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PostPosted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 4:33 pm Reply with quote
is it? is it up for debate?
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 4:44 pm Reply with quote
No, and no.
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 4:55 pm Reply with quote
Well, obviously not. Does THIS LOOK like anime too you...that's kind of a stupid question.
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 5:01 pm Reply with quote
So it's not japanese animation?
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 6:15 pm Reply with quote
well it doesn't move... so i wouldn't think so.
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 7:23 pm Reply with quote
It's not animation, in the same way that marionettes and sock puppets are not animation. "Animation" is the act of getting still frames to simulate movement. Cartoons, CGI, and stop-motion ("claymation," et al) are all animation because they do just this. The use of puppets, marionettes, and mannequins as in Meet the Fuccons' case is simply shooting human-controlled props in live-action/real time. So no, technically Meet the Fuccons is not anime.

ADV does occasionally distribute non-anime titles. The 1990s Gamera trilogy, Farscape, and Destroy All Monsters include a few such products.
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 7:53 pm Reply with quote
Nagisa wrote:
ADV does occasionally distribute non-anime titles. The 1990s Gamera trilogy, Farscape, and Destroy All Monsters include a few such products.


ADV also put Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda and and Mutant X out on DVD.

Actually, are there really that many Anime distirbution companies in the U.S. that exclusivly put out Anime? I can't think of any live action that Bandai or Geneon puts out but Funimation also has some live action shows its distrubutes.
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 8:06 pm Reply with quote
MeggieMay wrote:
I can't think of any live action that Bandai or Geneon puts out.


Geneon has a rather large collection of LA titles, although they are almost all movies (of low quality it appears). Bandai has a few LA titles out, pretty much just Oshii 's LA works. Then again, the focus of Bandai worldwide is animation and the associated marketing of merchandise, mainly toys.
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 10:15 am Reply with quote
I haven't seen the show or any trailers Embarassed so please forgive me.
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 1:37 pm Reply with quote
Azumangaman wrote:
Well, obviously not. Does THIS LOOK like anime too you...that's kind of a stupid question.


Well it's on the Anime Network. Then again, Toon Disney airs Power Rangers and Cartoon Network airs live action movies.
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 2:21 pm Reply with quote
one could argue its stop motion? I dont know never saw much of it.
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 6:56 pm Reply with quote
emory wrote:
Well it's on the Anime Network.


I think this may have more to do with the fact that it's ADV pitching an ADV product on an ADV-owned channel than with it actually being anime. I'm honestly surprised something like Gamera hasn't put in an appearance on there yet.
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 5:08 pm Reply with quote
Nagisa wrote:
It's not animation, in the same way that marionettes and sock puppets are not animation. "Animation" is the act of getting still frames to simulate movement. Cartoons, CGI, and stop-motion ("claymation," et al) are all animation because they do just this. The use of puppets, marionettes, and mannequins as in Meet the Fuccons' case is simply shooting human-controlled props in live-action/real time. So no, technically Meet the Fuccons is not anime.


thanks for the info nagisa--i thought i would throw it out there since I've seen arguments for both sides.
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