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Spirited Away Wins Award; Cowboy Bebop Opening Soon
May Kasahara writes "Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away just won the Best Animated Feature award from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. Note that last year's winner in this category was Shrek, which then went on to win the Best Animated Feature Oscar. The article says it's still too soon to detect a pattern, but IMHO, Spirited Away is the best film among this year's eligible Oscar selections, and at any rate, it's good karma :)" And rnb writes "I'm not sure when the listing was created, and unfortunately, I don't have much more information, but imdb has a January 2003 release date for the Cowboy Bebop: Knocking On Heavens Door. Yahoo also has a listing that seems to indicate this limited release may only be in LA and NY, but I'm still hoping to get it in at least one theater here in Philadelphia."
bummer that Metropolis got skipped due to timing.
(pretend there's something witty here)
A very well written review.
Knocking on Heavens door was alright, but I wouldn't get very excited about it if I were you.
It didn't live up to the series in my opinion.
I'm glad that the Cowboy Bebop movie is finally out, though I have only a slim chance to see it in theaters... I'll probably have to wait for the DVD.
For those who have not heard of Cowboy Bebop, it's a dark humor anime with a very unique soundtrack... very stylish. 26 OAV episodes, 13 of which were released for TV, 13 only on OAV... you can often tell which are which pretty easily, since the OAV only episodes are darker and carry more of the plot. It's worth a view if you like anime, and if you don't like anime... well, may God save your soul! ^_^
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That is where I saw spirited away.
Sheesh, I watched that thing almost a year ago. In truth its not that good. Its just like a long episode with better art. The story does nothing for the over all series. Which is a disapointment as I was hopping for somthing that tied everything together with regards to the char' history.
"Have you ever thought about just turning off the TV, sitting down with your kids, and hitting them?"
I think Disney made the right call on waiting to blitzkrieg the public with Spirited Away ads. If they wait until it gets tons of awards, then they'll surely make more money.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm fairly certain that all 26 episodes have made it to Adult Swim on Cartoon Network... at least, I'm pretty darn convinced that I watched them all last year. It took like three months to get through all of them, because they'd show two episodes per week.
Am I missing something?
They all made it.
At least, the second run through. The first time at least two episodes were skipped, namely:
Sympathy for the Devil
Cowboy Funk
If any others were dropped, I don't know because I didn't watch more than the first few. I had bought the dvds almost a year earlier and prefer subs, anyways.
Then you're watching the wrong anime. Anything that has ever aired on TV pretty much sucks. Go with the classics: Akira, Ghost in the Shell, and now my new fav Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust. Granted, tentacle porn and big eyed morons is some stupid shit, but if it's an honestly good story, what do you care that it was drawn rather than filmed? If the Shawshank Redemption was been animated would it be any less good?
Finally, math books without any of that base 6 crap in them.
I was really impressed with the Cowboy Bebop series. I watched it on a fluke and decided to buy the whole thing on DVD. A lot of thought went behind it and the animation is really superb.
Character development is great. Some of the episodes are tear jerkers. The episode that Ed finds her father was pretty emotional.
And the music is top notch!
Check it out if you haven't. Personally, I'm really excited to see the movie come out here. Hopefully it will hit the nearest independent theatre.
If the movie wins a bunch of awards then it seems like it will be more difficult for Disney to kill it so that it won't make it onto any screens.
If it gets much more press, then people might actually see it, which as far as Disney is concerned can only be a Bad Thing.
As far as Disney is concerned there's nothing worse than to have an animated masterpiece come out - now people might actually realize just how bad the mindless movies that they shit out every year (don't forget the stuffed toys, and fast food tie-ins) truly are.
I hope this movie comes out big. I really do. Whether it happens or not, we'll just have to see.
did you say TENTACLE porn? you had me at tentacle, where do i sign up... i always found maniac mantion oddly arousing.
I saw it while in Japan a few months ago, it's really not that great. Unless they've done ALOT of changing there are going to be lots of parts that only make sense after a native explains the Japanese folklore around them..
At least the war on the environment is going well
Yes, it was a fine movie indeed. Probably one of the best and most creative animated films ever. Heck, I wanted to show it to my little cousin, but then decided not to since she might ask me to explain what the movie was about. (BTW, I'm serious. Can someone please explain to me what the movie meant?)
So far, it's won every animation award offered for this year.
I don't know that it'll win the Oscar, but it's certainly a lock to be a nominee.
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A hearty congratulations to Mr. Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli on a well deserved award! Looking at the incredible work that comes from them, I can't wait to see what is revealed as their next work!
The only downside is I have to wonder just how long I'll have to wait until I can add this to my DVD collection. Fortunately, Mononoke hit the market pretty quickly. If Mr. Miyazaki ever decided to release the Ghibli catalog to DVD, I have a check just waiting to be filled out for my order!
Whew! This water sure is cold!
Funny how you refer to Akira (This one is borderline), GitS (released in the mid 90's) and VHD: Bloodlust (released a coupe years ago!) as "classics."
Clearly, you my friend, have no idea what the classics truly are.
