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...other day I rented a new anime based on a famous manga. The main chara is this CB kami, cuter than Pokemon and as dishy as Can Can Bunny, who's pursued by an evil mecha--a total SD kaiju. I loved the OAV. And so of course, like a real otaku...
...first the argot of anime (rhymes with Connie Mae) can sound as inscrutable as, say, Japanese to a guy in Joliet, Ill. But the only two words you need to know are anime, the Japanese animated films that are made for theaters, TV and home video; and manga, the graphic novels (upmarket comic books) on which most anime films are based. Together they dominate Japan's narrative media. Manga account for a third of all books published there, anime for about half the tickets sold to movies...
...potential adult audience for graphic novels and cartoon films should have the U.S. media giants drooling. Just love those demographics! Think of the cross-marketing! A few players are onto anime already. Chris Blackwell, founder of Island Records, is a big investor in Manga Entertainment, the premier U.S. arm for anime. Its spectral cyborg parable, Ghost in the Shell, was the only anime to reach No. 1 on Billboard's Top Video Sales chart. Perfect Blue (a kind of All About Evil, in which a pop diva is both the star and her twisted alter ego) has played...
...Anime originates from a type of Japanese comic called manga, which features crisp, motion-oriented illustrations, as well as storylines that are often quite violent. Anime takes that unique illustrative style and translates it into the animated medium. Result? A quality of animation unmatched by anything we have to offer here in the states...
Newspapers see The Boondocks as a way to attract younger readers turned off by the blandness of most comics pages. With its hip-hop references, its Japanese manga-style drawings and its candid discussion of race, "the strip speaks to Aaron's generation the way Doonesbury speaks to boomers," says syndicate executive Lee Salem. Perhaps for that reason, the strip has drawn complaints on more than just racial grounds. In one strip Riley whacks Cindy with a toy light saber. "See?!!! You're still alive!!" he complains. "This thing is worthless!!" McGruder was stunned by the howls of outrage from...