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Paprika the latest from satoshi kon: hell yes
« on: March 05, 2007, 04:04:14 PM »
Best animation movie director makes a new movie! Can't wait!

Trailer:

http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony/paprika/trailer/



looks completely different from typical kon fare
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Re: Paprika the latest from satoshi kon: hell yes
« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2007, 04:05:15 PM »
Sounds gay.

Looks gay.

Smells gay.

....

Its gotta be animu.
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« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2007, 04:06:03 PM »
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Re: Paprika the latest from satoshi kon: hell yes
« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2007, 04:07:21 PM »
evilbore + anime = hate

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Re: Paprika the latest from satoshi kon: hell yes
« Reply #4 on: March 05, 2007, 04:10:31 PM »
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i'm pretty sure hearing that come from you of all people means a thing
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Re: Paprika the latest from satoshi kon: hell yes
« Reply #5 on: March 05, 2007, 04:40:28 PM »
lol anime lol
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Re: Paprika the latest from satoshi kon: hell yes
« Reply #6 on: March 05, 2007, 04:48:34 PM »
lol
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Re: Paprika the latest from satoshi kon: hell yes
« Reply #7 on: March 05, 2007, 04:52:14 PM »
I like the art.
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Re: Paprika the latest from satoshi kon: hell yes
« Reply #8 on: March 05, 2007, 09:42:33 PM »
A friend of mine caught one of the Los Angeles screenings last fall, he's not a fan of anime, but said it's got a great visual style.

It has to be better than Tokyo Godfathers... what a piece of crap.
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Re: Paprika the latest from satoshi kon: hell yes
« Reply #9 on: March 06, 2007, 11:14:25 PM »
From AoD:

An update at DVD Drama in France is reporting that Satoshi Kon's Paprika will arrive on DVD and Blu-ray on 06/20/2007. Paprika is distributed by Sony in the US and appears to be involved with its distribution in France. Sony's current policy is that their films, if out of theatrical distribution, will be all-region on Blu-ray. They also design their releases to be "ported" between regions with relative ease, which means there is a very good chance of this being a US release this summer.

Kon on Blu-Ray! Hell yes!
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Re: Paprika the latest from satoshi kon: hell yes
« Reply #10 on: March 06, 2007, 11:16:36 PM »
WTF it's rated R?

Trailer is downloading now
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Re: Paprika the latest from satoshi kon: hell yes
« Reply #11 on: March 06, 2007, 11:37:45 PM »
Satoshi Kon is the anime dude you don't have to feel ashamed to like.

Perfect Blue was like the best anime Brian De Palma ever directed.

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Re: Paprika the latest from satoshi kon: hell yes
« Reply #12 on: March 06, 2007, 11:50:11 PM »
looks fucking cool.  is it getting dubbed? 

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« Reply #13 on: March 06, 2007, 11:52:24 PM »
looks fucking cool.  is it getting dubbed? 

Sony doesn't typically dub foreign films, but you never know. The film screened in Los Angeles last fall in Japanese with English subtitles.
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Re: Paprika the latest from satoshi kon: hell yes
« Reply #14 on: March 06, 2007, 11:53:37 PM »
Holy shit that was a very good trailer. It looked very interesting, very unique, etc. Visually stunning
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« Reply #15 on: March 06, 2007, 11:56:54 PM »
What's with the blatant J. Jonah Jameson ripoff?



:rofl Originality my ass.
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Re: Paprika the latest from satoshi kon: hell yes
« Reply #16 on: March 07, 2007, 12:00:53 AM »
Himu: "I hate japafags" tsc tsc :wag


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Re: Paprika the latest from satoshi kon: hell yes
« Reply #17 on: March 07, 2007, 12:30:13 AM »
WTF it's rated R?

Trailer is downloading now

all satoshi kon movies are rated r
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« Reply #18 on: March 07, 2007, 12:30:41 AM »
Himu: "I hate japafags" tsc tsc :wag



What? Goddamn you're an ignorant cunt. I fucking hate you.
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« Reply #19 on: March 07, 2007, 12:32:45 AM »
A friend of mine caught one of the Los Angeles screenings last fall, he's not a fan of anime, but said it's got a great visual style.

