I am posting this comment before reading any of the other comments that have been left, so I don't yet know how many people I'm going to offend when I say:
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Hi, group. My name's Daniel, and I hate Japanimation. (And no, I will not call it "animé"; that cutesy namelet hadn't been invented waaaaaaaay back in 1995 when I took a very good class in International Animation of the 20th Century. It was taught by an acclaimed practitioner who studied and worked, amongst other places, in Japan for five years, so if "Japanimation" is good enough for him, it's good enough for me, too.)
I've no special animus towards those who enjoy it for whatever reason. Everyone's tastes are different, and I don't hold my tastes to be better or smarter or righter than anyone else's. That said, my reaction to every piece of it I've encountered has been somewhere between "This is silly" and "This is ridiculous", with frequent overtones of "I don't get it" and occasional forays into "This might've been entertaining when I was four years old." I do not know what it is about Japanese culture that makes adults consume patently childish humour and plot, and I've sort of moved beyond caring.
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Date: 2004-08-18 06:05 pm (UTC)<ahem>
Hi, group. My name's Daniel, and I hate Japanimation. (And no, I will not call it "animé"; that cutesy namelet hadn't been invented waaaaaaaay back in 1995 when I took a very good class in International Animation of the 20th Century. It was taught by an acclaimed practitioner who studied and worked, amongst other places, in Japan for five years, so if "Japanimation" is good enough for him, it's good enough for me, too.)
I've no special animus towards those who enjoy it for whatever reason. Everyone's tastes are different, and I don't hold my tastes to be better or smarter or righter than anyone else's. That said, my reaction to every piece of it I've encountered has been somewhere between "This is silly" and "This is ridiculous", with frequent overtones of "I don't get it" and occasional forays into "This might've been entertaining when I was four years old." I do not know what it is about Japanese culture that makes adults consume patently childish humour and plot, and I've sort of moved beyond caring.
Go, Speed Racer! Go, Speed Racer! Go, Speed Racer...far away from me!
(And yes, I've seen Spirited Away. All of it. I really feel I gave it a fair chance.)