firehawk12
Subete no aware
Damn plebes!not nearly as disappointed as the audience who first saw the reveal of that show after watching the Gurren Lagann movie screening at Anime Expo lmao
Damn plebes!not nearly as disappointed as the audience who first saw the reveal of that show after watching the Gurren Lagann movie screening at Anime Expo lmao
I've thought of how one might teach anime, or any television, in a college setting. The real problem is the semester system pretty much makes it impossible. Which is why, I presume, it's much easier to teach the Utena movie than to teach the entire Utena TV series.
You wa shock!!!
Also, apparently nobody likes Mahoromatic.![]()
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You could have fooled me.
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It's true, Seki. You are a turtle.
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Oh no! I always lose what limited ground I have left when he does!
If you're just select episodes out of context, what's the point?It's called a course in animation.
I've thought of how one might teach anime, or any television, in a college setting. The real problem is the semester system pretty much makes it impossible. Which is why, I presume, it's much easier to teach the Utena movie than to teach the entire Utena TV series.
K-On! 1-3
These consecutive episodes are not quite good (same as I remembered them) with the guitar purchasing, episode two, as the worst of them. The introductions that span them are all standard, but the out-of-focus passing of the remaining club members in Yui's initial introduction is something I've found neat simply for the touch. The occasional cute antics between the members are where I left them I guess, with Ritsu being the most entertaining of them, but the overall tone stales between the three episodes.
Loving the picture BUT
Who is she teaching ?
Those techniques shouldn't fall in the wrong hands
If you're just select episodes out of context, what's the point?
We watched a lot of stuff in my Visual Arts: Anime class.
Grave of the Fireflies, Tekkonkinkreet, Angel's Egg, Night on the Galactic Railroad, Perfect Blue, Princess Mononoke, Mind Game, Tale of Genji, Sword of the Stranger, Pale Cocoon, Cat Soup, and Voices of a Distant Star, among others. Some of them in class, some of them for homework.
I'm talking about reading anime rather than producing anime though.To teach what makes good animation.
Did you watch any TV series though? Movies are much easier to teach when you only have a class that lasts anywhere from 10-14 weeks.
We watched a lot of stuff in my Visual Arts: Anime class.
Grave of the Fireflies, Tekkonkinkreet, Angel's Egg, Night on the Galactic Railroad, Perfect Blue, Princess Mononoke, Mind Game, Tale of Genji, Sword of the Stranger, Pale Cocoon, Cat Soup, and Voices of a Distant Star, among others. Some of them in class, some of them for homework.
But first in your heart, right?!
"I've been Precure free for 3 years 7 months and 2 days."
*group applause*
I do love that image. Probably my second favourite Nanoha related image. It's the little details on the blackboard that make it such as "Male = Shoot to kill".I couldn't tell you, I remember seeing it in a drawthread on /a/. Nanoha's expression along with the whiteboard are absolutely perfect though.
Right.Only FLCL, but not the entire thing.
RIP in Peace, PandaNeko.I'm sorry, firehawk. I can't bring myself to downrank Gurren Lagann, even for the PandaNeko Dance.
I'm talking about reading anime rather than producing anime though.
If you're just select episodes out of context, what's the point?
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They do in the anime I watch.
Basically, yes.Oh, you mean like analyzing the stories of anime? Wouldn't that basically be like a film study class?
Yeah, Liberal Arts degrees aren't completely about production though. Even the ones that focus on driving you toward an MFA track have some kind of "reading" course to teach what certain things mean in a certain context, so that you know how to use those tools to convey meaning.It would be a class about cinematography, direction, animation and script-writing; you know, the real meat of anime. After all, the medium won't be like literature until it moves beyond the superficial non-technical discourse.
Yes and they don't like it because they have bad taste. (which is p. self evident with caring about naruto/bleach in any capacity whatsoever)I don't understand why people use shots from that episode as a point of contention like they're off-model shots or somtehing. Isn't it supposed to look cartoony like that for a fight or something?
