1st March 2004, 1:52 PM
Nope, hadn't even heard of it. Perhaps a synopsis is in order (without too many spoilers mind you). Oh yes, the concept of spoilers is kinda an American thing. In many countries, such as France, they go in knowing the whole story already and are there to see how it's executed. This also was the case with lots of old plays, which is why they had those handouts telling you the whole story beforehand when you go to them. Now, that in mind, I STILL hate spoilers because the difference is that movies made today are written with the idea that you don't know the story in mind.
An example of this culture clash is that in France, no one really liked The 6th Sense. I mean, when you know the entire plot from the start, that movie can't be an enjoyable experience.
Oh one other thing. To clarify even more, anime is actually many different styles, sharing only the fact that they are animated. There isn't just one way to draw cartoons. Anime just means "cartoon made in Japan", and it's pretty much slang outside Japan itself. Many different artists have different styles. There is the classic style that's used most in anime today that most people think of, but there's many others, for instance Dragon Ball (not talking quality of the show itself here, just showing an example of different styles) has a very different style than the "norm". Spirited Away, and other Miyazaki movies, also have a distinct style, sort of an "implied detail" thing rather than explicit detail. Further more, Final Fantasy Tactics, and other games I can think of, take that implied detail style to the extreme, lacking things like noses and eye sockets at times (not saying it's bad, because I really like that style). Basically, I'm being a huge nerd here and deciding to point out that the word "anime" is really a VERY broad term that only means "Japanese cartoon", and has nothing to do with style outside of that.
An example of this culture clash is that in France, no one really liked The 6th Sense. I mean, when you know the entire plot from the start, that movie can't be an enjoyable experience.
Oh one other thing. To clarify even more, anime is actually many different styles, sharing only the fact that they are animated. There isn't just one way to draw cartoons. Anime just means "cartoon made in Japan", and it's pretty much slang outside Japan itself. Many different artists have different styles. There is the classic style that's used most in anime today that most people think of, but there's many others, for instance Dragon Ball (not talking quality of the show itself here, just showing an example of different styles) has a very different style than the "norm". Spirited Away, and other Miyazaki movies, also have a distinct style, sort of an "implied detail" thing rather than explicit detail. Further more, Final Fantasy Tactics, and other games I can think of, take that implied detail style to the extreme, lacking things like noses and eye sockets at times (not saying it's bad, because I really like that style). Basically, I'm being a huge nerd here and deciding to point out that the word "anime" is really a VERY broad term that only means "Japanese cartoon", and has nothing to do with style outside of that.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)