Forum - View topicHey, Answerman! [2007-02-02]
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rocklobster
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As both a Disney fan and an anime fan, I have to say here's another reason that Miazaki is superior: he hasn't caved in to the almighty dollar. Every Disney OVA has sucked. EVERYONE!
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Kouji
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MorwenLaicoriel
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Not *all* of them. Aladdin and the King of Thieves is pretty enjoyable (JUST NOT THE HORRID SECOND MOVIE), and Lion King II was good, too (although Cam Clarke sings on that and I'm a fangirl, so probably a bit biased). Those are, like...the only two I've seen that I actually feel hold a candle to the originals. (Some are *watchable*--Mulan II--but I'd sudder to consider them along with the original.) And the only Disney sequel that has EVER been as good (in my opinion, better) than the original--not counting Pixar--is Rescuers Down Under. |
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Doctor who
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About the berserk manga, I don't buy the corny dialog thing. But I did find the FX boxes really obnoxious, they don't start doing them until like volume 11 though. And they really don't need them since they add nothing. Yes I know a horse goes "ne ne" no need to intrude on the panel. I don't mind if the boxes are outside the panel but they generally aren't. Little rectangles just look out of place though no matter how you postion them though. They tend to over do it too, my favorite was "sound of lamp dimming" does that even make a sound?
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mokitty
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That was a very good rant.
However, I have to disagree with the apparent bent that the Walt Disney/Miyazaki comparison is one we need to do away with. As erroneous as it may be on a number of technical levels, the fact is that in North America Walt Disney (the person even more so than the company) is associated with high-quality, imaginative, artful films for children. Consider the belief some hold (including myself, and despite an overall decline in moviegoing the major decline for Disney seems to support it) that Disney films have declined hugely in quality as Mr. Disney himself became less involved and sadly passed. Admittedly, it rubs me a bit the wrong way that officially labelling Miyazaki the "Walt Disney of Japan" after they shifted the Ghibli catalogue from Buena Vista to the Disney brand proper was probably a marketing move and nothing more. However, if that label stands to intrigue people who would not otherwise consider anime as appropriate for their children, and convinces even one person who otherwise would not to sit down and experience one of Miyazaki's incredible films, then there is absolutely nothing wrong with it in my book. They more than deserve the exposure. |
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Kidder
 Posts: 188 Location: Bat country! >.< |
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The Flake picture was too cute... I think I burst a vein in my eye just looking at it...
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animefan1238
 Posts: 299 Location: Ma |
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When I heard Eva movies were comming out, I wasn't that surprised. Some people think if something works, keep it comming. I will give the movies a try but if they are bad then I'll stay away from them.
The Flake, I almost fell out of my chair at my college library. As for the Rant, first this person knew their stuff on both people so I was glad as I read it I was given background on both people. I do agree that Disney was a producer/business man while Miyazaki is a director to his works. The cliche makes sense to people who have seen bits of Miyazaki 's work and most of Disney's, but to anime fans like me, my friends, and other fans all over me see a difference to Disney and Miyazaki. |
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Hotaruzuki
 Posts: 58 Location: Virginia, USA |
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BRAVO TO WHOEVER WROTE THE RANT! I thought it was pretty well thought out. it ws interesting at the very least. ^^ It was refresing
Who was teh flake i wonder? A 10 year old kid with superman pjs? I'm only 14 but comon.....i'm afraid some of my peers are stupid enough to do this...=_=..... I would like to see an Eva movie actually as long as it isn't compleatly ruined. Just like i wanna see the transformers movie (i don't care much for transformers but i want to see the movie anyways and my litle cousins are dying to see it.....^^) |
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The Xenos
 Posts: 1519 Location: Boston |
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Wow. Thanks, Answerman. You're shown to me that Stu Levy is an even lamer self serving scumbag than I thought he was. In the past I ws sick of his buzzword gimmicks and theft of the word manga. I was leary of his marketing background and questioned his actual comitment as a publisher of manga.
