Sukotto
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- 9 Jul 2003
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Ok, recently I read that manga accounts for around 40% of sales
for all books and magazines.
But just how importants is anime to the whole picture?
---
Because within the last year our local museum which shows
international films once a week showed "Millenium Actress".
While I usually cannot make it to most movies, the guy currating
the showings told me something like ten people showed up.
This was rather disappointing to hear.
That movie was, I don't want to say "grown up",
but it a) was not a 'disney' kids movie;
b) not an over-the-top with violence movie either.
In short I could not understand why people did not want to
see this movie.
It is probably the same old: "cartoons are for kids" snobbery.
And I don't care what Takashi Murakami says about who
cartoons should be for.
Some anime is clearly stuff that, if appeared in the States
would be saturday morning of after school type stuff.
But definately not all of it.
This (poor showing) was plain snobbery.
---
So, I wanted to get my facts straight on the amount
of anime watched in Japan. Then, if our museum ever
decides to run another, we can help inform people about
the facts regarding one genre of Japanese film.
for all books and magazines.
But just how importants is anime to the whole picture?
---
Because within the last year our local museum which shows
international films once a week showed "Millenium Actress".
While I usually cannot make it to most movies, the guy currating
the showings told me something like ten people showed up.
This was rather disappointing to hear.
That movie was, I don't want to say "grown up",
but it a) was not a 'disney' kids movie;
b) not an over-the-top with violence movie either.
In short I could not understand why people did not want to
see this movie.
It is probably the same old: "cartoons are for kids" snobbery.
And I don't care what Takashi Murakami says about who
cartoons should be for.
Some anime is clearly stuff that, if appeared in the States
would be saturday morning of after school type stuff.
But definately not all of it.
This (poor showing) was plain snobbery.
---
So, I wanted to get my facts straight on the amount
of anime watched in Japan. Then, if our museum ever
decides to run another, we can help inform people about
the facts regarding one genre of Japanese film.