response to web article on international/ucla/asia website

[Rob_Hugo@PortNW]

This is in response to an article titled "Anime's Transnational Geekdom" found at the following website:
http://www.international.ucla.edu/asia/

I was under the misconception that manga and anime meant the same thing but after reading a web article focusing on anime I came away with a different understanding.
The article states that popular themes in anime concern “futuristic metropolises, fighting, romance, and the brush with fantasy.”

Also, according to the web article, the genre known as anime refers to animated comic books. Moreover, the article states that the incredible popularity for this creative form of expression in Japan has created a certain backlash.

The negative reaction to anime by some segments in Japanese society stems from two concerns: kids involvement with adults who also pursue anime, and the fear that if the parents do nothing their kids will eventually become one of those adults.

With regards to the former, it has become such a widespread concern in society that any adult who share the same passion in anime as kids are referred to as “Otaku”. In other words, the term is used to describe adults that pursue something seen as a being a strictly juvenile hobby.

And because there is this stigma associated with having an adult interest in anime Japanese parents then don’t want their kids to grow to be a “Otaku”. The article goes on to describe what parents are doing to combat this fear.

[clay dube]

Hi Walter and others,

Please put your comments on articles, websites, or films in the Asia in My Classroom forum.

Thanks.

[clay dube]

Walter and others may be interested in this report on manga:

http://www.asia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=10674

Leslie Evans begins his report, "Lynn Miyake, speaking at UCLA, analyzed the manga, or pop cartoon, versions of the famous eleventh-century Japanese novel The Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari). The juxtaposition -- and collision -- of the high-brow classical novel (whose author, Murasaki Shikibu, was a lady in the imperial court) and the definitely low-brow comic-book versions, in Professor Miyake's analysis became a way to appreciate not just how deeply this ancient novel has penetrated Japanese culture, but more fundamentally how paradigmatic elements of traditional Japanese culture are perpetuated and, in the process, refashioned."

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[Anonymous]

This is a wonderful way to find out what is going on in the Asian community. Over the summer I plan on attending more of these events, as well as the film festival.
Because of this website, I learned about the "Flower Drum Song" production at Kennedy High School in Santa Monica. The students did a great rendition of this wonderful Rodgers and Hammerstein musical. Keep these postings coming!

[Anonymous]

I know I have finished my 5 web resources (which I put in the other forum) but
current tv has a great 12 minute video called 3 Days in North Korea I found it very interesting. I was surprised at how much the North Koreans actually showed them- though they only went to the nice places in North Korea. If you can catch it, I certainly recommend that you do.

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