[kj] (OT) Anime (and illness... )

[Jim Harper]

Thanks for your concern T., and thanks to everyone else for their support.
   
  I saw Memories a few weeks ago, and I enjoyed the second segment too. All three were of a high standard, although for various reason I didn't connect with the third one.
   
  I'll never understand the Japanese attitude to English subtitles. It's been pointed out repeatedly to the distributors that putting English subtitles on the discs would help promote sales abroad, particularly of classics like Ozu and Mizoguchi, as well as anime and more popular material. One friend raised this issue in person with an executive for a DVD company, only to be told that there was no call for Japanese films abroad! Astonishing.
   
  Jim.

death wish <dwish2000 at hotmail.com> wrote:
  Jim,

Sorry to hear about the osteoporosis.

I just watched Ghost in The Shell for the first time over the weekend - I 
was living in Japan when it came out, and never got around to seeing it (a 
frustration with living over there, is the lack of English subtitles on 
Japanese stuff.)

I HIGHLY recommend Memories.

Here's a description:

A collection of shorts by Katsuhiro Otomo. The first, Magnetic Rose, is 
about a group of space salvagers who respond to a distress call and find a 
lavish space mansion. The second, Stink Bomb, is about a young man who takes 
an experimental cold pill, and becomes a living disaster as his body exudes 
an odious green cloud. The last is "Cannon Fodder," about a boy who lives 
out his life in a vaguely Orwellian world, fighting a distant, invisible, 
enemy.

I prefer the second two of the three shorts, and I think any KJ'er would dig 
them too. It's about 90 minutes total, and got fairly wide dvd distribution 
last year so shouldn't be hard to track down.

As far as series go, I've been enjoying Planetes, about a group of space 
debris-collection workers in the not too distant future.

T.




>From: Jim Harper 
>Reply-To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the 
>band!)"
>To: Gathering 
>Subject: [kj] (OT) Anime (and illness... )
>Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 17:55:46 +0000 (GMT)
>
>Hello people
>
> Since the Gathering is the font of all knowledge, I thought I'd look to 
>you fine gentlemen (and ladies) for a little assistance.
>
> I've been interested in anime for a while now, but it's often hard to 
>pin down decent series or films without advice from someone else. Do any of 
>the assembled company have any particular favourites? I've been through the 
>majority of Studio Ghibli (Hiyao Miyazaki & Isao Takahashi) efforts, and 
>I'm a big fan of Mamoru Oshii (Ghost in the Shell, Avalon) and Satoshi Kon 
>(Perfect Blue, Millenium Actress).
>
> As far as series go, I enjoyed the first Ghost in the Shell series and 
>loved Paranoia Agent. I've just started ploughing through Neon Genesis 
>Evangelion, which is fairly pulpy stuff but entertaining nonetheless. 
>Obviously Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh! and Dragonball are right out (although I have 
>to see them all because of the kids), but are there any others worth 
>tracking down?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jim.
>
> P.S. I've just been diagnosed with osteoporosis. At age 30. Ain't life 
>grand?
>
>
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