tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6217237748301453397.post5281543782072747910..comments2024-03-12T12:51:06.301-04:00Comments on Shooting Star Dreamer: Why I Don't Agree with Hayao Miyazaki's Opinion on the Anime IndustryRekarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08802455822177114791noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6217237748301453397.post-34409621284942325872015-04-28T21:36:55.485-04:002015-04-28T21:36:55.485-04:00lol, she was being moderately defensive. everyone ...lol, she was being moderately defensive. everyone is entitled to their opinion don't you think? :) <br />I honestly adore Hayao Miyazaki, his movies mean so much to me. His opinions are interesting as well, I love how Chihiro's parents as pigs represent modern day Japenese (and Americans, I like to believe ^^) who mostly focus on food, eating and their food TV shows etc.<br />Anyway, I was a bit surprised when I read about his opinion on anime. Now I'm not sure what an Otaku is, but I used to be a passionate anime and manga reader and the thought of labeling all anime authors as unable to stand looking at other people seemed a bit judgmental. Mangakas struck me as sensitive people who perhaps tried to escape the harsh world they live in to create stories and characters that they would've loved to be in or to befriend...<br />Manga had beautiful values such as friendship and loyalty (fullmetal alchemist, one piece, dragon ball) and others were darker but still highly intellectual (death note, bloody Monday...). I find it understandable to want to drown in this beautiful world (although it can become harmful if people completely retract from reality, it might hurt them a great deal while stepping into adulthoot) and therefore harsh to judge and berate anime authors ^^Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6217237748301453397.post-23249253918393253922014-07-04T14:30:01.650-04:002014-07-04T14:30:01.650-04:00Thank you for commenting!
It's nice to see so...Thank you for commenting!<br /><br />It's nice to see someone on the opposite side of an opinion, I think both people can learn from interacting with each other!<br /><br />I have to agree on the point that there needs to be more diversity in anime. A friend of mine brought to my attention that we lack inspirational anime. He pointed out a select few from way back when, but I agreed that we need more. So I understand the need for some more diversity. I think there's a few really good anime hidden among the generic ones, but they're not all that easy to notice. <br /><br />I think its a little hard to make clear cut answers on something like this, since anime is interpreted different ways by different people. There's people who see the current anime as perfect, others who dislike it; it's hard to find common ground.<br /><br />I guess the saying I would use here is that, if something is not broken, we don't need to fix it. However, this shouldn't stop us from improving.<br /><br />(Apologies if I'm a little off on the subject, I wrote this a while back and don't remember everything 100%)http://shootingstardreamer.blogspot.com/logout?d=http://www.blogger.com/logout-redirect.g?blogID%3D6217237748301453397%26postID%3D5281543782072747910Rekarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08802455822177114791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6217237748301453397.post-79317744423196091862014-07-04T07:06:32.558-04:002014-07-04T07:06:32.558-04:00Let me start off by saying that i fall in the grou...Let me start off by saying that i fall in the group of people that absolutely do not like Moe, especially seeing as it is literally everywhere i turn. I agree with Miyazaki in this regard. Looking at the 2014 anime season, 99% of the anime that has come out is more or less exactly the same largely Moe stuff.<br /><br />As such i can see the points Miyazaki makes; anime doesn't need to be dark and heavy. And yes, there is no point in watching anime that is like real life when i am already living in the real world. But it can be different. it can be moe while appealing to different audiences.<br /><br />As it stands most of the stuff is the same and it feels like it caters towards one group of people. We want some diversity<br /><br />Great article though; the majority of the comments and articles i have read have wholeheartedly agreed with Miyazaki, and i was curious to see how someone could hold the opposite view and actually defend it.<br /><br />I should point out that the comments about otaku didn't bother. Where i live, the term otaku has no negative connotations and is in fact something one would like to be called. I didn't even know their was a negative meaning to otaku in japan till last month.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04944689409247430838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6217237748301453397.post-71641587341631211062014-03-01T14:17:57.354-05:002014-03-01T14:17:57.354-05:00Thank you very much! I feel we spend a lot of time...Thank you very much! I feel we spend a lot of time analyzing anime, and looking at the negative aspects...when we should be enjoying it.Rekarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08802455822177114791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6217237748301453397.post-30512566527049523572014-03-01T03:00:21.706-05:002014-03-01T03:00:21.706-05:00I totally agreed with you. Anime are meant to be e...I totally agreed with you. Anime are meant to be enjoyed in the end, and I appreciated thy for taking your time to write this. People that has such mindset like you are disappearing these days.Arisa Lucifiriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03757588122436188476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6217237748301453397.post-31324704108038749912014-02-20T14:03:25.271-05:002014-02-20T14:03:25.271-05:00"I urge you to take this post as you want; yo..."I urge you to take this post as you want; you may see it as the ranting of an otaku..." which it actually is, you've proven it the moment you went all defensive. I find it ridiculous how irrational and insecure "eastern otaku" become when they see what he has to say, especially since he is one of the last great creators that give animators rare chances to make movies entirely by hand, without computer graphics, that keep teaching them and actually gives them purposeful and paid jobs. <br /><br /><br />There was another post of this kind on animeyume.com, you might like to read it: http://animeyume.com/blog/2014/02/07/some-thoughts-on-the-miyazaki-interview/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com