Anime... that wonderful art form

Of late.. I have been on an Anime binge.
well... a lot of people do not seem to know exactly what anime is. Anime is a beautiful kind of japanese artform. People are typically drawn much more lifelike than anywhere else.. and great attention is paid to detail.. backgrounds..etc.

Some ppl find anime to be 'dirty'. The Japanese do tend to have a thing for girls in teeny dresses...in kinky poses. And... anime does tend to be more adult oriented than the typical western animations. However, the 'adult' anime is known as hentai... and is more like animated porn. Hentai...has its nice features.. but that isnt the point of this discussion. Basic anime has adult topics and is treated more like an average film is in holly/bolly wood. Love, sensuality, hatred and a myriad of other emotions are vividly shown. The characterization is simbly amazing at times. I mean...compared to my all time favourite tom n jerry... or duck-tales... etc, this seems to be so much more for me as an adult.

Anime has the power to move me. It doesnt matter that it is not real. The 'cartoons'..have the power to bring me almost to tears..or make me laugh my head off. Recently... I have seen "Ah, my goddess", "Kite"(a really well made hentai/anime mix..), Spirited Away..... and a few more.

Anime .. often comes as a TV series of around 12-26 episodes. This allows for greater plot and character development. The level of ingenuity displayed by these amazing artists and the amazingly creative worlds they create enthralls me. Many anime movies exist too. It all depends on the kind of story and the amount of detail needed.

Of late, I have been watching the series "Visions of Escaflowne". You can watch a trailer of the movie version here. I still have "Princess Mononoke" and "Memories" waiting to be watched... along with the multitude of other movies that I plan to watch but never get around to, even if they are handy;)

Of course, that does not mean that all anime is great. There is always bad anime (Like all those crappy movies). Thats why, I get my recommendations from here. Many anime TV shows can be downloaded. Some shows have been going on forever. Others.. have been converted to movies.

This blog.. was basically, to educate myself as well as others.. about the true nature of anime. My roommate, for one, cannot appreciate anime... or other east asian (mostly chinese) films. I, on the other hand, simply enjoy the crude humor, the funny translations and the great film making style . I am a big fan of Jet-Li (especially the kind of roles he likes to play... the funny hero...) and Jackie chan. Movies like Fong Sai Yuk... and Swordsman 2 are always a pleasure to watch.

As an art form, japanese anime films could never have been better. Latest technology mixed with a heady dose of creativity has resulted in some amazing animated classics. One has to watch them with an open mind, to see the beauty and the creativity oozing from them. If you still have your doubts, go ahead.. watch an anime film... Try it out. You will know... once you see.

Wonder if an essay this big would be good enough for the GRE. I doubt it. But oh well.. didnt want to read the word list .. so wrote this blog out. Most of the time, I only intend to write a few lines. But ... you see... I am too talkative.. even as a person. So, I HAVE to keep writing (just like I HAVE to keep talking). And the blogs get bigger .. n bigger.. n bigger.

Well.. If you have lasted this long through my blog, Thank You. And have a GREATT day. Really.