What Do You Want to Talk About?

Anime, a story form for complex story telling


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Joy is moving to London, I am getting ready for a joke battle, and we talk about anime and what it brings as a legitimate form for telling complex stories. Japanese anime is not just Dragonball. They have used it to tell difficult stories. It is not just a cheaper way to do cool visuals. Even if today's CGI can replicate visuals of anime in a live version, it is still not the same effect. What exactly does the anime, or animation, offer as a story telling form? American media is finally catching up and seeing that animation is not just for kids and telling silly stories. So there is a move where before animated series become live versions (lot of Disney), now there is a move going the other way, telling life stories in animation form.

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What Do You Want to Talk About?By Samuel Lee