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The Giants of Anime are Coming
Wired is running a story about the Giants of Anime which discusses numerous things happening on the anime front, including the new Ghost in the Shell movie, and the upcoming Miyazaki release "Howl's Moving Castle". This is something of a background piece for people somewhat unfamiliar, but it also covers a lot of interesting bits that the fans might enjoy as well.
Innocence
/. anyone who can't handle it...
Steamboy
Howl's Moving Castle
You'll find links onward to trailers from here...I'd paste the direct links, but I don't want to
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Ah yes, the words of someone who has not actually sat down to watch a good amount of it. Actually watch the movies. Get something directed by Miyazaki. Castle in the Sky. Princess Mononoke. Grave of the Fireflies. Nausicaa. You will understand.
(This comes from someone who spent about US$2000 on anime related expenses in their first year as a fan. And that's only moderate. I know hardcore people who spend $6K and more on DVDs, artwork, posters, figurines, toys, accessories, etc.)
Uh, that's "G-Force", and it was a horribly butchered rendition of Gatchaman with lots of deleted scenes, and lots of stupid American animation to fill in the holes.
An acquisition and release date haven't been announced, but are basically formalities. For comparison, it took about a year for Spirited Away to make it from Japanese theaters to US theaters.
The film is already scheduled for theatrical release in France early in 2005.
It's also making an appearance at the Venice Film Festival. I don't expect it to win 'Best in Show' like 'Spirited Away' did at the Berlin Film Festival, but it's great to see animation put on equal footing with live-action unlike the Acadamy Awards.
If you like Ninja Scroll you should see Wicked City. Many don't rate it as highly but I found it to be quite original and well, wicked. Both are excellent and quickly wipe the "cartoons are for kids" grins off the uninitiated.
Other favorites of course include Akira and Ghost (though I prefer the manga) and Appleseed but also Golgo 13 and Angel Cop.
Battle Angel was a disappointment, after the wonderful manga.
Like most other cases of book to film adaptations, sometimes the book is better, other times the film is better and it varies from person to person, sometimes depending on which one you saw first but not always.
$#!^ happens, but why does it always have to happen to me???
It's funny this topic came up today, I just read my Wired magazine last night in bed and really enjoyed the article about the new anime coming out this year. I'm especially excited about Steam Boy.
As someone who's seen most of the major Anime films, I would have to put my vote for story with Lensman, overall narative with Spirited Away, and animation wise I'd go with Final Fantasy (it really is a good movie, though I think they should of made it fantasy based instead of sci-fi based, but oh well).
With Spirited Away, the animation is above average and I thought the character development was stellar. The other movies mentioned, Akira, Ninja Scroll, Vampire Hunter D, and Ghost in the Shell are all good in their genre, but I think they're so focused that they loose a lot of the audience in their own importance.
For best bizarre movie with funky music my vote is for Light Years.
And when is Lensman going to come out on DVD?
-Troy
The TV series is 95 episodes long. The last third of the series has a bi drop off in story quality because the show outran the Kenshin manga that it was based on, so the storyline was no longer based on it.
-MDL
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Taking away non-animé animated animations, we come up with:
* A Hayao Miyazaki film.
^ Not a film about giant robots, ninjas, or robot-ninjas fighting each other. Not a film set in a dystopian future or filled with demons.
So, of the top 50, we've got 19 features being animé (and half of the Bottom 10 are animé). Of the top 10, 5 are animé, 4 are by Pixar, and one is Shrek.
Small potatoes make the steak look bigger.
(The joke of course, for those who don't know, is that Sailor Uranus is a lesbian. :P)
I have been watching and collecting for about 25 years now. The mindless crap aside (Dragon Ball, NinjaScroll etc...)
.. the above are the way to go.
1. My Neighbour Totoro : Probably the movie I would like every child to see.
1. Akira : Probably the movies I would like every child to not see.
1. Nausicaa (whatever you want to call it)
These three are very closely tops....
2.Princess Mononoke - excellent film
3.Cowboy bebop the series, the movie was alright but the series is where it is at.
4. FLCL - a very nice piece of semi-modern japanese mixed art.
5. Ghost in the Shell - technically very nice and the story line is very good.
Most of what the North American eyes see are a "limited" version of the actual stories as Manga is the true story and the films are usually the mockup of that. Ottomos Akira is one of my favourite "comics" ever.
That being said I am waiting all the new releases from the masters of both Manga and Anime.
There are MANY films but I would say, if you don't know anime that well and would like to see some very nice classics
I really do know KungFu
No, 'Tank!' wasn't played for the movie. The opening theme was 'Ask DNA'.
I'm not crazy,I'm actively irresponsible.
- Blue Gender
- Cowboy Bebop
- FLCL
- Gundam 0083
- Inuyasha
- Pilot Candidate
- Kenshin
- Trigun
- The Animatrix
- With Hunter Robin
- Yu Yu Hakusho
- Case Closed/Detective Conan
- Lupin the 3rd
- Trigun
There are a few shows I left out that were borrowed from Toonami, and some on that list migrated back to Toonami in the end. However, my point is that many of those do not suck and are not DBZ clones, and are not meant for children.They used to divide Adult Swim into action (anime) and comedy (all the ones you listed) nights, but they seem to have abandoned this concept.
That would have been truer, and made a lot more sense, if you had said "as McDonalds is to Food".
Their line-up of 15 minute shows is pretty twisted. The episodes I've seen of Harvey Birdman have been very... wrong... But they're all very hit-or-miss. I guess it's hard to keep up that level of twisted humor consistently across an entire season. I like 'em though.
I'm trying to teach myself to set people on fire with my mind... Is it hot in here?
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Ah yes, Grave of the Fireflies. I've traumatized several people into never ever watching animation again with that film.
I've seen the opposite effect--utter shock that something as mundane as a "cartoon" could tell that kind of story, and an interest in more of the genre.
What part of "shall not be infringed" is so hard to understand?
Tatakae! Dainippon Teikoku (The Japanese Imperial, Go!) by Shintaro Kago. This story is an alternate history of WWII by one of the artists who appeared in Secret Comics Japan. The Japanese army have perfected a technique that turns human beings into giants, but for some reason they can only enlarge females. Patriot girls dedicate themselves to their great emperor and become giant weapons against the inhuman Allies. The girls are customized for each purpose. Some girls are made into tanks and some girls are made into battleships. Their guns are their asses and their bullets are their hard constipated shits.
I survived the Dick Cheney Presidency 7 to 9 AM 7-21-07
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Several years back Murata edited a collection of manga, something like 20 various artists, It was named "FLAT." A google search will get you more info. At any rate the 2 book set was a trip despite my not being able to read japanese. It was a collection of stories that were visually all over the place, both wonderous and often disturbing. But that's one of the appeals of manga/anime it's striking and causes you to feel something that is soften lacking in mainstream america.
I'll also add, buy a copy, that's cheap considering how fast Murat/Yoshitoshi stuff sells out. Buying used is expensive, I know