> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Charlie Bell > Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2006 3:01 AM > To: Killer Bs Discussion > Subject: Re: Tales From Earthsea.........Anime!!!!! > > > On 09/04/2006, at 9:29 AM, Damon Agretto wrote: > > > > >> 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? > > No. It would be CGI. :) Or animation. But not anime. > > > > 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... > > Agree. It doesn't have to be a Japanese story, but it does have to > have that look and feel. Howl's Moving Castle is anime, Ice Age isn't. > > But I do agree that Startide is far more likely to work as an > animated or largely animated feature. (Might work in the Babe style, > mind...)
You mean with a starship run by pigs? I'm not so sure. Replacing whale song with hog calls might work in Stamps, but that's about it. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
