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japanese manga anime: does art imitate life

Origins. 6th -7th Century Buddhist scrolls17th-18th Century woodblock prints (ukiyo-e)17th -18th Century

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japanese manga anime: does art imitate life

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    1. Japanese Manga & Anime: Does Art Imitate Life?

    2. Origins 6th -7th Century Buddhist scrolls 17th-18th Century woodblock prints (ukiyo-e) 17th -18th Century “yellow covers” (kibyoushi)

    3. Hokusai (1760-1849) Landscape artist Coined the term “manga” (whimsical pictures)

    4. Western Influence in the 19th and 20th Century “The Yellow Kid” Walt Disney Propaganda

    5. Osamu Tezuka: “The Father of Manga and Anime” Post WW II era 1947: New Treasure Island (Shintakarajima) 1951: Astro Boy (Tetsuwan Atomu)

    6. Evidence of Spirituality Sailor Mars (Raye) in Sailor Moon Li-kun in Card Captor Sakura

    7. Evidence of Spirituality “ [In My Neighbor Totoro], Satsuki and Mei are two Japanese children who discover the joys of rural living as they befriend the Totoros--cuddly forest gods--and deal with their mother's recovery from illness.”

    8. Evidence of Spirituality “This landmark series [Neon Genesis Evangelion] chronicles the transformation of a boy--Shinji Ikari--from selfishness to a kind of heroism, set against a backdrop of post-nuclear Judeo-Christian (sorta) apocalypse. Heavy emphasis on cosmology, giant robot battles, and personal responsibility.”

    9. It’s Not Easy Being Young… “Battle Athletes follows the life of Akari Kanzaki, a young girl yearning to win the title of Cosmic Beauty - a competition held in space to determine the most athletic woman in the galaxy. Akari must live up to her mother's legacy who was a three time Cosmic Beauty and a role model for all the young women in the series.”

    10. It’s Not Easy Being Young… “In order to get into college, Japanese students have to take intense comprehensive entrance exams… similar to the SAT, but cover a wider range of subjects, are much harder, and more of a determining factor in one's admittance to a school…If a student fails his/her exams, they don't go to college. It's that simple. Consequently, entrance exams are a stressful part of student life. The first episodes of Maison Ikkoku follow Godai-san, a ‘ronin’ that has failed his entrance exams the year preceding the story, and his battle to study for college entrance exams.”

    11. Barefoot Gen (Hidashi no Gen)Written by Keiji NakazawaDirected by Mori Masaki1983 “Gen loses his brother, sister, and father to the atomic bomb that hit Hiroshima during World War II. He and his mother struggle to survive in the aftermath of the nuclear holocaust. This film, based on a semi-autobiographical series of manga, is one of the best movies about the Pacific War ever made.”

    12. Grave of the Fireflies (Hotaru No Haka)Written and Directed by Isao TakahataBased on a Novel by Akiyuki Nosaka1988 “Seita and his little sister Setsuko lose their parents in the war. Seita struggles to keep Setsuko happy, though it means angering his paternal aunt, who took them in. When they end up on their own, Seita thinks all will be well, but how can he take care of Setsuko when he can barely take care of himself? “

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