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A Glimpse Into the World of Japanese Animation

Posted by michael on from the no-tentacles dept.

Pixelgroove writes "CGNetworks sports a story by Justin Leach (Softimage Special Projects Division), who had a unique chance to work at Production I.G in Japan on Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence and Kill Bill: Vol. 1. Prior to leaving Japan, he interviewed the Production I.G computer graphics animation team about their thoughts and perspectives on Japanese Animation (anime)."

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  1. Innocence by Lord_Dweomer · · Score: 3, Informative
    For those interested but not in the know, Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence is now available in bad quality on everybodies favorite trackers. Hope they get the DVD rip sometime soon.

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    1. Re:Innocence by Golias · · Score: 3, Informative

      Yep, and if you're really lucky it might even be playing at a theatre within 2 hours of your home/business.

      How the hell did that get modded up as insightful!?

      I live in the Midwest. Minnesota. Pure "fly-over land." There are two theaters in the Twin Cities that will be showing this movie on the 17th. Both are within a 20-minute drive from my suburban home. Did you even look at the listings?

      The only way you are two hours away from a theater that will be showing this is if you live way out in the sticks, or an urban center so congested that it takes two hours to get anywhere.

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  2. Horrible interview!!! by erroneus · · Score: 4, Informative

    I could have written then thing myself.

    His key influences are "from [my childhood] era"??? C'mon!!!! May the interviewer learn to dig deeper.

    I know it can be hard to get any information from a Japanese person. They depend so heavily on the assumption that you already know everything that you learn almost nothing. So you have to be a little more artful and sometimes much more exact when you ask a question, or series of questions. And since the interviewer was not Japanese or even asian, he could pull off a lot more by playing the role of the ignorant and rude gaijin and asking ever more direct questions often repeatedly.

    I hardly consider this to be a glimpse at all... not even a cursory blink. I didn't expect to hate that one so much.

  3. Re:Front Page Material! by Aralic · · Score: 3, Informative

    Just so you know the article is basically about the Japanese take on CG use. NOT about Anime. Just because it comes from a production house that does Anime doesn't mean the article is focused on Anime. You could at least RTFA before lambasting the poster for putting up a story that you find intersting.

    Unfortunately the story linked is light on intersting info (hardly worth posting IMO). But as a geek I am very intersted in CG & Animation - Anime or Western is all good to me. I say more stories on it!

  4. Japan Town Anime Fair Tomorrow Saturday Sept 11th! by cybermint · · Score: 2, Informative

    If you live in the San Francisco Bay Area in California, there is an anime fair tomorrow and Sunday at the Japan Town center!

    More info JTAF.com