Ante Bellum (post: 1454854) wrote:Why would it be a problem to wear a Disney cosplay? There was an entire princess group a couple years ago. Just because it's not Japanese, doesn't mean it can't be worn at an anime convention.
ChristianKitsune (post: 1454826) wrote:Well technically yes, since anime is just short for "Animation." And the fact that Disney even inspired Osamu Tezuka (arguably the grandfather of anime).
ShiroiHikari (post: 1454857) wrote:Probably depends on the con and the sort of people attending it.
In Africa during the mid-20th century, as mankind encroaches, the white lion, Panja gives the jungle's wild animals a safe haven. However, he angers nearby villagers by stealing their cattle, their food, to feed the jungle carnivores. (In the English dub Panja merely frees the cattle.)
A professional hunter, Viper Snakely, (known as Ham Egg in the original Japanese) is called in to stop these raids. He avoids directly attacking Panja. Instead, he records the sounds of Panja and uses them to trap his mate, Eliza, who then becomes bait in a trap for Panja. Panja is killed for his hide, and the pregnant Eliza is put on a ship, destined for a zoo.
Kimba (Leo in the Japanese-language version) is born on the boat. Eliza teaches him his father's ideals. As a huge storm nears, she urges her cub out through the bars of her cage. The storm wrecks the boat, and he flounders in the ocean. The fish help him learn to swim. As he begins to despair, the stars in the sky form the face of his mother, who encourages him. Guided by butterflies, he makes it to land.
Leo/Kimba lands far from his ancestral home and is found and cared for by some people. He learns the advantages of human culture, and decides that when he returns to his wild home he will bring culture to the jungle and stand for peace like his father.
The show follows Leo/Kimba's life after he returns to the wild, still a young cub, and how he learns and grows in the next year. Leo/Kimba soon learns that only communication and mutual understanding between animals and humans will bring true peace.
This.Mr. Hat'n'Clogs (post: 1454906) wrote:As far as the whole topic of this thread, I don't see the point in expanding anime to mean all animation, at least over here. If we need a name for any animated work, can't we just use the word animation?
TheSubtleDoctor (post: 1454914) wrote:For the word anime to have any meaningful currency, it needs to have things it designates and things it excludes. I realize that language changes to reflect usage and blah blah blah, but we aren't doing ourselves any favors by allowing anime to mean animation in general rather than a specifically defined subset of animation. Up to this point, I think anime has meant animation planned/produced (regardless of outsourcing assignments) by animation studios located in Japan.
The fact that Disney cartoons are not anime is not an indictment against them any more than Dr. Pepper not being wine is an indictment against Dr. Pepper. Anime is what it is, and Disney cartoon are what they are. Some people are fans of one or the other, and some are fans of both.
Warrior 4 Jesus (post: 1454904) wrote:I've never heard of anyone thinking that Disney animation is anime, even clueless people who don't know Astro Boy from Pinocchio.
A couple of things:Mic Mic (post: 1454945) wrote:But I'd say you are right on the grounds that we are in America and I think it's a difference as we associate the "Anime" style with only the Japanese.
Though I think of it as a broader art form that isn't only limited to its origins in Japan:)
I have nothing to contribute to this discussion except my disappointment that this wasn't a picture of a kettle.TheSubtleDoctor (post: 1455110) wrote:Say I want the word "black" to refer to objects of a certain color, including this. "Your definition of black as only certain kinds of things is too restrictive," I claim. I would still be misusing the term black and would be wrong in calling the object in question black.
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