----- Original Message ----- From: "Damon Agretto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2006 1:29 AM Subject: Re: Tales From Earthsea.........Anime!!!!!
> >>Brin should be shopping his wares at Pixar or Dreamworks. Can you >>anime fans imagine how much better The Postman would have been as an >>Anime OVA? > > If it was from those two studios, it wouldn't really be anime then, > would it? Course not<G> But you have noted there is a bit of convergence occuring? > > I think anime, in the English speaking world, has a far more > specific definition than it does in Japan. I would argue, then, that > a movie made domestically could never be anime, since it wouldn't > have the little cultural quirks and background what is called > "anime" in the US posesses, and makes it endearing... > Anime is a bastardized loan word from english. (I'd provide a link but Wiki seems to be down) Originally is was the Japanese trying to say animation and naturally becoming simplified. Considering that there is some convergence, the term is currently broadening a bit. There is quite a bit of pseudo/copycat-anime being produced here and in France....well then there is Korea...... Style is not static by any means. I don't myself use "anime" interchangeably when discussing other forms, but was writing a quickie and mentioning options. xponent Looking Forward Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
