Posted on 12/09/2004 10:24:12 PM PST by Simmy2.5
interesting to know all those little tidbits!
I guess it makes perfect sense that they are antiques.
We have a Japanese market type store here in town that sells decorative swords and some of them are really pretty. I was going to buy him one once but he told me that he would rather get a practical gift, than something pretty to hang up somewhere, but I was thinking that if I found him one that had actually been used by a samurai then it would just be so cool that he wouldn't care that it wasn't really practical! :)
Perhaps some day I will get him a decorative one anyway. But most likely he would be more thrilled about me signing him up for Japanese language courses! :)
I've probably observed more characters actually waltzing in Japanese animation from the past 25 years, than in American animation from the past 50 years.
Of course, in the old days of American cartoons, highly talented cartoonists were the artists. They could really make a line move (and eventually people like Preston Blair, Walt Kelly, Jack Kirby, and Carl Barks moved on).
Tex Avery found himself outside of his own industry directing the Raid bugs. I hear that one of his final ads included Bugs Bunny and someone reportedly asked if he could even do that (for those who don't know HE CREATED THE CHARACTER!).
John K. at Spumco tried to give a kick in the pants to American animation (although the stories seemed somewhat formula and the grossout factor drew more press/attention than the strong art skills). Painted backgrounds? Mouths and other key elements were painted without any black ink? He certainly looked for cartoonists first and animators second.
As for Disney, they messed up a good thing. There is no fluid movement anymore in Disney theatrical animation and most of the action is translated in too few frames.
Ahhhh. If she were only real.
I've probably observed more characters actually waltzing in Japanese animation from the past 25 years, than in American animation from the past 50 years.
Of course, in the old days of American cartoons, highly talented cartoonists were the artists. They could really make a line move (and eventually people like Preston Blair, Walt Kelly, Jack Kirby, and Carl Barks moved on).
Tex Avery found himself outside of his own industry directing the Raid bugs. I hear that one of his final ads included Bugs Bunny and someone reportedly asked if he could even do that (for those who don't know HE CREATED THE CHARACTER!).
John K. at Spumco tried to give a kick in the pants to American animation (although the stories seemed somewhat formula and the grossout factor drew more press/attention than the strong art skills). Painted backgrounds? Mouths and other key elements were painted without any black ink? He certainly looked for cartoonists first and animators second.
As for Disney, they messed up a good thing. There is no fluid movement anymore in Disney theatrical animation and most of the action is translated in too few frames.
Like a teenage martial artist who turns into a chick if he comes into contact with cold water?
It's like judging all of television because of "Soap Operas".
And here I hoped DVD solved the dub/sub/raw arguement.
By the way, you need to check out Megas XLR.
Correction, a chick with no sense of upperbody modesty. Heheheheheh...
The irony is that his curse is the least of his problems.
Wind Named Amnesia sucks! Don't get it.
The best anime soundtracks are the .hack//sign 1 and 2 soundtracks and Kenshin/Samurai X soundtracks. Amazing stuff.
They're $50.
Really! Well it's in my Netflix que and if It looks bad I'll just press the eject button and send it back. That's one of the great things about Netflix. If you rent a stinker it doesn't set you back much so you don't feel pressured to watch it through to get your money's worth.
It starts off promising then it turns into crap. If you want a good short film like that, get Voices from a Distant Star.
I think Spirited Away is a truly great film. I rank it among my top 5 films of all time.
Thanks I've put that in my Netflix que. Due to the size of my que I'll probably get to watch it sometime after the year 2100.
Yeah mine's at a measly 205 right now.
I agree with him, I want a sword that looks decent AND is fully functional. Now THAT is practical.
Try these:
http://www.wondersnevercease.com/sword_armory/03kats/03dex.html
http://www.wondersnevercease.com/sword_armory/katanas/1070gt.htm
Something like these, plus some sword lessons would be sweet.
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