are they "too Japanese" ( i mean too related to japanese culture)
I really wanted to see "Spirited away" (well i think that is the title in english in spanish was something else) and when i saw it i didnt understand a thing. The same happened with Akira. I find the plots very twisted and they seem to be lacking of lineality as if the things that happen dont connect with what comes afterward.
2007-01-31 12:14:26 · 15 answers · asked by whoknows 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Comics & Animation
I think that you guessed it already....
Anime was designed to appeal to the Japanese culture, and many of the characters and plot lines are based on the ancient Japanese plays known as Kubuki. These plays have very distinctive characters who are dressed and wear makeup to identify them with traditional characters in Japanese theater.
2007-01-31 12:21:40 · answer #1 · answered by Gordon B 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Too Japanese-ish? Not really, there are many things with Japanese culture, but they can be easily understood once you know more about Japanese culture.
As for "Spirited Away".
It's an 'Alice in Wonderland' type of story, and people who read "Alice in Wonderland" know that it's hard to understand the story, due the fusion between the logical and the illogical in that story.
As for "Akira".
Well, it was meant to be weird and detached from the current modern day reality.
It's a 'The future's so dark, I gotta wear night vision goggles' thing.
As for most anime movies
Most anime movies I know can be understood, in some ways or another.
It should be noted that how much things can be easily understood usually related on how much target audiences they want to get.
TV series are usually more easily understood than movies.
2007-02-01 03:17:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yea they are real close to japanese
they are japanese movies by the way and anime mainly came from japan
you got the name right it is called "Sprited Away" i have the movie cause i love it ^_^! anyway heres some info
I would say that this film ia an adventure story even though there is no brandinshing of weapons or battles involing supernatural powers. However, this story is not a showdown between right and wrong. It is a story which the heroine will be thrown into a place where good and bad dwell together, and there she will experience the world. She will learn about friendship and devotion, and will survive by making full use of her brain. She sees herself through the crisis , avoids danger and gets herself back to the ordinary world somehow. She manages not because she has destroyed the 'evil,' but because she has acquired the ability to survive.
-------Hayao Miyazaki
The flim's setting is a hot springs bathhouse frequented by various Japanese gods and spirits. Miyazaki reflects, " I have some strnge impressions of Japaneses bathhouses dating from my youth. I always wanted to stage a flim in a strnge place, and I thought a bathhouse for gods would be even more fun. I suppose the gods of Japan go to a hot springs bath and resort to rest their bodies for a couple of days as we do. They want to stay there for a while longer, but they leave reluctantly when the weekend is over... Thinking this way is how I leave decided how the backgrounds and structures should look."
At the end of th film, Chihiro has tracsformed from an apathetic child to a confident young women. " Our story is one in which the natural strenghts of the character are revealed by the situations she encounters," Miyazaki concludes. " I wanted to show tht people actually have these things in them that can be called on when they find themselves in extrordinary circumstances. That is how I wish my young friends to be, and I think that this is also how they, themselves, hope to be."
phew that was alot
hope that helps you with "Spirited Away"
2007-01-31 14:26:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's just different then what we're used to. They try to fit so much info into one story it sometimes gets confusing. Anime is one of those things where your friends need to sit there and watch it with you to explain it to you every 20 minutes. Trust me, it gets clearer as you go through. I liked the movie Spirited Away, but like you said it was hard to understand especially in the middle of the movie. But try it out again, and see if you can get the story by the end. Good luck!
2007-01-31 12:24:25 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
well anime can be hard to understand but it just takes alot of attention paying and most anime stories are very spirtual and this is one reason some ppl have trouble getting them. anime also uses alot of symbolisim. just follow all the details closely and you should be ok. akira and spirited away are great movies. give em another try! japanese ideas work fine in english or whatever language you speak
2007-01-31 12:24:13 · answer #5 · answered by full metal 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It's because you have to be a true anime luver and expert!For an example a book starts from right not left,it's just a part of common sense.
2007-01-31 12:39:49 · answer #6 · answered by Sha Sha 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Anime films tend to be very fast paced so sometimes it can be very hard to follow along with plot and character developments.
2007-01-31 12:19:31 · answer #7 · answered by beatlesfanatic123456 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
awww. exactly why i luv being half japanese =)
living in japan for a while might help too...
but i guess, when i see movies from different cultures, i don't really get it.. gr
2007-01-31 13:59:59 · answer #8 · answered by :D 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
u have to pay attention ive Seen Spirited away the first time it is kinda hard to follow pay attetion they make sense
2007-01-31 12:19:18 · answer #9 · answered by female football player 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
they are harder to understand because it takes more than one brain cell to comprehend some of the concepts, unlike cartoons.
2007-01-31 17:39:24 · answer #10 · answered by veggie_85_16 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