It has to be better than Tokyo Godfathers... what a piece of crap.

I liked Tokyo Godfathers. It was no Perfect Blue but still own.

Satoshi Kon is the anime dude you don't have to feel ashamed to like.

Perfect Blue was like the best anime Brian De Palma ever directed.

I love the tag line on the Perfect Blue cover "Alfred Hitchock if he worked at Disney" or some shit. Awesome movie.
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« Reply #20 on: March 07, 2007, 12:37:44 AM »
WTF it's rated R?

Trailer is downloading now

all satoshi kon movies are rated r

Perfect Blue -- R
Millenium Actress -- PG
Tokyo Godfathers -- PG-13
Paprika -- R

I was really letdown by Tokyo Godfathers, can't really tell you why, I just felt it lacked the magic of Millenium Actress (best Kon film to date), Paranoia Agent and Perfect Blue.
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« Reply #21 on: March 07, 2007, 12:38:44 AM »
Himu: "I hate japafags" tsc tsc :wag

What? Goddamn you're an ignorant cunt. I fucking hate you.

Oh, shit! :rofl
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« Reply #22 on: March 07, 2007, 12:42:48 AM »
WTF it's rated R?

Trailer is downloading now

all satoshi kon movies are rated r

Perfect Blue -- R
Millenium Actress -- PG
Tokyo Godfathers -- PG-13
Paprika -- R

I was really letdown by Tokyo Godfathers, can't really tell you why, I just felt it lacked the magic of Millenium Actress (best Kon film to date), Paranoia Agent and Perfect Blue.

wtf i thought they were rated r. Particularly Tokyo Godfathers. Are their ratings on the back of the dvd boxes?

Paranoia Agent was an amazing tv series. It got kinda silly at one point, but it was still great.
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Re: Paprika the latest from satoshi kon: hell yes
« Reply #23 on: March 07, 2007, 01:00:25 AM »
What are they rated R for?
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Himu

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« Reply #24 on: March 07, 2007, 01:04:36 AM »
mature content and themes



It is amazing. And I hate how majority of EB wouldn't give these flicks a chance because they're animu lol
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Re: Paprika the latest from satoshi kon: hell yes
« Reply #25 on: March 07, 2007, 01:07:30 AM »
is animu a real term or just a drinky thing?

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« Reply #26 on: March 07, 2007, 01:13:29 AM »
drinky thing.

animu is a definition for extremely stereotypical anime like big double d tits on 12 years and bull crap like that.

The stuff we try to discuss ain't animu tho, but legitimate and high quality shit (DBZ aside). Drinky has no thing against anime or manga. In fact, we talk about One Piece in spurts around these parts.
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« Reply #27 on: March 07, 2007, 01:20:06 AM »
Paranoia Agent was an amazing tv series. It got kinda silly at one point, but it was still great.

I can see how Westerners can find Paranoia Agent silly at times, but it's actually a very scathing social commentary on Japanese society since the bombing of Hiroshima. Even though I was a Psych/Soc. double major in college, I took a lot of history courses for fun, including one on post-war Japan. A lot of the things I learned about really resonated in PA. If you're interested in reading a fascinating analysis of the show, check out the following article:

http://www.nichibeitimes.com/articles/artsent.php?subaction=showfull&id=1155242640&archive=&start_from=&ucat=3&
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« Reply #28 on: March 07, 2007, 01:24:07 AM »
distant, speaking of interesting traumatic events for post war japan have you heard of this manga collection?

