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CG
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Technically, Hyougemono is set in the Azuchi-Momoyama, beginning at the tail end of Nobunaga's hegemony and ending just at the peak of Toyotomi's. The first two Shogunates (Kamakura and Muromachi) and the Asuka are the periods with a dearth of adaptation. Strange because the Kamakura saw the melodrama of Yoshitsune, the Muromachi saw the assassination of Ashikaga Yoshinori, and the Asuka saw the wiping out of the Soga and the rise of the Fujiwara - think of all the drama! The movie/OVA adaptations of Osamu Tezuka's Hi no Tori series should have been mentioned here because they feature two historical periods touched rarely in anime (in fact it's the only title I know that touches them). The Yamato-hen, which is set in the Kofun, and the Houou-hen, set in the Nara. There's even one set in the uncertain period of the reign of Himiko, the Reimei-hen. |
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Kadmos1
Posts: 13577 Location: In Phoenix but has an 85308 ZIP |
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Samurai Deeper Kyo is interesting in that both Kyo/Kyoshiro is voiced Dan Green/Jay Snyder while Benitora is voiced by Wayne Grayson. That is, it's a Yugi/Yami Yugi/Atem reunion with Jounochi/Joey.
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Ali07
Posts: 3333 Location: Victoria, Australia |
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Voted for Girls Dead Monster on the poll. Also, happy to see the first Pokemon movie won the last poll.
As for the article, I feel like I've not seen much historical anime at all... I do like Samurai, so I think I may end up checking out House of 5 Leaves. I've also been meaning to check out Otome Yōkai Zakuro, it's been on my "to watch" list for a long time. May get around to grabbing a copy from NISA. |
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Hellsoldier
Posts: 766 Location: Porto,Portugal,Europe,Earth,Sol |
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Been meaning to check many of these titles myself. Including the aforementioned House of Five Leaves and Otome Youkai Zakuro. But I was unaware House of Five Leaves even mentioned Burakumin. |
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omiya
Posts: 1834 Location: Adelaide, South Australia |
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It might be covered in the manga https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/アンゴルモア〜元寇合戦記〜. |
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Lord Dcast
Posts: 644 Location: 'Straiya |
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I was going for the whole 'purpose of the big thing in the movie'. Most pokemon movies have a guy saying 'I will take over the world', but Darkrai instead has 'people will die if we don't stop this'. Not really an evil guy in that movie, thankfully. Still at least we can all agree that the worst generation movie-wise was gen 5. |
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Eigengrau
Posts: 105 Location: Belgium |
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Am I the only one who would love to see an anime about the Jomon period? So far, San from Princess Mononoke is the only hint we got in that direction.
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yuna49
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If you're looking for swash-buckling, there's none of that in House of Five Leaves. The samurai in this show is a ronin, recently fired from his master's employ. He encounters a small band of kidnappers and slowly becomes involved with them. It's largely a psychological drama, though an excellent one. |
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SaiyamanMS
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... Actually looking at it, very few villains in Pokémon movies have the goal of taking over the world. Quite a few seeking great power and/or riches, but very few wanting the whole world. The Darkrai movie was the best of the Diamond & Pearl films though. The Best Wishes films were certainly weaker than the previous ones and I was fairly unimpressed by the Diancie film as well. Hopefully Hoopa will be better? I don't have high hopes for it though. Personally, I voted for Spell of the Unown in the poll, but was also very close to giving my vote to Lucario and the Mystery of Mew. |
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DavidShallcross
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Isn't Night Raid 1931 really early Showa, not Taisho?
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Kadmos1
Posts: 13577 Location: In Phoenix but has an 85308 ZIP |
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While it isn't the whole list, the Wikipedia article of "People of the Sengoku period in popular culture" lists 44 people in pop culture.
Nobunaga is important to Japanese Christianity since he helped form the first Kyoto Christian Church in 1576. Retired Japanese figure skater Nobunari Oda (he turned 28 on March 25) claims to be the great (x15) grandson of Nobunaga. His wikis says:
While this claim is debatable, according to Wikipedia, Confucius' descendants are still alive. How so? Well, according to his Wiki article, "Confucius' descendants were repeatedly identified and honored by successive imperial governments with titles of nobility and official posts. " Heck, the "Kong (surname)" wiki article says that "This surname Kong is most notable as the surname of Confucius and his descendants. The family tree of Confucius and his descendants is generally considered to be the world longest, covering over 2,500 years with more than 80 generations recorded, and has two million entries according to its last update in 2009." Since successive Chinese governments have recognized this, I will say it likely is legit. Of course, any gov't may or may not have legitimate documentation that recognizes someone as being descended or allegedly descended from notable historical figures. |
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varmintx
Posts: 1208 Location: Covington, KY |
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jr240483
Posts: 4385 Location: New York City,New York,USA |
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well i'm not surprised . however considering how much people disliked the 2nd one, i was sure that one would be in last place. though it was pretty much a give me that the 8th movie (which was the final vocal work for the original cast before being replaced by the awful PUSA cast) and the 5th movie. However I'm more surprised that the warren states era from inuyasha isnt even on this list. talk about EPIC FAIL! |
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ANN_Lynzee
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Posts: 2955 Location: Email for assistance only |
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I'll fix it and yes to the second question. It helps keep things much more manageable.
Samurai Champloo is a really entertaining show, but it's full of anachronisms.
Technically yes, but the issues brought up in it are effects of the Taisho era, so you can still learn some from it. It's the same way of when people think of the 1960s culture, they really mean the counterculture and style that wasn't evident until post 1964ish. If you plopped down in America 1961, it still looks a lot like America 1957. |
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Color2413
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There's Chōyaku Hyakunin isshu: Uta Koi, set in the Heian period. I thought it was very well done, and it had an usual hook: poetry.
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