Most "anime" fans don't even know what the classics are. Try GIANT ROBO, BUBBLEGUM CRISIS, RUPAN SANSEI (or "Lupin," if you prefer), ARCADIA OF MY YOUTH (now THERE's a classic), and pretty much anything Matsumoto ever put out. And then there's the usual dose of MACROSS, and LEGEND OF GALACTIC HEROES.
Ever heard of Nausicaa: Valley of the Wind?
Of course, you probably don't even know half of those shows exist. Because judging from your obviously incorrect appraisal of GitS, VHD: Bloodlust and Akira as "classics," you have no idea what you're talking about.
Pretentious tripe (GitS/Akira) and otherwise average offerings (VHD: Bloodlust) do NOT equal classics.
I don't think of classics in a time line, it's based on quality. The Matrix is a classic science fiction movie, but it's only a few years old. I've seen a great number of rather old anime's and I still think GitS is probably the best sci-fi oriented anime I've ever seen.
Finally, math books without any of that base 6 crap in them.
Adult Swim didn't show Cowboy Funk the first time around? How did people get through the seires without meeting Andy?! One of my favorite one shot characters in anything, and Adult Swim didn't show him. Figures.
All good technology should be used to piss off people's parents. --Neil Gaiman
Mr. Miyazaki has a nice explanation. It's basically a story about keeping in touch with one's past, and it's nicely told IMHO.
Ita erat quando hic adveni.
That's the equivalent of saying:
"And why would we care about some award a movie, that was made in the style of American live action porno, received?"
to any live action movie released in this country. That's probably just about every movie you've ever seen.
Original Animated Video, or Original Video Animation (OVA and OAV are pretty interchangable)
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For those of you in the Southwestern Ontario region, the annual Waterloo Festival for Animated Cinema has titles like ones listed, or rather had in this specific instance.
You should check out the Ghost in the Shell TV series - Stand Alone Complex. Its in many ways better then the movie as it has a closer tie to the original books.
"Have you ever thought about just turning off the TV, sitting down with your kids, and hitting them?"
Well, showing an episode featuring a guy blowing up tall buildings very soon after September 11th, 2001 was probably deemed a touchy subject...
"Useless organic meatbag" -HK-47
Nope. Might (okay, definitely) have had something to do with the fact that one of the characters was going around, detonating bombs around skyscrapers. So CN skipped it the first time around (too close to 9/11).
And most importantly, historically most anime is *not* pornographic.
A large amount of what was originally imported to the US was pornographic (e.g. Urotsukidoji/Legend of the Overfiend and sequels).
However, the vast majority of anime is not pornographic, and never has been. There may be scenes of nudity at times (very often comedic), and they often deal with adult situations (not necessarily sex).
Many animated Japanese shows are mature. There are also many that are aimed at children. And many aimed at teenagers.
Anime covers the entire spectrum. Anime is a style, not a genre.
usually i prefer subs too
but the ones on the DVD are so poorly translated
when compared to high-quality dubbing
i just couldnt put up with it
monkeys.
cowboy bebop is great... the series was great with good sound and animation BUT... :)
Spirited Away is a Beautiful movie with Beautiful sceneries and story
i loved Shrek great animation, great fun... but.. spirited away... is... a movie to remember and love and it shouldnt be in the same award category as Spirited
Miyazaki is also responsible for Princess Mononoke but even that one is a long way from Spiritted Away.
If u havent seen it... see it! if possible in a cinema(i havent had the chance)
Smile... tomorrow will be worse.
My g/f bought a Miyazaki/Ghibli box set for about $100. Region 1 with Japanese language and english or chinese(!?) subtitles. Contents: Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (my personal fav) Princess Mononoke Porco Rosso My Neighbor Totoro Laputa Castle in the Sky Grave of the Fireflies Kiki's Delivery Service On your Mark Ocean Waves Only Yesterday Pom Poko 6 DVD set titled "Archives of Studio Ghibli" with an outline of the totoro on a grey box. Released by Anime Cartoon Intl.
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They only had one scene completed which was the crossing the rope bridge over the lava scene, but I can say that it was the most incredible bit of computer animation that I've ever scene. Don't know when the final thing is going to be finished, but I would definately recommend it to anyone...
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Are you sure your release was legit?
The subs on the US release of Bebop were perfect.
And whether the dub cast was better is strictly a matter of opinion.
If the Matrix is a "classic" scifi movie, then this post is a "classic" post in the same sense. Classics _must_ stand up to the test of time in order to be a classic. yes, Wizard of Oz is a classic, and so is Homer's Illiad. Blade Runner is nearing classic status. Matrix needs a few more decades under its belt in order to be called a classic.
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What it really means is animation that are only released on video. Films such as Spirited Away will not qualify since it came out in theaters; others that have aired on TV also don't qualify; but you get the picture.
Holy crap... is there really anyone out there who hasn't already seen the fansub of this, like, a year ago? If you ask me, these anime companies are really shooting themselves in the foot by delaying American desireada by so much.
