The warrior bunny is "Usagi Yojimbo" (http://www.usagiyojimbo.com/) - it's a
Japanese style comic by an American (there are quite a few of them).
As an aside "Anime" is animation - cartoons; "Manga" is comic books. People
that really like this stuff are "Otaku", but that can be an insulting term
as well (same as "geek" or "nerd"). You may want to stay away from "Hentai"
("perverted" - often graphically sexual material).
A decent glossary is here: http://animeworld.com/glossary.html Basically if
you google those terms you'll find more than you could ever read. ;^)
A decent review site is here: http://www.animecritic.com/index.html
For me the local group is here: http://neanime.org/ - the site is light, but
the people are good. I'm sure they'd be happy to answer any questions you
may have.
You might also hit your local comics shop - there are several companies
bringing Japanese Manga to the US and several magazines dedicated to the
hobby.
Much of the Anime brought to the US is of the giant-robot, "mech" type -
which is a shame since there's just so much of it out there. High drama,
comedy, romance, etc are all well populated in Japan.
To start with I'd try any of Hayao Miyazaki's work or, more generally,
anything by Studio Ghilbi. Disney has brought "Kiki's Delivery Service",
"Laptua", "Princess Mononoke" and "Spirited Away" to really good US DVD
releases - any of them are great. Another easy-to-find must see is "Akira"
- this was really the breakthrough film that brought modern anime into the
American eye.
Many great titles are easily available at most video stores like "Grave of
the Fireflies" and "Ghost in the Shell". Some older stuff to look for is
"The Venus Wars", "Neon Genesis", "Serial Experiements Lain", "Bubblegum
Crisis" and "Dominion: Tank Police" (very funny).
My current favorite tho' is "Metropolis". It's a not-quite anime style
movie (very old anime style with some rotoscoping and such - very
distinctive). The story is very well done but what really sold me was the
sound and music work. I've never seen a film with such seemingly bizarre
music choices work so well.
If you're lucky enough to have Comcast Digital cable with On Demand there's
an "Anime Network" selection (at least there is on mine) that offers dozens
of shows for free. Also Cartoon Network has two shows with some anime
"Toonami" and "Adult Swim" and TechTV (if you get it) also has regular Anime
blocks.
It's a very good, but very BIG hobby to get into. ;^)
Jim Davis
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From: dana tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 3:48 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: anime (Jim Davis?)
I know there are some anime fans on this list. I find myself in need of some
resources. Since I know very little except for the Ran mangas, the simpler
and more basic the better, probably. Drawing tutorials would be good too. I
have been offered bakaneko.com. which meets all of these criteria even
though the spelling errors bug me. Anyone know of anything else?
Also, Jim, if you have the url handy for that warrior bunny you posted a
while back, this would be of use to me...
Dana
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