miyazaki always deserves it."

    -Merry Christmas Everyone

  2. Flamebait, but the perfect opportunity by kin_korn_karn · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I've always wondered something:

    WHY do you people like anime so damn much?

    Here's what I see when I watch anime (yes, -any- anime, don't come back with "but DragonBuggy PokeMotoro isn't like that"):

    1) Bad stories
    2) Bad animation, jerkiness with poor color composition
    3) Bad translations of
    4) Bad dialogue
    5) A bunch of people OBSESSED with this shit to a sickening point.

    I used to like dramatic cartoons when I was a kid, but then I grew up. Maybe I'm just too old now, I don't know. I still like the classics like old Warner Brothers and Tom and Jerry cartoons, but this Japanese shit just seems really childish to me and the fanaticism of the fans turns my stomach.

    Nobody should enjoy WATCHING something that much, you should save your fanaticism for creating things.

    Furthermore, I don't like the cultural ideas of Japan (i.e. work till you drop dead of work, hate all other ethnic groups, etc.), which a lot of anime attempts to further.

  3. I won't work till I die, of course. by kubota · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Why do you think Japanese people hate other ethnic groups?