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<DIV>The "anime" tag only does a disservice to the directors you mention if the word is interpreted in its Western common parlance. "Anime" really value neutral, however, it has come to mean a variety of things to a variety of people. A feature length film is a feature length film, animated or not. Gatekeepers (critics, web masters ;)) are able, or should be, to make distinctions between sen to chihiro and Pokemon as well as they are able to make distinctions between Trois Coleurs and Commando.</DIV>
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<DIV class=signature id=signature>--<BR>Mark <BR>http://dorknation.wordpress.com</DIV>
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<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message -------------- <BR>From: "Todd Brown" <todd@twitchfilm.com> <BR><BR>> I think there are certainly distinctions within anime and a lot that <BR>> certainly doesn't stand up to cinema standards - though you could say the <BR>> exact same thing about a huge number of films - but there are also a growing <BR>> number of animation directors in Japan who are increasingly ill-served by <BR>> having the anime tag applied. Mamoru Oshii, Satoshi Kon, Hayao Miyazaki, <BR>> Masaaki Yuasa among others are all legitimate auteurs in their own right who <BR>> are not accorded the respect they deserve because they are forced into the <BR>> otaku ghetto. <BR>> <BR>> Todd. <BR>> <BR>> > -----Original Message----- <BR>> > From: Brian Ruh [mailto:brianruh@yahoo.com] <BR>> > Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 9:28 AM <BR>&!
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; To: KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu <BR>> > Subject: Anime and genre <BR>> > <BR>> > --- Lewis Cook <LCOQC@EARTHLINK.NET>wrote: <BR>> > > <BR>> > > 1. No idea how others on the list think about this - I don't have an <BR>> > > interest in theoretical debates about genre per se - but I don't <BR>> > > consider anime to be of the same basic genre as 'movies.' <BR>> > <BR>> > I know that you say above that you're not interested in genre debates, <BR>> > but I just have to ask -- why is "anime" separated from "movies" in <BR>> > your estimation? (Of course, not all anime is experienced in a cinema <BR>> > setting, so that might be one good reason.) And do you consider anime <BR>> > to be a genre? <BR>> > <BR>> > I'm curious about such perceptions of anime and how it's thought about <BR>> > and categorized. I'm interested to hear what others might think about <BR>> !
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is as well. <BR>> > <BR>> > == Brian <BR>> > <BR>> > Brian's Essential Reading: <BR>> > Book: http://www.oshiibook.com <BR>> > Research: http://www.animeresearch.com <BR>> > <BR>> > __________________________________________________ <BR>> > Do You Yahoo!? <BR>> > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around <BR>> > http://mail.yahoo.com <BR>> > <BR>> <BR>> </BLOCKQUOTE></body></html>