Now that I know he's trying to be a superstar himself and trying to sell himself to kids using what he somehow thinks is cool slang, wow, he somehow comes across worse than I ever thought of him. Nevermind that I already question anyone who would get involved with Courtney Love to turn her into a princess hundreds if not thousands of young girls can look up to. Geez. Is he going to make a Paris Hilton manga next. (Oh wait. Nevermind.) As much as Tokyopop is one of the best things to happen to manga in America and helped usher in the manga book, I gotta say that Stu Levy is at the same time one of the worst things to happen to manga in America. I dunno. It''s all so goddamn fake and Levy comes across as such a phoney. Makes you want to pretend to be a deaf mute. (No, I won't go all Mark David Chapman on Levy, but I do hold to those Holden thoughts.) You know, I might have to put this rant into my blog. I'll gladly link back here and give you credit for revealing this to me. Thank you again for fuleing my unbridled hatred. (Ok, ok, strong distaste. I know we shouldn't hate anyone, even Hitler. I read To Kill A Mockingbird.)
Well, also don't forget that Walt Disney died and his company was taken over by a mad buisinessman (Michael Eisner). Though now we finally have another real artist in charge of animation. Lasseter has taken over some of Disney's old job as a head creator overseeing production of animated features and even the theme parks. So hopefully Disney will be restored to what it was when Walt was alive. Also, I'm sure not all of the direct to video movies are bad. Though I am sick of them and a number of them sound terrible. I'm sure the artists on them tried, but they also stink of the corperate machine trying to crank them out without good reason. |
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Vikio
 Posts: 60 Location: tropical volcano |
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I'm severely traumatized now...good thing that website didn't have pictures from the book or I would have blown a vein. (or maybe the pics didn't load on my browser?)
Oh, and I often tell people that Miyazaki Movies are like Disney Movies with the exception that they're not aimed Only at kids, but at anyone who's ever been a kid. So, I totally agree with the rant, but I don't really compare the men, I compare the work done by them/attached to them. Oh, I have another comparison I often make to explain to people why anime isn't just kid's cartoons or animated porn. I tell them that in America, an interesting sci-fi/fantasy story to be adapted naturally ends up as a feature Live-action movie or sometimes a TV miniseries. This is how entertainment has developed here, but in Japan it has developed so that the same story has a MUCH higher chance to become an animated TV-series instead, with about 26 episodes (usually). Do you guys think this parallel is good for explaining to people why anime is not as simple as cartoons in the US? |
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The Xenos
Posts: 1519 Location: Boston |
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Ok, I took that rant and all my frustrations over thist DJ Mikly fiasco and forged them into my latest blog rant.
Some days you just can't get rid of a blog: Spoiled DJ Milky (Stu Levy) and Princess Ai I might have gone overboard with all the jokes about Levy putting a shotgun in his mouth, but whatever, I guess that's my attempt at satire. And I still maintain that Arsface is a the best Courtney Love inspired character, better than Princess Ai. |
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Ayumu-Kasuga
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About the rant, the people who think that are idiots. The position was taken long ago by Osamu Tezuka.
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rupertson
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Ehhhhh, well... that´s what companys do answerman, they do MONEY!!!!, the thing is, the only thing we can do is to expect that they are not going to destroy some masterpieces like evangelion with those sequels
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Cephus
 Posts: 139 Location: Redlands, CA |
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I honestly think the days of the anime fan club are long gone, they really don't fill a need anymore and I come from the very earliest days of American anime fandom, back when groups like the C/FO were just starting. Heck, I ran a massive fan group back in the mid 80s that regularly attracted 70+ people every month to sit in front of the TV and watch anime in Japanese, no subtitles and a bunch of people just guessing what was going on and we all loved it.
Now, if you want anime, turn on just about any channel on TV. Go to the video store. It's easily accessible to anyone who wants it. Why go sit in a room somewhere to see it? In the end, the only real sense of an anime fan club is not the anime, it's the social aspect and why have an anime fan club for that? Just go do things with your friends! |
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Gauss
 Posts: 519 Location: Finland |
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Ah, welcome to the Nth "This week's Inuyasha episode was great" meeting. |
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