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Starred Review. The second volume of Drawn and Quarterly's ambitious reprinting of selected works by manga master Tatsumi picks up where the first left off. This outing once again showcases Tatsumi's pitch-perfect psychodramas, but this time with stories that are a bit more ambitious and sure-footed. Tatsumi more or less invented his own genre, making compelling manga out of everyday moments that otherwise pass unnoticed. His characters are anonymous faces we pass on the street, and he gives them an unsuspected inner life. In the opening story an artist for children's stories discovers a new, sinister vocation until he's found out. In another story a man is held captive by a woman who blames all men for her own psychological (and physical) scars. And in still another, an old man, once a proud business owner, returns to his derelict office day after day, despite the end of his company. Tatsumi lends all of these characters sympathetic voices through his minimal dialogue and deft line work. No one captures urban Japan quite like Tatsumi?even the streets feel nuanced. This collection of seminal work by a comics master is essential reading for anyone interested in the artistic development of the medium. (Aug.)
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*Starred Review* The stories in editor Tomine's second collection of this groundbreaking comics creator originally appeared in 1970, when Japan had recovered from the psychic setback of World War II and embarked on its "economic miracle." Tatsumi reveals, however, a segment of Japanese society that remained defeated, made up of weary, emasculated, working-class men, often paired with resentful women. In the title story, a frustrated truck driver taking care of his decrepit, demanding mother reaches his limit. In others, a disgraced businessman returns to his deserted office every day, long after the company has gone under, and a burned-out children's manga artist turns his talents to more disreputable pursuits. It's hard not to read an autobiographical element into that last one, related to the fact that Tatsumi combined the words for drama and art to coin a term,gekiga, for his work to set it apart from comics aimed at children. His powerful drawing style depicts the characters with a starkness and simplicity that matches what is presented of their lives and conjures a convincing urban milieu through detailed backdrops. These decades-old tales are unlike anything published in the U.S. before or since, and it's gratifying that America is now finally catching up with Tatsumi's genius. Gordon Flagg
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Re: Paprika the latest from satoshi kon: hell yes
« Reply #29 on: March 07, 2007, 07:53:39 AM »
lolz, Himu loves his stinkin' animu more than naked men. :spin
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« Reply #30 on: March 07, 2007, 07:55:40 AM »
Himu: "I hate japafags" tsc tsc :wag



What? Goddamn you're an ignorant cunt. I fucking hate you.

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« Reply #31 on: March 07, 2007, 08:30:57 AM »

"Anime? Awesome."



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« Reply #32 on: March 07, 2007, 11:09:03 AM »
Get that shit out of this thread.
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« Reply #33 on: March 07, 2007, 12:58:57 PM »
Get that shit out of this thread.
I am far from the first person to reply bashing anime in this thread

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« Reply #34 on: March 07, 2007, 01:01:36 PM »
So? Everyone else is fine with it. If you don't like anime, don't post in anime threads or other wise you'll just look like an ignorant cunt like Christopher, if you don't already.
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« Reply #35 on: March 07, 2007, 01:36:18 PM »
So? Everyone else is fine with it. If you don't like anime, don't post in anime threads or other wise you'll just look like an ignorant cunt like Christopher, if you don't already.
come on this is eb, not gaf

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« Reply #36 on: March 07, 2007, 01:38:12 PM »
Everyone else has been respectful and not pig headed enough to come and spam this thread with cosplayers as if it's relevant.

Ignorant cunt, stay out of this thread please.
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« Reply #37 on: March 07, 2007, 01:42:12 PM »
So? Everyone else is fine with it. If you don't like anime, don't post in anime threads or other wise you'll just look like an ignorant cunt like Christopher, if you don't already.
come on this is eb, not gaf

eb has been differently even since my arrival.  anime is a serous topic now.   :punch :punch :punch

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Re: Paprika the latest from satoshi kon: hell yes
« Reply #38 on: March 07, 2007, 01:51:53 PM »
While I have my own negative reservations about anime, most of them were destroyed last year when I actually watched a few. When people think of anime they automatically think of shit like DBZ, which is a problem.

Castle in the Sky is one of the best animated movies I've ever seen. The musical score is brilliant. Princess Mononoke is another anime that's just amazing no matter how you spin things: it's an action/adventure anime with intelligence and meaning. Spirited Away is another beautiful movie that sucks you in.