If there's one thing about the free market, it's that people will always create things people want. That's why the war on drugs doesn't work. Of course, in the case of CB:KOHD, it was distributed for free, possibly throwing my free market analogy completely worthless. but. um. the point is that a high quality English translation of the film has been available for over a year.
If internet geeks could do it in that short time, why couldn't the company? It seems to me they would have made a lot more money if they were putting out a movie that most people were excited to see a year ago...
autopr0n is like, down and stuff.
No there isn't any evil Star Chamber in Cartoon Network that decided to cut Sympathy for the Devil and Cowboy Funk. There maybe some hidden group that is calling the shots but they had little to do with this.
For awhile people have claimed that both of these episodes where cut because of their contraversal natures. This is odd since a lot of Cowboy Bebop episodes feature one or some of the "Three TV Sins"(sex, drugs, violence). People claimed that Sympathy was cut because of youth violence (think Columbine) while Cowboy Funk was cut because the maniac bomber (who blew up tall buildings).
However what I remember is this fact: during the first run of Cowboy Bebop on CN it ran a 4 days a week run for 6 weeks. That adds up to 24...two episodes had to be skipped to fit.
So it is simple as scheduling. Two episodes had to be cut on the first run. These two episodes where somewhat weakly tied to the CB methos so it wasn't a big loss.
As for Spirited Away: go see if it is in your area. It is one of the best and blessed visualzations put to film in recent history. As for Knock'n Down Heaven's Door: it is an interesting movie that takes advantage of foreshadows and themes to emphize what the core of Cowboy Bebop really was.
The company has to play by the rules, and keep it legal.
Fansubs are defacto illegal, and Destination was Columbia/Tristar additionally had to translate and produce a DUB for the majority of audiences in the US.
Certainly, that was why it was distributed free, but it certainly it shouldn't have. It was inevitable that it would be released here, with an impeccable translation.
Which is why I haven't seen it, I'll wait for the legitimate release and support the creators.
Don't forget this interesting little fact:
EVERYTHING THE "INTERNET GEEKS" CAN DO THEY CAN ONLY DO BECAUSE THEY DON'T FOLLOW THE RULES THE COMPANIES DO, NOR DO THEY COMPENSATE THE CREATOR(S) IN ANY WAY.
This applies to ALL fansubs.
Personally, I am not an anime fan. But Cowboy Beebop is superb. Tylor is ok, though it has some gratuitous stuff in it. Most of the other stuff I've seen has left me cold. The point is, don't make up your mind about the genre until you've seen the best of it. If you still feel that anime is just some kind of "Japanese porno," fine. But base your decisions upon the evidence of your senses, not just third or fourth hand information.
er, actually, no, not sure
how would i tell?
monkeys.
It seems a shame to me that such a fantastic film has been relegated to a smaller and less visible venue. It will automatically undercut ticket sales. SA only played there for a week-and-a-half and the theater was only about 1/10 sold out when we went. That's a fucking crime!
Is this the case elsewhere? Where is SA playing in your area? How much promotion is going on?
--Rick "If it isn't broken, take it apart and find out why."
Disney bought the distro rights to Studio Ghibli's back catalog to bury it. Look at the advertising budgets for Spirited Away vs. the ohmy god bad Treasure Planet. Think of the marketing Mononoke got. And Disney hasn't done jack to promote the backcatalog they landed. Disney bought the stuff to "prove" that there isn't a market for Anime. (I have friends who worked in the animation industry for Nickelodeon, Disney, and Fox. They've told me where the bodies are buried.) As for Anime, I'm a staff writer at Sequential Tart,and we have a section devoted to Manga and Anime. I reccomend: Grave of the the Fireflies Record of Lodoss War His and Her Circumstances Helsing I watched the first disk of Cowboy Bebop, and frankly, I couldn't stand it. Kitsch and deus ex machnia endings and "goofy" unfunny comic relief characters are EXACTLY what I f'n HATE. My husband says it gets better, so I may give it another try. ---
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It beats me why Adult Swim are showing any anime at all. In my opinion, all anime is supposed to be on Toonami, and Adult Swim is for the set of cartoons made by the Adult Swim crew .. you know, SGC2C, Brak, SQ2011, TAHF, etc. NOT FOR ANIME! Stand up for bastardisation of our television viewing! Get anime back into Toonami, there's a reason it's called Toonami (something about a pun?) ;-p
Karma: It's all a bunch of tree-huggin' hippy crap!
Noir - Fairly dark, plot revolves arround 2 female assasins, one who doesn't know who she is.
Nadesico - Sort of a spoof on Anime, takes all the cliches rolls them into one giant mess and lays it out in an amusing series. The movie was good too.
Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 - Haven't seen the original series this was based off of, but guns girls and explosions are usualy a good combination.
Ra Xephon - Dark wierd, and leaves you with more questions than answers
Azumanga Daioh - It's wierd, it's funny and worth watching.
Escaflowne - I personaly liked the series better than the movie, a very cool mech/fantasy anime.
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editor which is, after all, its own OS.
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