I didn't know they rotoscoped things in braille.
Yeah, Liberal Arts degrees aren't completely about production though. Even the ones that focus on driving you toward an MFA track have some kind of "reading" course to teach what certain things mean in a certain context, so that you know how to use those tools to convey meaning.
Isao Takahata said:What counts the most it is not the real, nor even the relationship with the real; it is only the line and the way of drawing.
Golden Boy - 2
Dubs like these deserve an award. The voice actress really underlines the hypocrisy well in her character.
I'm pretty sure that's Madoka, though the back of the head seems a bit off.
You could devote 3/4th of your course time to discussion and 1/4th to viewing, and then assign the other episodes as homework. So, let's say it's a MWF course with 2 hours for MW and 1 hour for F. The syllabus for teaching something like Kino no Tabi (which lends itself to discussion) would look like this:Right.
I look at it this way. Say you were someone who wanted to teach Evangelion and in this ideal world, all versions of Eva were licensed and readily available. It'd be so easy to run to End of Evangelion or, god forbid, the Rebuild films, because it's just easier to fit that into the context of a course than a 26 episode series.
Unless you built an entire course around teaching Evangelion - which I've seen done with certain novels - but I have no idea if deep-reading every single episode of Evangelion (or any series outside of The Wire, and even that has the dreaded season 5) is a worthwhile enterprise.
M: Syllabus, introduction. Watch Ep 1.
Homework: Watch Ep 2 and 3, some writing.
W: Discussion of Ep 1, 2 and 3. Watch Ep 4
Homework: Watch Ep 5 and 6, some writing.
F: Discussion of Ep 4, 5 and 6.
Homework: Some writing.
M2: Discussion of Ep 4, 5 and 6, Watch Ep 7.
Homework: Watch Ep 8 and 9, some writing.
W2: Discussion of Ep 7, 8 and 9, Watch Ep 10.
Homework: Watch Ep 11 and 12, some writing.
F2: Discussion of 10, 11 and 12. Watch Ep 13.
Homework: Watch Ep 13, Some writing
M3: Discussion of Ep 13 and post mortem of series, watch Ep 1 of next series.
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You could devote 3/4th of your course time to discussion and 1/4th to viewing, and then assign the other episodes as homework. So, let's say it's a MWF course with 2 hours for MW and 1 hour for F. The syllabus for teaching something like Kino no Tabi (which lends itself to discussion) would look like this:
And so on and so forth. Obviously, this would be a very demanding schedule to skip with and in practice I think 2 episodes every class is probably more reasonable than 3. Still, you could do 2-3 13 episode series like this over the course of a semester, as well as some time to dedicate to a standalone paper.
A class to discuss Kino's journey? One of favoritest of favorites in the whole wide world? What a dream course!
I've thought of how one might teach anime, or any television, in a college setting. The real problem is the semester system pretty much makes it impossible. Which is why, I presume, it's much easier to teach the Utena movie than to teach the entire Utena TV series.
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Worse than GuP EP1, textures remind me of SOA for the Dreamcast.
No, this would just be two weeks, maybe 3.
Queen's Blade - 01
Well that was fucking stupid. Can't wait for the next episode.
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Loving the picture BUT
Who is she teaching ?
Those techniques shouldn't fall in the wrong hands
K-on! The Movie
Despite watching both seasons years ago, and reading the entire manga, getting all the songs and pretty much being a massive fan of the series, for some reason I never watched the film, why? I have no idea, and now that I've watched it, I'm filled with love and excitedment yet again like all that time ago.
