It was interesting to read about how Disney, Warner Bros. and Japanese animation differ. It's something i never thought about. Like Warner Bros. always being the meer 'toons' whereas Disney is so focused on realistic animation. I like them both, Disney for the moving stories and WB for the laughs. I've always had an extra fondness for japanese animation because of the extra 'violence' that the characters showed. It wasn't meaningless violence like the violence of some of the american animation. It was all about moral, fighting bad people for honor and protecting yourself and others. Even the movies or shows today are like that. The unnecessary violence we can see being taught to the children are by tom and jerry, warner bros as well. Elmer fudd just wants to kill the rabbit yet there never was a specific reason,and bugs is usually displayed as the trickster good guy. Astroboy is described as being a robot boy that goes after the bad guys.
I like anime also for the story value. One of my favorites is Full Metal Alchemist. The story is so heartfelt and moving that you really bond with the characters. It's deep and very disturbing at times because it deals with magic, and that magic is darker than the Disney pixie dust. I would recommend it to everyone.
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I also never thought about how Japanese animation differs from American animation. Just like you, I enjoy the "extra stuff" that we get from Japanese animation. I think we get more raw emotion;it's more graphic, violent, sexual, and it doesn't shy away from much.
ReplyDeleteI thought it was interesting how we saw the Astro Boy character die within the first minute of the first episode. It was really a perfect example of what I mean by getting more from Japanes animation.