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« Reply #39 on: March 07, 2007, 01:54:39 PM »
Watch these movies PD:

Castle of Cagliostro
Grave of the Fireflies
Perfect Blue
Millinium Actress
Mind Game

You can rent all of those at a local blockbuster except mind game, in which i will help you pirate

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« Reply #40 on: March 07, 2007, 01:55:13 PM »
I would never bash Miyazaki he is cool. But anime is basically a silly little guilty pleasure that many people treat as such and that is fine. The second anyone tries to compare anime to great films or other high entertainment art then something is wrong.

It's like trying to get people to take kaiju or kung-fu films seriously. It will never happen and that is just a fact of life.

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« Reply #41 on: March 07, 2007, 01:56:09 PM »
He's an exception because you're a dumbass, and as I said, and ignorant cunt, simply because the mainstream media sucks his proverbial overrated (yet still a good director) dick when there are other directors out there that make just as good film or tv series or whatever as miyazaki. But since you're an ignorant cunt, you have to blast all anime as if they're 12 year olds with double d tittays, which is annoying.

get out of this thread cigarillo.
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« Reply #42 on: March 07, 2007, 01:58:24 PM »
He is the Kurosawa of anime, the only one to break into mainstream acceptance.

Kurosawa is the only real director of live action japanese films to gain widespread respect, the rest is seen as kaiju nonsense and samurai silly films.

It is just a fact of life you have to understand, anime outside of Miyazaki will be seen as childs stuff by the general public and the media. It is nothing to get defensive about, its a fact of life.

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« Reply #43 on: March 07, 2007, 01:58:35 PM »
I would never bash Miyazaki he is cool. But anime is basically a silly little guilty pleasure that many people treat as such and that is fine. The second anyone tries to compare anime to great films or other high entertainment art then something is wrong.

It's like trying to get people to take kaiju or kung-fu films seriously.

Well...yeah. Anime fans do themselves a disfavor when they attempt to compare great anime to great movies. But that doesn't make it irrelevent in terms of art or film. Snow White is considered to be one of the best films of all time.
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« Reply #44 on: March 07, 2007, 02:00:17 PM »
Of course, i am just saying Himu's has got to stop being defensive. Anime outside of one director is seen as trash and there are many "fans" who make this view seem truthful(cosplayers, naruto freaks, etc) and he has to realize that is how all anime will be seen but a select few and has to accept that and not get upset when people bring it up. It is considered a "negative" and "weird" to enjoy anime by like 95% of the adult population and has to learn that a hobby of his is something strongly, strongly looked down upon and has to live with that.

It's a view that has been a stereotype on all Asian media since the end of WWII and likely is not going away.
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« Reply #45 on: March 07, 2007, 02:06:41 PM »
It's not "one" director, come on.

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« Reply #46 on: March 07, 2007, 02:08:15 PM »
I am  not talking about the internet here, I am talking the general everyday american family. Has anything other than him broke the barrier? Outside of the saturday morning/cartoon network shit?

I can't think of any.

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« Reply #47 on: March 07, 2007, 02:08:53 PM »
No, the thing that gets me is that we shit on horrible cliche' anime all the time, but when we talk about highly touted anime you always consider it to be animu and don't even bother getting it a chance, making it annoying when we're trying to actually discuss something serious like Paprika.
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« Reply #48 on: March 07, 2007, 02:09:18 PM »
I am  not talking about the internet here, I am talking the general everyday american family. Has anything other than him broke the barrier? Outside of the saturday morning/cartoon network shit?

I can't think of any.

broke what barrier
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« Reply #49 on: March 07, 2007, 02:10:38 PM »
I am  not talking about the internet here, I am talking the general everyday american family. Has anything other than him broke the barrier? Outside of the saturday morning/cartoon network shit?

I can't think of any.

broke what barrier
the barrier of being accepted and highly regarded by the public at large. Everything else other than him by the everyday american is "lol animu" to the public


like how Kurosawa is the only live-action japanese director to do this and not be seen as "lol kaiju" or "lol samurai"

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« Reply #50 on: March 07, 2007, 02:14:54 PM »
He is the Kurosawa of anime, the only one to break into mainstream acceptance.

Kurosawa is the only real director of live action japanese films to gain widespread respect, the rest is seen as kaiju nonsense and samurai silly films.

