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Tony K.
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As some of you may know, I'm doing a project for my technical writing class that's due in April. In the paper, I was going to have a section talking about how anime differs from American cartoons and live action movies.
But I need a really good movie to use as an example. I'm sure a Miyazaki film would work, but are there any others? I'm trying to look for something with "Academy Award" calibur content. It doesn't have to be new either, but something I can buy on DVD and find pictures of to use as my accompanying illustrations. Thanks. EDIT: Here are links to the other threads: animenewsnetwork.com/bbs/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=5493 animenewsnetwork.com/bbs/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=5584 Last edited by Tony K. on Wed Feb 04, 2004 12:43 pm; edited 2 times in total |
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ShellBullet
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Um, not Miyazaki, but close: Grave of the Fireflies. You can't possibly go wrong.
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SharinganKakashi
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Cowboy Bebop movie, Knockin' On Heaven's Door. It had good animation, a good story, and a good part of an excellent series.
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BakaNekoDain
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Hmm I think that Ninja Scroll would fall into this category, beautiful animation with an award winning story.
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Ramiel_X
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Perfect Blue is always a winner.
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Nagisa
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Well...does it really have to be a movie? If I could suggest a short series, Haibane Renmei would hit the mark very well. Unconventional, and extremely well done.
As for movies, beyond Miyazaki, X might be good for pure artistic value, and Ghost in the Shell might work for both the visuals and the interpretation of the original story. Jin-Roh would be another great choice. Then there's always AKIRA you could fall back on. The aforementioned Grave of the Fireflies & Perfect Blue are probably better options, though. |
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Nuriko-chan
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I also agree with Haibane Renmei.
As for movies, I'd choose Princess Mononoke. It's my favorite of Miyazaki's movies. |
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Tony K.
Subscriber Moderator Posts: 11447 Location: Frisco, TX |
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No. I suppose a series could work too, but I can't really think of any. Tell me a little more about this Haibane Renmei. What did it give you that set it so much apart from other anime? |
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Tempest
 I Run this place.ANN Publisher  Posts: 10463 Location: Do not message me for support. |
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I would have to strongly second this. Perfect Blue is a very good film, but more importantly, it was ground breaking in its mature and psychological storyline. |
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Tony K.
Subscriber Moderator Posts: 11447 Location: Frisco, TX |
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OK, then. I think a friend of mine has Grave of the Fireflies, so I can borrow that from him. And since there's a lot of praise over Perfect Blue, I guess I'll go and check that out too. Thanks everyone. If you have anymore movies or series that can go with these titles, feel free to keep adding them. |
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Nagisa
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anime#1871 That provides a good enough synopsis. As best as I can describe it, Haibane Renmei is just an extremely beautiful series. It's very touching, amazingly well-written, and among both anime and Western entertainment alike it's quite atypical. I think Zac puts it better in his review than I am right now, actually, so I'll just post the link to that: roc.animenewsnetwork.com/reviews/display.php?id=530 |
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L337Llama
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Im surprised nobody has mentioned Eavngelion. It'd definately be something hard to write about, though it is something that with the way it is, it wouldn't work in other forms.
I haven't seen them yet, but I have heard a lot of good stuff for Millenium Actress (made by the guy who did Perfect Blue btw) and Lain. I thought Grave of the Fireflies was an incredible movie. I got the dvd that's a remaster with really clean animation and audio, and the special stuff is really good because there are a bunch of segments on the production and other themes of the movie. That stuff would probably help with the paper. Watch that version if you can. |
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gnollman
 Posts: 535 Location: Richmond, KY |
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Heh heh.... Cat Soup. If you're after an 'arthouse' film.... this is it.
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Proman
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Please tell me you're being sarcastic. Ninja Scroll is a great movie with terrific action but you can hardly call it's story "award winning"  .
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lianncoop
Past ANN Contributor
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Wasn't Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust nominated for something...?
I dunno...I think the Samurai X: Trust & Betrayal OAVs were really, really well done. I thought Voices of a Distant Star was really beautiful, too. |
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