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residentgrigo
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DC continued to use the good old Akita staff until at least 2012, with the chase scene in Return of the Joker being THE standout. The TAS universe also had multiple anime homages:
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Ajc228
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While The Boondocks is certainly inspired by anime on an aesthetic level; it's a bit of a stretch to say it was referencing Samurai Champloo. It was directly referencing the classic Zatoichi the blind samurai film series.
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Splitter
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The opening credits on the other hand... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGk6jniRaN4 |
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Dark Absol
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Someone forgot about the Yu-Gi-Oh! hairdo from Kids Next Door.
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trilaan
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Definitely my favorite anime reference in American cartoons. |
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jymmy
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It doesn't beg the question. That makes no sense. It raises or invites the question. (It would also raise/invite the question of why LWA is even on the list, not "as to".) I'm watching everything on the list except Gintama (haven't seen the previous series), and with the addition of Kirakira Precure a la mode, but since the poll just asks what I'm watching and only lets me select five choices, I don't see a point in responding to it. |
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Magigreen
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Anyone else want to mention that the duck mecha in Regular Show is quite clearly Voltron/Go Lion?
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Kurohei
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Gravity Falls also had a few call outs.
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Kadmos1
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Don't forgot that Kaneda bike from "Akira" that appeared in The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy.
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MoonPhase1
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The Boondocks picture looks more like Afro Samurai with the headband and the afro.
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HeeroTX
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I was waiting for someone to note that. Also, referencing Afro Samurai seems more in line with MacGruder's MO. |
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leafy sea dragon
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The story he wanted to tell would've only been two seasons anyway--Disney requested a third season, but he turned it down because hedidn't want to drag the story out.
I don't think Kubo and the Two Strings was suggesting that blind = evil. Rather, it seems that sight is considered a hindrance in the moon kingdom. Bear in mind that the only people of the moon kingdom we see are the Moon King and his daughters. Nah, what bugged me was that the Moon King was defeated by spoiler[Kubo and the other villagers brainwashing him into becoming good]. Nevertheless, I really like the folktale kind of feel to it, and I think it was written intentionally in a made-up-as-it-went way to give it that feel (though not entirely so--there are tons of visual foreshadowing). I never saw Kappa Mikey, but I do remember it having a good-sized fanbase when it aired and was something of a cult show (not as big as Kids Next Door, but still bigger than Sanjay and Craig). Drawn Together was pretty good when it was new, but for each passing season, they relied more on shock humor and mean-spiritedness. I think someone on the writing team had issues, because the more people complained on sites like TV.com that the show was going too far and was no longer funny, the more intense it became.
I wonder if that's a jab at some of their fellow Hollywood people (well, Burbank) who don't know what anime is. That was how I felt sometimes. |
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Cetais
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Joe Mello
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I feel like it's a worthwhile reminder that the Pokemon TV series started in 1997. Its impact on Western culture plus the effect of the Internet and globalization created a tolerance/acceptance for anime, and now we can fully see the effects of that on display with each new series.
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Jose Cruz
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Well, considering that Japan produces 60% of the animation in the world I am actually surprised by how little Western and specially American animation references Japanese animation: thing is that no matter how much Japenese animation has impacted that lifes of North American animators it hasn't the same impact on casual viewers of Western animation.
Now, to talk about "tolerance" and "acceptance" in regards to foreign art shows how little globalization has impacted culture vis a vis the economy: Japanese and Korean cars are much, much more "accepted" in the US than Japanese and Korean pop culture are. |
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