Post by Barrigard on Jun 21, 2006 13:04:15 GMT -6
And by Japanese I mean ANIME*.
Yes, anime is horrible, anime makes you think you're azn and spend 30+$ on horrible dubbed DVD's from Suncoast and think its the greatest stuff since Pokemon.
Oh wait.
But who am I to be saying all of these weeabo blasphemies? Aren't I the founder of the HSE ANIME CLUB?
I sure am.
Now just listen for a bit and you'll see where the is going.
Historically anime has its roots in post-war Japanese society, where key wealthy animators studied the emerging animation techniques from the west. Up until the 70's anime was dominated by a few studios and directors who had the money and the means to distribute their product.
More and more animation studios began to pop up as the Japanese economy boomed in the 70's and 80's, as well as the development of TV stations and cable in every city. Soon more and more Japanese kids were exposed and with the rising wealth of the Japanese salary man these well educated artists were able to found and maintain successful animation studios.
The 70's were a hallmark time for anime which produced the still running TV franchise MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM (which today is equivalent to Star Trek in following), this was integral to the decade as it founded the genre of Science Fiction known as mecha.
It was at this point that anime began to enter the US import market.
However it was not until Katsuhiro Otomo's masterpiece Akira that the US anime 'scene' emerged from small, highly isolated groups of Beta-tape swapping collage students. Anime gained mainstream acceptance in Japanese society which was followed by a major boom in anime production and its Japanese subculture.
It was during the nineties that accessibility of a select number of successful anime series and movies from production companies who had the will to sell their product to dubbing companies stateside.
The underground status of anime in the business world of America was fading fast, more and more dub companies began to pop up and retailers would take notice. By 2002 mainstream anime had finally received its ticket into the consciousness of average American youth with the advent of the Adul t Swim programming schedule which aired new anime series that had not been previously associated with a big company marketing campaign (Pokemon, Dragonball Z, Sailor moon, Transformers).
Anime in America is now a cash cow in which tons of idiots are suckered into buying sub-par dubs at high prices for only a few influential series who had airtime on TV at some point.
If you found this article to be rushed and not very deep, then good.
I'll be posting reviews of currently running anime in Japan and my own scholarly opinions on the subjects and sub-groups that pertain to anime and the above article in good time.
Yes, anime is horrible, anime makes you think you're azn and spend 30+$ on horrible dubbed DVD's from Suncoast and think its the greatest stuff since Pokemon.
Oh wait.
But who am I to be saying all of these weeabo blasphemies? Aren't I the founder of the HSE ANIME CLUB?
I sure am.
Now just listen for a bit and you'll see where the is going.
Historically anime has its roots in post-war Japanese society, where key wealthy animators studied the emerging animation techniques from the west. Up until the 70's anime was dominated by a few studios and directors who had the money and the means to distribute their product.
More and more animation studios began to pop up as the Japanese economy boomed in the 70's and 80's, as well as the development of TV stations and cable in every city. Soon more and more Japanese kids were exposed and with the rising wealth of the Japanese salary man these well educated artists were able to found and maintain successful animation studios.
The 70's were a hallmark time for anime which produced the still running TV franchise MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM (which today is equivalent to Star Trek in following), this was integral to the decade as it founded the genre of Science Fiction known as mecha.
It was at this point that anime began to enter the US import market.
However it was not until Katsuhiro Otomo's masterpiece Akira that the US anime 'scene' emerged from small, highly isolated groups of Beta-tape swapping collage students. Anime gained mainstream acceptance in Japanese society which was followed by a major boom in anime production and its Japanese subculture.
It was during the nineties that accessibility of a select number of successful anime series and movies from production companies who had the will to sell their product to dubbing companies stateside.
The underground status of anime in the business world of America was fading fast, more and more dub companies began to pop up and retailers would take notice. By 2002 mainstream anime had finally received its ticket into the consciousness of average American youth with the advent of the Adul t Swim programming schedule which aired new anime series that had not been previously associated with a big company marketing campaign (Pokemon, Dragonball Z, Sailor moon, Transformers).
Anime in America is now a cash cow in which tons of idiots are suckered into buying sub-par dubs at high prices for only a few influential series who had airtime on TV at some point.
If you found this article to be rushed and not very deep, then good.
I'll be posting reviews of currently running anime in Japan and my own scholarly opinions on the subjects and sub-groups that pertain to anime and the above article in good time.