Anime on US cable TV

[Mitsuyo Wada-Marciano]

Thank you Joanne for the information.  It's amusing to see how arbitrary someone's "essentials" list.

As for recent anime, I'm wondering if anyone has seen Kon Satoshi's latest anime Sen'nen joyu (Millennium Actress) and how good it is compared with Perfect Blue.  Has it been well received in Japan?  I'm very interested in purchasing it via amazon.jp, but the price is extremely high.  According to Tokyo Kid (Boston's
anime store), its DVD with E. subtitles will be released by the end of this year, so I'm debating whether I should wait until then.

Best regards,

Mitsuyo Wada-Marciano
Assistant Professor of Film Studies
Carleton University


> Subject: Anime on US cable TV
> Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 14:34:36 -0400
> From: Bernardi-Buralli <dburall1 at rochester.rr.com>
> To: <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
>
> Our cable TV (TimeWarner) guide just came in with characters from "Spirited
> Away," "Dragon Ball Z, "Yu-Gi-oh!" and that perky little Pikachu on the
> cover. There are 4 pages on "How Japanese Animation is Conquering America"
> (cover copy), and on the last page I noticed a little blurb that says
> "Spirited Away" will premiere on PPV June 12.
>
> For whatever it is worth, the "Ten anime essentials" that they (Scott
> Barwick) list as possibly providing "some clues" over the future of an anime
> feature going mainstream are:
>
> Akira (1988)
> Ghost in the Shell (1995)
> Galaxy Express 999 (1978)
> Metropolis (2001)
> Alakazam the Great! (1961)
> The Last Unicorn (1982)
> Perfect Blue (1997)
> Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
> Otaku no Video (1992)
>
> Joanne
>
> Joanne Bernardi
> U Rochester