today we talk about old school anime. Big freaking rant too.
As of now im Intoxicated on smirnoff and longing for something unknown and nostalgic, I popped in my Robot Carnival soundtrack that I have had since the early 90's. While I can not be pompus and arrogant about being "old school" when it comes to anime (compared to Japanese fans), I can say in America it is very sad that Robot carnival isn't the staple of anime films to watch, let alone obtain. There is something genius about Jo Hisiashi's music score for this film. I mean this is the guy who scored Miyazaki's Laputa, Mononoke, and spirited away. And revisiting his work in Robot carnival, I get a feeling of how much I miss seeing Robot Carnival for the first time in Theaters. As much as I disgust digging up dead horses, I have lived such a life of great witness.
Whilst I could contest my now closet anime fandom, I won't contest seeing the following films in the indie theaters. Fist of the North Star, Laputa (original streamline dub), Akira, Porco Rosso, Mononoke, Wicked City, Vampire Hunter D, Demon city shinjuku, Ninja Scroll, Grave of the Fireflies, Lensman (so good), Golgo 13, Urotsukidoji, Macross Plus movie, Macross: do you remember love, Macross 2, Barefoot gen, Vampire Hunter D: Blood lust, Robot Carnival, ghost in the Shell, Blood, Patlabor movie, and others that I have since forgotten.
Since I was just a 3 foot tall fragle, I have been facinated by animation. It was a edjucation/career choice I descided to make, that unfortunatly never came to be. Being a art style that I fell in love with, and now since absorbed with many different influences of sequential art, I can remember the days of discouragment. I remember how in High School, how only a few people know what Japanimation was. (at this point I almost would rather call it that then Anime). I can remember that in 1996, my Art Institute of Pittsburg teachers discouraged my style of design because of my Japanese influence, and overpassed me for the "disney'esque" students. Fuck that bullshit. Where are all those traditional animators now? They all got fucking fired by Disney. I am sure Dreamworks is sure to follow since both comanies are abandoning traditional animation techniques for computer animation faster then a player and a ho. And what is American animation? Its a bunch of immature crap. Spongebob, Dexters lab, Doug, and the likes are boring attempts at potty humour. I very much disagree with the popular American myth that Animation is for children. That is why I am kinda glad Animation has grown up and moved up a bit demographic wise, thanks to mainstream anime. Maybe down the road there can be some animated move out there that comes from America that has a parental rating higher then PG. Only Time will tell.
im exhausted, and finnished bitching.
and im not spellchecking...eat me.
ill be happy when im sober and awake.
till then.
As of now im Intoxicated on smirnoff and longing for something unknown and nostalgic, I popped in my Robot Carnival soundtrack that I have had since the early 90's. While I can not be pompus and arrogant about being "old school" when it comes to anime (compared to Japanese fans), I can say in America it is very sad that Robot carnival isn't the staple of anime films to watch, let alone obtain. There is something genius about Jo Hisiashi's music score for this film. I mean this is the guy who scored Miyazaki's Laputa, Mononoke, and spirited away. And revisiting his work in Robot carnival, I get a feeling of how much I miss seeing Robot Carnival for the first time in Theaters. As much as I disgust digging up dead horses, I have lived such a life of great witness.
Whilst I could contest my now closet anime fandom, I won't contest seeing the following films in the indie theaters. Fist of the North Star, Laputa (original streamline dub), Akira, Porco Rosso, Mononoke, Wicked City, Vampire Hunter D, Demon city shinjuku, Ninja Scroll, Grave of the Fireflies, Lensman (so good), Golgo 13, Urotsukidoji, Macross Plus movie, Macross: do you remember love, Macross 2, Barefoot gen, Vampire Hunter D: Blood lust, Robot Carnival, ghost in the Shell, Blood, Patlabor movie, and others that I have since forgotten.
Since I was just a 3 foot tall fragle, I have been facinated by animation. It was a edjucation/career choice I descided to make, that unfortunatly never came to be. Being a art style that I fell in love with, and now since absorbed with many different influences of sequential art, I can remember the days of discouragment. I remember how in High School, how only a few people know what Japanimation was. (at this point I almost would rather call it that then Anime). I can remember that in 1996, my Art Institute of Pittsburg teachers discouraged my style of design because of my Japanese influence, and overpassed me for the "disney'esque" students. Fuck that bullshit. Where are all those traditional animators now? They all got fucking fired by Disney. I am sure Dreamworks is sure to follow since both comanies are abandoning traditional animation techniques for computer animation faster then a player and a ho. And what is American animation? Its a bunch of immature crap. Spongebob, Dexters lab, Doug, and the likes are boring attempts at potty humour. I very much disagree with the popular American myth that Animation is for children. That is why I am kinda glad Animation has grown up and moved up a bit demographic wise, thanks to mainstream anime. Maybe down the road there can be some animated move out there that comes from America that has a parental rating higher then PG. Only Time will tell.
im exhausted, and finnished bitching.
and im not spellchecking...eat me.
ill be happy when im sober and awake.
till then.
Of course the same argument can be used against feverant manga fans who think all Western comics are superhero tales because they never bothered to check out indy anthologies or small press releases.