not my fandom shenanigans

[rm]

I do not have animation receptor sites. But Patty made me watch some of Yami no Matsuei last night, to which my reactions are as follows:

- Is that a boy or a girl?
- One of the one's with glasses is totally cute
- CINNABON!
- I can hear the keyboards clicking! (obvious pairings are obvious)
- Hey, is that Lucius Malfoy?
- "The mouth is the source of all disaster!"

So the adventure shall continue.

Comments

[rm.livejournal.com]

I can think the art is really beautiful, especially in terms of still frames, but it almost never moves me emotionally. I never can just accept the characters as they are in animated form -- to me they are always representations of live action, and so animation feels... diluted to me, I guess is the right word. I don't get how to engage with it, without extrapolating it out to a more physical world. And, to sort of reference some of the scholarship I do -- I feel like with live-action fiction or books, it's easy to emotionally pull characters into our real world; whereas with animation I'm more obligated to step into that world, which is something I don't know how to do.

[jigglykat.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, interesting. Sorry if I came of as accusing in my original comment. I'm sort of biased when it comes to animation!

In regards to emotion, have you ever seen the movie "Grave of the Fireflies"? It's a very powerful film that I've only managed to watch once and I don't know if it's something I can bring myself to watch again. Not that it's bad, quite the opposite! I just remember having an extreme reaction to it.

[liminalia.livejournal.com]

Most depressing anime ever.

What boggles me is that after the movie came out they sold Grave of the Fireflies candy in Japan.

[jigglykat.livejournal.com]

Delicious! I mean... uh...

My friend has the little tin of candies from the movie sitting on his desk at work and every time I walk by it, I'm like O____O whenever I see it.

[akycha.livejournal.com]

As an experiment, you might want to try "Haibane Renmei." It's a very short little series which seduces you into the world. Also, quite unexpectedly emotionally intense.

There are no explosions or Kaori Yuri-type antics and yet it's one of the most emotionally intense anime series I have ever watched (the other is Shoujo Kakumei Utena/Revolutionary Girl Utena, but it's much longer).