It is just a fact of life you have to understand, anime outside of Miyazaki will be seen as childs stuff by the general public and the media. It is nothing to get defensive about, its a fact of life.

Then how come the movie Grave of the Fireflies, directed by Isao Takahata showed critics that viable and mature animation was possible. Grave is not only considered a wonderful movie, it's considered one of the best war films of all time. That's not Miyazaki. Ghost in the Shell isn't Miyazaki, but that was one of the first anime films to break the ground. Akira wasn't Miyazaki, and it was one of the pioneers. Perfect Blue isn't Miyazaki.

Once again you show you know nothing. Studio Ghibli, Miyazaki's studio is the most revered anime studio, but to say they are the only source of mature animated film content that people celebrate is nothing short of ignorance.
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« Reply #51 on: March 07, 2007, 02:15:09 PM »
I am  not talking about the internet here, I am talking the general everyday american family. Has anything other than him broke the barrier? Outside of the saturday morning/cartoon network shit?

I can't think of any.

broke what barrier
the barrier of being accepted and highly regarded by the public at large. Everything else other than him by the everyday american is "lol animu" to the public


like how Kurosawa is the only live-action japanese director to do this and not be seen as "lol kaiju" or "lol samurai"

Why is that? From the previews of his movies they all seem extremely campy and extremely cheesy, like like "lol samurai" shit. Of course stylistically they are great, and like I said I've only seen clips, but why the fuck is he herelded? For being "the first"?
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« Reply #52 on: March 07, 2007, 02:16:14 PM »
Being first to do what?

Miyazaki isn't anime's Kurosawa. Anime's Kurosawa was around long before him.
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« Reply #53 on: March 07, 2007, 02:17:32 PM »
I am  not talking about the internet here, I am talking the general everyday american family. Has anything other than him broke the barrier? Outside of the saturday morning/cartoon network shit?

I can't think of any.

broke what barrier
the barrier of being accepted and highly regarded by the public at large. Everything else other than him by the everyday american is "lol animu" to the public


like how Kurosawa is the only live-action japanese director to do this and not be seen as "lol kaiju" or "lol samurai"

Why is that? From the previews of his movies they all seem extremely campy and extremely cheesy, like like "lol samurai" shit. Of course stylistically they are great, and like I said I've only seen clips, but why the fuck is he herelded? For being "the first"?

Dude, Castle in the Sky and Princess Mononoke and co. are Miyazaki films.
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« Reply #54 on: March 07, 2007, 02:19:40 PM »
I know. I'm talking about Kurosawa
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« Reply #55 on: March 07, 2007, 02:22:11 PM »
Ah.

Miyazaki is not as influential or as revered as Osamu Tezuka, who's influence still lives today and basically created anime/manga/whatever the fuck. Fuck Miyazaki. I like him and all, but Jesus Christ the Miyazaki dick sucking is annoying
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« Reply #56 on: March 07, 2007, 02:23:19 PM »
He is not loved for being the first, he is considered in fil,m circles to be one of the greatest directors of all time and seven samurai is mentioned in the same breath as citizen kane most of the time. Not even 2001 has that respect. I think the film is somewhat over-rated(Seven Samurai) but I understand why it is known as probably one of the 3 most important films in the history of cinema.


And Himu Tezuka's work is NOWHERE near as well known as Miyazaki's work in America.

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« Reply #57 on: March 07, 2007, 02:26:55 PM »
Miyazaki is the only house hold name in the US. People may not know his name but they know his work. It's like how many Americans think Lucas is an amazing director due to Star Wars lol
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« Reply #58 on: March 07, 2007, 02:28:03 PM »
I'm pretty positive more people know about Astroboy;etc. than Princess Mononoke

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« Reply #59 on: March 07, 2007, 02:29:15 PM »
I'm pretty positive more people know about Astroboy;etc. than Princess Mononoke
I am pretty sure more american familes watched his films than astroboy. Knowing of something and watching and enjoying something are vastly different things. Everyone knows of DBZ but that doesnt make it well respected.