Definition of Anime
Michael Badzik
mike at vena.com
Thu Apr 22 23:23:54 EDT 1999
While this topic seems to have generated a lot of interest, so far no one
has covered what I think is the most fundamental point in Aaron's
arguement:
> It includes many non-cel animation forms which do not, in
> any way, come under the rubric "anime."
Though no anime expert, I cannot consider classifying "claymation",
puppetry, or any of many other lesser known (and seen) synthetic methods
of movement creation, as "anime" - even though I can comfortably refer
to them as "animation". I have also noticed that a number of Japanese
movies have been called "animeeshon" and not "anime", suggesting that the
creators may think that the words are not neccessarily interchangeable.
But since we are talking about Japanese words (that they are borrowed
words is completely irrelevant here) I hope that we will hear how native
speakers define them. (A further complication is that "anime" was
borrowed back by people outside of Japan, leading to a third set of
definitions that does not have to be equivalent to the others. But it is
the
Japanese usage that should be used in studying Japanese film, isn't it?)
Michael Badzik
mike at vena.com
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