<HTML><head><title>Avatar</title></head><body><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT:Normal;">Dont know abt his relationship to film but he was interested in doing a live action "Battle Angel Alita" at one point, which may have ended up manifest in the TV series he produced</span><br><br><hr><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma; font-weight:bold">From: </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma; font-weight:normal;">Nornes, Markus <amnornes@umich.edu></span><br><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma; font-weight:bold">Sent: </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma; font-weight:normal;">Tuesday, January 19, 2010 7:45 PM</span><br><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma; font-weight:bold">To: </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma; font-weight:normal;">KineJapan <KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu></span><br><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma; font-weight:bold">Subject: </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma; font-weight:normal;">Avatar</span><br><br><font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">Everyone is talking about Avatar’s connections to Dances With Wolves and various white messiah narratives. But while I was watching it I couldn’t help thinking of Miyazaki (floating islands, luminescent natural scenes, strange and wonderful creatures, wonder in general) and Oshii (metal suits and avatars, sans any serious philosophical contemplation of the implications). It felt like the film would really not have been possible without anime. I don’t have the patience to track down and read James Cameron interviews, really, but was wondering if anyone has seen him discuss a relationship to Japanese film. Anyone?<br> <br> Markus</span></font></body></HTML>