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11Feb/100

East Meets West: Anime and Manga of American Superheroes

I'm Lovin It!

There's more to an art form than the medium itself. Some subject matter lends itself better to a particular style. I'm sure you could do a landscape of a spring meadow with a sculpture, but surely an impressionist watercolor is better suited. That's a bit of a stretch, as different painting styles really can't be segregated that way, and there's an exception to every rule. In the plastic arts (wikipedia) this may not be so clear cut. Even in literature, it becomes difficult to make divisions along the lines of content being paired with style.

Serialized illustrated work seems to have taken an interesting evolutionary path.  Compare the American comic book and  Japanese Manga industries.  While there are standouts, the American comic book is often about a costumed super hero.  Sometimes there are secret identities, but more recently they have taken a back seat to the main course: heroes vs. villains.  Crazy fights in worldy and other places with amazing powers.  All of this done in beautifully drawn and colored artwork.  These are amazing to behold.

19Jan/100

Crunchyroll – Anime on Your iPhone

Crunchyroll

Wow.  Thankfully I was checking out Anime 3000 while listening to my friends over at Reverse Thieves.  A3K happens to be hosting their new podcast.  Go give it a listen!

Anyway, this is an amazing development and I can't believe I hadn't heard about it till now.  For those who don't know, Crunchyroll is a a legal streaming site for anime and live action drama from Asia(Japan and I think Korea).  Before Netflix had their streaming, I used Crunchyroll a lot.

22Feb/092

Macross Frontier

Ah, guilty pleasures.  Macross Frontier is probably one of those shows that I shouldn't like.  I just can't help myself.  It's so layered in self references and cliche I don't think it'd be able to stand on it's own.  Without giving too much away, they make references to the entire history of the Macross fiction, including the "Minmei Attack".  I had forgotten that it was called that.  That definitely got a laugh out of me.

The animation is wonderful, complete with nice blending of 2D and 3D images.  For some reason with Anime, the recent improvements in quality go a long way in getting my attention.  I find it difficult to get in to shows that predate computer assisted animation.

Anyway, with all the teenage love triangles, uncomfortable social situations, and reluctant heroes, I still enjoy the show.  I've managed to get all the way to episode 15 and I can't wait to watch some more.

The space battles are awesome.  Maybe I'm just a sucker for an awesome veritech fighter.

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9Feb/090

New York Comic Con 09

I attended the NYCC 09 this past weekend from February 6-8. There were a lot of awesome things there. Coming up I'll post more details about movies, comics, and games.

 

   

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