Questions re Manga-based Japanese Live Action Films

[Lewis Cook]

On Aug 15, 2006, at 8:45 PM, Christophe Thouny wrote:

> Having an interminable thread on this topic is in itself revealing  
> of the increasing re-sampling re-mixing of manga-anime culture in- 
> by-with film  production (although tokusatsu have been around for a  
> while). Another side-thread  might be the increasing (?) use of  
> manga-anime expressions (hyôgen) in movies not directly based on a  
> manga. And more generally to what I see as a  
> dissemination/'deotakuization' of manga-anime culture in Japan (but  
> not only) with anime now aiming at non-otaku (understand anybody  
> watching TV) such as Gundam Seed. Any thought on this?
>
> Le 06-08-15 à 20:28, Lewis Cook a écrit :
>
>> I haven't been paying much attention, so I hesitate to ask, but is  
>> there any 'thoughtiness' (thanks due here to Stephen Colbert)  
>> behind this seemingly interminable thread? I've heard that there  
>> are people who collect empty beer cans, and evidently there are  
>> lots of people who collect titles of films based on manga. So what?
>>
>>
>> LCook


You're right and I apologize for the sarcasm. But doesn't your word,  
"deotakuization," mis-epitomize the vectors that recent anime / manga  
have been following? Weren't otaku supposed to be pretty creepy guys  
without a life? Is that "de-" sufficient to account for diversion  
into the mainstream ("anyone watching TV")? (I think it would help if  
you could answer such a question without using the word 'culture.')

Lewis