Comments on: Cyborg Anime: Ghost in the Shell, Armitage III, Appleseed, and Full Metal Alchemist http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/2009/05/cyborg-anime-ghost-in-the-shell-armitage-iii-appleseed-and-full-metal-alchemist/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cyborg-anime-ghost-in-the-shell-armitage-iii-appleseed-and-full-metal-alchemist From Modern Mythcraft to Magical Surrealism Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:40:38 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Ren http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/2009/05/cyborg-anime-ghost-in-the-shell-armitage-iii-appleseed-and-full-metal-alchemist/comment-page-1/#comment-10615 Ren Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:26:35 +0000 http://www.darkfantasy.org/fantasy/?p=3556#comment-10615 Perhaps, perhaps. It's been a long journey from the original movie mentioned in the article to S.A.C. 2nd GIG...it's probably just run it's course but the direction for the last series was definitely lacking. (BSG..no hard feelings on it's ending here just the way it was ended) But you have a good point - it does seem like people are less weary of a potentially sucky future. Look at the recent Terminator movie. Not to say anything of McGee's directing skills but I really expected it to do better at the box office.... Perhaps, perhaps. It’s been a long journey from the original movie mentioned in the article to S.A.C. 2nd GIG…it’s probably just run it’s course but the direction for the last series was definitely lacking.
(BSG..no hard feelings on it’s ending here just the way it was ended)

But you have a good point – it does seem like people are less weary of a potentially sucky future. Look at the recent Terminator movie. Not to say anything of McGee’s directing skills but I really expected it to do better at the box office….

]]> By: Kimberly Unger http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/2009/05/cyborg-anime-ghost-in-the-shell-armitage-iii-appleseed-and-full-metal-alchemist/comment-page-1/#comment-10614 Kimberly Unger Wed, 03 Jun 2009 01:50:13 +0000 http://www.darkfantasy.org/fantasy/?p=3556#comment-10614 A good point, in Akira the "cyber" aspect is more inherent to the world than the real focus of the story. Gotta disagree with you about SCC though :) I think it got canned because people are getting tired of it always raining in the future (witness the falloff for BSG), people just get tired of being beaten in the head over and over with the "the future is going to suck" meme. It holds up well for a 2.5hr film, but not for 22+ hours in a season with absolutely no letup... A good point, in Akira the “cyber” aspect is more inherent to the world than the real focus of the story.

Gotta disagree with you about SCC though :) I think it got canned because people are getting tired of it always raining in the future (witness the falloff for BSG), people just get tired of being beaten in the head over and over with the “the future is going to suck” meme. It holds up well for a 2.5hr film, but not for 22+ hours in a season with absolutely no letup…

]]> By: Ren http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/2009/05/cyborg-anime-ghost-in-the-shell-armitage-iii-appleseed-and-full-metal-alchemist/comment-page-1/#comment-10613 Ren Wed, 03 Jun 2009 01:48:24 +0000 http://www.darkfantasy.org/fantasy/?p=3556#comment-10613 Hi Amy! Metropolis is a good example and anything but Osamu Tezuka is more than welcome. I've always focused on it more as an example of steampunk than cyberpunk anime though...go figure ^^ Hi Amy!

Metropolis is a good example and anything but Osamu Tezuka is more than welcome. I’ve always focused on it more as an example of steampunk than cyberpunk anime though…go figure ^^

]]> By: Ren http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/2009/05/cyborg-anime-ghost-in-the-shell-armitage-iii-appleseed-and-full-metal-alchemist/comment-page-1/#comment-10612 Ren Wed, 03 Jun 2009 01:41:24 +0000 http://www.darkfantasy.org/fantasy/?p=3556#comment-10612 Thanks Kimberly! I chose not to focus on Akira as I felt that the main focus was always not exactly on cyborgism but conveyed was a more postmodern-warning type of anime...and yes, it is overrated - it was even featured in a Heineken ad.... Thanks Kimberly!

I chose not to focus on Akira as I felt that the main focus was always not exactly on cyborgism but conveyed was a more postmodern-warning type of anime…and yes, it is overrated – it was even featured in a Heineken ad….

]]> By: Amy http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/2009/05/cyborg-anime-ghost-in-the-shell-armitage-iii-appleseed-and-full-metal-alchemist/comment-page-1/#comment-10606 Amy Tue, 02 Jun 2009 05:27:54 +0000 http://www.darkfantasy.org/fantasy/?p=3556#comment-10606 You could also mention Metropolis. I guess it isn't original exactly, though. A newer anime, however, is Eve no Jikan. Which questions how androids should be treated. You could also mention Metropolis. I guess it isn’t original exactly, though.

A newer anime, however, is Eve no Jikan. Which questions how androids should be treated.

]]> By: Kimberly Unger http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/2009/05/cyborg-anime-ghost-in-the-shell-armitage-iii-appleseed-and-full-metal-alchemist/comment-page-1/#comment-10598 Kimberly Unger Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:08:49 +0000 http://www.darkfantasy.org/fantasy/?p=3556#comment-10598 Hi Ren! A good insightful cross section of "cyber" anime that has had a major influence across cultures. I note you side-stepped Akira (don't have a problem with that either, I feel it's getting over-quoted as is) which is sort of the quintessential anime everyone's been exposed to, but I think the ones you have outlined here are a stronger example of the man/machine meme... Hi Ren! A good insightful cross section of “cyber” anime that has had a major influence across cultures. I note you side-stepped Akira (don’t have a problem with that either, I feel it’s getting over-quoted as is) which is sort of the quintessential anime everyone’s been exposed to, but I think the ones you have outlined here are a stronger example of the man/machine meme…

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