So as you can probably already tell, I really loved the film, it covers all the parts after season 2 ended,which wasn't put in the manga, but I'll count it as canon, since the manga covers more afterwards.right up to the original 4's graduation
Warning, there may be spoilers
So most of the film is in Japan, where the girls are planning a present for Azusa for putting up with them for the past 2 years and on the way, they here that other clubs are going on graduation trips to other countries the world, so through a random act, Yui, Mio, Ritsu and Mugi, all choose a place they want to go to, and by chance, they choose to go to London (UK) and decide to bring Azusa with them. The parts in Japan tended to be hilarious with Yui trying to cheat to get her choice, and also not knowing that Europe is a continent,. The film was very Yui orientated, with there being more of her, and Azusa than anyone else (not that I'm complaining). Yui's ditsiness is where a lot of the comedy comes from, as well as some hilarity with Ritsu.
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I was actually impressed with how they did London, I'm from London, and although almost all the English people there tended to have "Landan" accents, I'm glad they did that rather than have Japanese people try to speak English. It also showed how hard it can be to go to a country and not really know much of the language, since even Mugi, who is the most fluent in English out of the girls struggled when people talked faster than she could keep up. I also liked that they even covered the fact that tourists can get confused when it comes down to getting to the right hotel because of the many franchises and chains around the city (in their case it was Hotel Ibis). They even went to a Sushi restaurant, and through confusion, and a bit of Ritsu saying yes to everything, they ended up playing there. They also ended up playing another time right at the end of their trip in a Japanese culture festival, which was pretty neat.
And the last third of the film was back in Japan, where the girls planned out Azusa's present and did their last performance before graduating. It was all a lovely and heart-warming part, and it really did make me feel like I'd never see them play together again :'(. The music was great as always, and there were a couple of songs that I hadn't heard before, including the one in the credits called Singing, which the gif below is from.
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Anyway, I'd just like to reiterate that I love this film, and it made me want to watch the entire series all over again, which I will be doing after my exams are over.
Edit: Damn, a whole page went over while I wrote this.
But K-ON! IS good.Wow, that gif actually makes K-ON look good.
[plain][/plain] allows you to write out tags properly.Spoiler tags are [ spoiler] [ /spoiler] (remove spaces)
What would Okada say?How can a single man be so wise?
You could devote 3/4th of your course time to discussion and 1/4th to viewing, and then assign the other episodes as homework. So, let's say it's a MWF course with 2 hours for MW and 1 hour for F. The syllabus for teaching something like Kino no Tabi (which lends itself to discussion) would look like this:
And so on and so forth. Obviously, this would be a very demanding schedule to stick to and in practice I think two episodes every class is probably more reasonable than three. Still, you could do two or three 13 episode series like this over the course of a semester, as well as some time to dedicate to a standalone paper. I don't think it's that bad, however, because watching anime is ludicrously easy compared to reading "literary fiction".
The MA I was considering doing offers a module on Japanese Television Since 1953 - the course summary is here. I would assume that most of the required viewing is done outside the lecture theatre, and it does stretch over two terms, but it doesn't seem to be impossible to teach using long-form media.
I don't know what the expectation is in terms of undergraduate teaching in American colleges, but to watch a single arc of Utena would take about 5 hours. Is it unrealistic to expect someone to spend 5 hours a week on preparing for a class? I mean, when I was an undergraduate, I took two papers a term and only had 1 hour's contact time for each - the rest of the time I was supposed to be reading or writing essays for those classes. Do you take many more courses per term as an American college student?
Well, I look at it this way. It's fine to teach the various meters of poetry, but at some point you'll want to read a poem to see what iambic tetrameter actually feels like. Of course, it depends on what the aim of the course is and how it's situated within the context of a major, if at all.I honestly think 7th is right - isolated episodes and scenes (and movies) are by far the best way to teach someone about anime, as opposed to media in general. Much of the interesting analysis posted here and elsewhere is borne out of a general understanding of how to critique cinema, but if you're actually looking to teach anime in particular I think one should have at least a rudimentary understanding of what you're actually looking at rather than treating it as a film that happens to be a cartoon, if you get what I'm saying.
The one with the lesbians.Are you referring to KareKano or Re:Cutie Honey?