Forum - View topicNEWS: Magic Tree House Books' 2012 Film Confirmed as Anime
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FMAvatard
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Words can't express how excited I am.
 I can only pray they bring this stateside; I'll see it with my little sister in a heartbeat.
January of 2012, though. Huh. I guess for now everything will be still. Absolutely still... |
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Redlinks
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Sweet! I'm hoping to study abroad in Japan around that time, so hopefully I'll get to see it while I'm there!
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Sea Lion
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My godchild is currently reading those books. I got him one for Christmas.
It would be cool to share some anime with him. He plays with Bakugan, but I don't know if he watches the corresponding anime. If they do bring this stateside, I have to wonder whether American kids would accept it, considering the art and the story will be changed. |
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Happiness for Subaru
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Cool! I remember reading those when I was younger. Looking forward to it.
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doctordoom85
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WIN. I loved this book series as a kid, can't wait for this and Borrowers.
Hmm, if they keep animating the book series I loved when I was younger, than logically a full Animorphs anime series is next. 
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enurtsol
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Japan is running out of ideas that they have to get it out of an American children's book.
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Chrno2
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Wow, this looks interesting. Hopefully we'll see a screening. I'm looking forward to it.
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chocoburger
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Okay, I'll probably be the only person who points this out because just about everyone else accepts the "if it's not Japanese, it's not anime" thing. Why do we care if the animators are Japanese or not?
"The Japanese film distributor Gaga confirmed during the Tuesday press conference for its 2011-2012 movie lineup that the Magic Tree House fantasy adventure film is being produced by Japanese animators." So it sounds like people were really thinking, "Oh dear, they're making a show based on an American book series? Is this a 'cartoon' or an anime? Oh, the animators are Japanese? Good! Then it's an anime!" Riddle me this. Suppose a bunch of Japanese-Americans made an animated show. Which would it be: a cartoon or an anime? 
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Gyt Kaliba
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@ chocoburger - To me, it depends on where it was made for. That new Thundercats? It was made for here, so anime animation or not, I look at it as a cartoon. This though? It's being made for Japan first, so I look at it as anime. That's just me though.
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Hell. To. The. YEAH! I'm hoping something new will happen with the franchise at least, what with the re-printing of the books starting up in May. |
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reanimator
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I know exactly how you feel. Animation drawn by Japanese Americans? I would call it anime. Why? It doesn't got to with ethnicity, but the word itself. From what I read, Japanese describes all forms of animation as Anime. LIke Disney Anime. As you know, the word is Anime is derived from Anime-e-shion or Animation in English. The actual definition of the word "Anime" has been twisted by English speaking fans to distinguish Japanese-made animation from other forms of animation. The blame goes to the fans who wanted to distinguish their subculture from the others. You know what? Let's call anime as Japanese cartoons. Anime means cartoon in Japan anyway. |
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Genet
Posts: 261 Location: USA |
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Aw hell this is awesome. CHILDHOOD GO
Also, they should adapt it into a manga...I'd buy it so fast... |
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RestLessone
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Eh, I still am not to big on the kids' designs. I think they'd be more appealing if they were more realistic.
You're right; it doesn't have to do with ethnicity. But because it is a loanword, it has different connotations than its original meaning. Outside of Japan, it refers specifically to Japanese animation. It's in the same vein as manga being Japanese comics or manhua being Chinese comics. Western artists don't call their work "manga" because it means comics. They call it that because they feel it's an art style (which it isn't) and they have borrowed heavily from it. Only when translation is applied to we get anime=animation=everything animated. No Westerner is going to describe Rugrats or Toy Story as anime. In terms of a loanword definition, anime has more to do with the intended audience and production studios. While there are gray areas, such as the Marvel properties, most of it can be tagged as anime or not based on where it has been released first. |
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Yuki_Kun45
Exempt from Grammar Rules
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WOW! It's been a long time since I've read these books now it's coming to anime. I used to imagine the voices of Tai and Kari from Digimon's American dub way back in the day how fitting now it is an anime
if this does get a dub it probably be done by a big wig like Disney so wouldn't count on those two dubbing it but oh well. I'll see it if it comes state side.
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malvarez1
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Memories. I may have to watch the film.
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ZipZapZopTitania
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Oh. My. Freaking. Sweet. Mother. Of. Shiitake. Mushrooms. IT'S AN ANIME. IT'S AN ANIME. This took up about a third of my elementary school years. Dear gawd IT'S AN ANIME what the duck.
^^All I can process right now. I didn't even know they were making a movie, much less...THIS. 
But...are Jack and Annie chibis or something? 
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