I watch *way too much* anime. For the unitiated, “anime” denotes a specific form of Japanese animated video (read: cartoons). So, [Tom and Jerry]:http:\/\/www.1975tomjerry.50megs.com\/ ([another site]:http:\/\/www.tomandjerryonline.com\/ ) isn’t anime, the [Powerpuff Girls]:http:\/\/www.cartoonnetwork.com\/tv_shows\/ppg\/index.html show *influences* from anime, but [One Piece]:http:\/\/www.toei-anim.co.jp\/movie\/2005_onepiece\/index.html is anime (more precisely, it was made into an anime series, though it [appeared first in manga]:http:\/\/www.ex.org\/3.7\/31-manga_onepiece.html form ([on fox on saturdays]:http:\/\/www.foxbox.tv\/onepiece\/ )([synopsis at animenfo]:http:\/\/animenfo.com\/animetitle,731,cdbxop,one_piece.html )([a good fan site]:http:\/\/arlongpark.com\/ )). “Anime” used to be called “Japanimation” several years ago. People commonly prefer anime to other cartoons, which might follow from Japanese culture’s general acceptance of cartoons (print and video) as a medium to tell every sort of story. <\/p>\n
Anyway, now that I’ve watched way, way, too much, I can see a lot of common threads and concepts in it, and I think I’d have fun writing them down. I love the [wiki concept]:http:\/\/c2.com\/cgi\/wiki?WhyWikiWorks in general, so it seems like a good fit. Some starter topics for this might be rivalry, forgiveness, friendship, overdramatization, super powers, or flashbacks. There’s a [page on everything2 about “anime cliches”]:http:\/\/www.everything2.com\/index.pl?node_id=1500157&lastnode_id=1115670 that has a similar analysis, but I think I want it in wiki format. Still, since I don’t expect to have an active community to edit\/contribute content or delete spam, I’ll probably restrict edits to myself. <\/p>\n
Anyway, feel free to comment if you have any input. \ud83d\ude42 I wonder if I’ll ever have time to set-up\/maintain it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I watch *way too much* anime. For the unitiated, “anime” denotes a specific form of Japanese animated video (read: cartoons). So, [Tom and Jerry]:http:\/\/www.1975tomjerry.50megs.com\/ ([another site]:http:\/\/www.tomandjerryonline.com\/ ) isn’t anime, the [Powerpuff Girls]:http:\/\/www.cartoonnetwork.com\/tv_shows\/ppg\/index.html show *influences* from anime, but [One Piece]:http:\/\/www.toei-anim.co.jp\/movie\/2005_onepiece\/index.html is …<\/p>\n