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...what was going on? My preconceptions were sorely tested. Surely, this was on the level equal if not better than the works of Disney. And this comes from a hard-core fan of Disney classics. First, is the level of voice-overs. Unlike the anonymous cartoon actors of America, the seiyuu (anime voice actors) in Japan are highly respected not to mention highly paid. To earn that salary, seiyuu undergo strenuous hours of practice in order to train their voices to convey the right degrees of emotion. The result? Angst, fury, grief and sheer joy were never expressed so thoroughly...
...Needless to say, shoujo can be so emotionally binding as to be supernatural. With intriguing plot twists and complex characters, it commands one's attention thoroughly. The subtleties and nuances can convey so many different emotions; if a cartoon's sole purpose is to provide entertainment, it successfully achieves its objective on a level exceeding Hollywood. I no longer hold an air of disdain for animation. If anime can reach a typical, jaded college kid, it deserves a special place of recognition in the public's eye. The hype is well worth...
...point about ambition and the power of evil. And as Gara stood over a dead Dark Schneider, tears welled in my eyes as he criticized his own inability to work with his former enemy. The emotionally ravaged Gara seemed more like a modern-day Hamlet than a silly cartoon character...
...major new example of the expanded short story: Sleepy Hollow. Already, director Tim Burton has distanced himself from the classic short story by Washington Irving--Irving's work was titled "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow." The plot is drastically different. In the tale, immortalized in a short Disney cartoon, Ichabod Crane is a thin, lanky schoolteacher with romantic designs on a local landowner's daughter, Katrina Van Tassel. In Crane's way is Brom Van Brunt, a big lug who frightens Crane with a story about the Headless Horseman--a rumored supernatural denizen known for his penchant for swiping...
...from Natty Light and the Beast can be intimidating; holding a comforting can of Busch, swilling pitchers of Red Dog and requesting a Rolling Rock at a microbrewery is akin to having a martini straight up with an olive in a Dixie cup. (Especially if the Dixie cup has cartoon characters all over...