Reference
Napier, S. (2005). Why anime? In Anime:
from Akira to Howl’s Moving Castle (pp.3-15). Hampshire: Palgrave/ Macmillan
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Week 6. Is it a high or low cultural genre, according to Napier (2005)?
According to (Napier2005) anime which is the
Japanese name for animation is not something that can be characterized and
considered only as high or low cultural genres however, it could be considered
as a combination of both high and low culture. According to Napier2005 anime is
a medium that comes with verity of different genre (could be any form of genre
e.g. high-low and etc). Napier2005 “not only does the medium show influences
from such Japanese traditional arts as kabuki and woodblock but it also makes
use of worldwide artistic tradition of twentieth century cinema and
photography”pp.4. So this means that anime is a very important form of culture
in Japan and has grown popularity all over the world especially in the western
countries like America, however unfortunately anime is still not seen
as mainstream in Western nor Asian countries except Japan but has definitely
its impact on them. Napier2005 has classified anime into three major groups:
Apocalyptic, the festival and elegiac. Napier2005 has mentioned “goes beyond
any distinction between high and low culture”p14.
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Good post, Saeborn. Napier's three major groups are interesting. Which group does our film belong, and why?
ReplyDeleteI think, Princess Mononoke belong to apocalyptic.It shows an apocalyptic scene and destructive scene. For example, the forests have been destroyed and the forests have menaced by major development projects.
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