American Influence on Anime
by
Megan C.
copyright 11-20-2007
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Okay, so I'm doing a research project on anime. I need your help! If you can answer any of these questions, please either e-mail me or post a comment. Comments prefered. So, here are my questions:
1. Does anyone know of any American made anime or manga? If so what?
2. Can you think of any other influence that America has on anime aside from names of songs and song lyrics?
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Since I am currently in Japan, I will try my best to answer any of those questions. (If you still need an opinion, anyway =p)
Aside from what's already been mentioned, as well as MegaTokyo, which isnt all that bad, but kind of drags on and on.
Well I heard of an anime that was set in New York, but made in Japan, but I don't know of the title. The Big O anime, I'm sure has some Westerm (if not American) influence working.
Not sure of American influence on Japan, but foreign influence in general. Everywhere you can find some sort of English words and phrases (most of which sound extremely funny) and sometimes in other languages. (Mostly French.) In Osaka, there'sa place called America-mura (translates to America town. To be fair, there's also Canada-mura and Europe-mura)
But... aside from basic English like "Sank you!" and "Everyday High Price!", I think there's really not much more influence than that.
Japan, from what I've experienced, isn't getting completely Americanized. I moved to Osaka, the 3rd largest city here, and I still found it to be different from America. There's a deep-rooted culture outside of the technology. Maybe if newer aritsts or (I cringe at this thought) American artists adopted ideas from that part of Japan, there would be more original manga.
But anyway that as part was rather irrelevent, and I'm sure I didnt help much on the anime part, but I hope some of what I've said is useful.
ok, so i don't know anything at all about anime or manga. sorry that i couldn't help more, but i do pnp for the poetry- and i haven't done anything with the sailor moon stuff. sorry!
if you have time, it would be great of you to comment on my new poem, "routine" thanks!
Sorry for not commenting sooner! I read your email last night or the night before as completely forgot...............................
And I can think of two American mangas. The first is Pantheon High, which had a lot of my mythological influence. It was fairly original but when a character mentioned Hillary Duff I scowled thinking, "Hillary Duff?! I don't give a (curse sensor) about here, let's hear about Utada Hikaru, Namie Amuro, and Ayumi Hamasaki (though Ayumi is really bad...) if we're talking pop stars!"
Overall, the idea of Pantheon High was pretty interesting. However, if I didn't know a lost about mythologies (Norse mythology is my specialty) I wouldn't of been able to enjoy it. It was presented poorly in set-up and the characters looked weird. Conventional Japanese mouths aren't very real looking most of the time, but American ones are scary and unrealistic. And it's not just that author---it's a rather large trait nowadays.
There's another manga I read called Miki Falls that was made by an American and it was so bad the words that almost describe it aren't appropriate for me to say here. The art was bad. The story was bad. The art was bad. The set-up looked like it was out of the Sunday Paper. The art was bad. Did I mention how terrible the art was?
I do know in Japan it's thought of as "cool" to have items with English words on them. I've heard and read it many places, and it seems fairly accurate. It's the only possible reason I could find for the Japanese Final Fantasy logos to have kanji captions of the titles on game boxes. I also know Japanese singers try putting English words and lines in the music. While it may sound cool over there, we Americans have no idea what Koda Kumi is trying to convey by "do me like or just want it" in one of her early songs.
I agree with the others that Japan is getting kinda Americanized, but I think as technology grows and all the countries that are up-to-date are just getting modernized. I don't deny cultures are blending, but it seems modern technology is playing one of the largest factors in that. But that's just my opinion.
But the Messenger I'm downloading on my new PC is going really fast....
Back to business! In reference to what the others said, new and original animes are getting less common. A lot of the anmies I've watched are up to ten years old. My interest and cash has been poured into video games, namely RPGs, recently and my interest in anime has dwindled to the point of getting manga at the library and buying a DVD box set every now and then. I really great Japanese anime is RahXephon. Immortal Rain, a manga, is also really good. And just about everything Yuu Watase writes is good too...
Though there are also a lot of animes and mangas that don't reach America. My favorite video game series that ended early, Xenosaga, has an anime adaption of the first game and it's now being released in the US. Since Xenosaga died from lack of popularity, it will be the first anime series I shell $20+ per DVD for. Yes.....I am an obsessive Xenosaga fan. XD I was jumping up and down when I saw it was going to be released in America, even though Bridget Hoffman isn't doing KOS-MOS' voice...though I think Rubedo has a male voice actor this time...
And now I'm ranting horribly. Out of new series I like the ones that take place in the distant past with ninja and samurai. Naruto is the only exception...though the anime was tolerable. I think I read the manga when in deep writer's block. I tend to pick plots apart when I have writer's block. it's the only way I don't pick my plots apart.
I tend to favor Japanese entertainment over American entertainment. Especially in music. Utada Hikaru rocks! So does Gackt, but he was never ever supposed to try singing in English. Namie Amuro is a new interest of mine. Iona AKA Joanne Hogg and potentially Linkin Part are accretions to my CD collection.
Since further rambling is rather off-topic, I shall end this comment here. I like the ideas you stir up here! Good luck on the project, I hope I helped! I know I helped make the page bigger...XD
Hey there,
I'm not sure of any American made Animes. I'm sure if you google it, you'll find the answers.
As for number two, I think you will find that the quality of Anime's are diminishing, since they are being released in the US and Canada, and not only in Japan. Styles are becoming more cutesy to appeal to younger generations, ideas are being used OVER AND OVER AGAIN, like the idea of a card game-based anime, or using small monsters.
Sophisticated American-focused Anime's are hard to find, and I'm guessing because ideas are running out, and all the great Anime's happened already. I guess you can say that through such a popular art style, Japan culture is slowly being Americanized, and is losing their flair amidst what Americans and Canadians want, and not what the citizens and anime fans of Japan necessarily want, though I'm positive there are many animes and mangas made ONLY for Japan, and then later get dubbed, subbed, and translated.
Hey Megan! It seems like a pretty cool project. So what class is it for? Social Studies, Global, history? Well, anyway, there was a few that I can think of. For question 1 you have ....animes Avatar;the last air bender, Power puff girls, (I believe)[it just seems very Japanese-ish], Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi show(I think that one was straight from japan, i don't know) As for mangas, just go into tokyopop.com and half of their manga is from here. "The Dreaming" by Queenie Chan, though I'm not sure, "Amazing- Agent Luna" by Christina Weir and someone else. Like I said, tokyopop is a great pool for looking for that kind of thing.
Question 2 kind of stumped me. You mean like how has America "adapted" anime into their hearts? There are many stores all over the U.S. that sell Japanese items. There are anime conventions all over the place, which I want to go to at some point..>.< There are gaming conventions at random places and half of the games shown there are Japanese that the U.S. has translated to English *Kingdom Hearts rules* (cough) There are a few places where kids get together and have little Pokemon and Yu-gio battles. Well, that's all I can think of. I hope it's helpful. Talk to you later.
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