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The Significance of Anime

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the tentacle-porn-doesn't-count dept.

angkor writes "'More Animated than Life' - Fascinating article discussing the significance of animation to the Japanese and why it is not what Westerners expect."

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  1. Spirited Away by rufusdufus · · Score: 5, Informative

    Let me recommend "Spirited Away" to everyone. This is not your typical jerky graphics, guns blazing loud obnoxious Anime film. The graphics are great. But more important is the story line and the pacing. Its slow and methodical and completely enthralling. Groundbreaking even.

    Great movie even for people who don't appreciate Anime.

  2. Fascinating article???? by Dot.Com.CEO · · Score: 5, Informative
    I am pretty sure the person who submitted the article either did not read it thoroughly or did not really understand it. It is more of an insight into why Japanese people like anime rather than why Westerners do not.

    If anything, it analyses why anime tends to reject Japanese characters and ideals in favor of Western ones.

    By the way, since the server is completely /.ed, here is the google cache

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  3. Re:Overanalyzation by Graspee_Leemoor · · Score: 5, Informative

    The reason for different hair colours was originally to make it easier for the audience to tell different characters apart.

    (I claim my +5 informative!)

    Nowadays not many anime use hair colour for this reason. Sometimes a certain hair colour is used because it associated with a certain character stereotype.

    graspee

  4. Some recommendations by Graspee_Leemoor · · Score: 5, Informative

    Yawn- yet another article that praises "worthy" anime like Mononoke Hime and Spirited Away, and ignores the massive diversity of popular TV series and OAVs.

    Here is a mini-guide to some slightly more obscure anime to watch for fans of certain series that are well known:

    If you like Ed in Cowboy Bebop then you will like the title character in NieA Under 7.

    If you like Tenshi, you will probably like Love Hina and Happy Lesson TV.

    If you like Oh My Goddess, you will probably like Chobits.

    If you like anime with lots of fighting action then take a look at Beserk, Noir, Scryed, Hellsing.

    Other good romantic comedy animes are: Onegai Teacher, I my me Strawberry Eggs, Ai Yori Aoshi, Hanaukyo Maids.

    There are many more than this. Most of the ones I mentioned came out in the last year or two.

    graspee

    1. Re:Some recommendations by CynicTheHedgehog · · Score: 5, Informative

      I don't really know where to put these in relation to other anime, but I'd also recommend:

      Trigun - Kind of like Slayers meets Cowbody Bebop

      Saber Marionette J - I don't know how to describe it really, but Megumi Hayashabara does the voice of the main heroine, Lime (she plays Haruka in Love Hina)

      All-Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku - Another one for Megumi fans (this one reminded me of Urusei Yatsura if you like that one)

      My Dear Marie - 3 episode OAV, similar to Hand-Maid May

      Witch Hunter Robin - A "goth" Cowboy Bebop I guess

      Serial Experiment Lain - If you like Neon Genesis Evangelion you'll probably like this one

  5. Re:Slashdot.org by The+Original+Yama · · Score: 5, Informative

    Does anything matter at Slashdot? BTW, here's a Google cache and a PDF version of the article.

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  6. Re:tentacles by DragonMagic · · Score: 5, Informative

    It is illegal in Japan to show uncensored penises, but it is legal to show uncensored tentacles. This is why you often see them with a little mushroom tip, as well...

    More than just symbolic, it's a way to bypass certain laws.

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