Author Topic: Influencial Anime (Read 2532 times)

koreanmatt · « **on:** March 25, 2009, 11:46:07 PM »

Hi, I'm doing a project at school about movie genre. I ended up with anime

I looking for famous and most influential anime films of series in the anime genre.
Currently I have in mind

Akira, the anime that started demand out side of Japan.
Ghost in the Shell, one of the first extensive use of CGI.
Maybe Cowboy Bebop.

Any one else have any more ideas?

Killbasas · « **Reply #1 on:** March 26, 2009, 12:01:47 AM »

Try Hayao Miyazaki works- Puss in boots (1969 film), Mononoke-hime, Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi aka Spirited Away (oscar wining anime film), Hauru no Ugoku Shiro.

Others - Space Battleship Yamato (1973), naturaly anime clasics Urusei Yatsura, Neon Genesis Evangelion (influence on ton of simmular anime ater and even movie Matrix), Astroboy, Gundam series, Robotech witch later became Macross series

quekmeister · « **Reply #2 on:** March 26, 2009, 12:05:25 AM »

When it comes to how anime has influenced the perception of the anime watching community, unfortunately (or fortunately) the more popular works are not those mentioned above, but far more mainstream ones such as Naruto, Bleach, Pokemon etc.

relic2279 · « **Reply #3 on:** March 26, 2009, 12:17:36 AM »

Quote from: koreanmatt on March 25, 2009, 11:46:07 PM

Akira, the anime that started demand out side of Japan.

Don't think Akira was the one who started it. It was a combo of anime. I was introduced to anime in the early mid nineties and I didn't really care for Akira when it was released.

It was a combo of epiic movies/shows like Ninja Scroll, Evangelion, and even more recent ones like Dragonball Z and Pokemon.

Freshbite · « **Reply #4 on:** March 26, 2009, 12:18:54 AM »

Quote from: Wikipedia

The earliest known Japanese animation (discovered in 2005) was produced circa 1917 and consists of fifty frames drawn directly onto a strip of celluloid. The untitled short with a running length of about 3 seconds depicts a young boy in a sailor suit writing the kanji "活動写真" (katsudō shashin, for "moving pictures") on a board, then turning towards the viewer, removing his hat, and offering a salute. The creator's identity is unknown.

You can read the whole article HERE =D.
Im sure you will find something of interest.

dbml · « **Reply #5 on:** March 26, 2009, 12:53:49 AM »

I'll second Neon Genesis Evangelion. I firmly believe that series is what made "anime" a household word in the US.

cubensis55 · « **Reply #6 on:** March 26, 2009, 01:58:27 AM »

Some that come to mind are Akira, Haruhi Suzumiya, Neon Genesis Evangellion...
My Neighbor Totoro is very high on the list...

Stsin · « **Reply #7 on:** March 26, 2009, 06:20:03 AM »

I agree with NGE and Ninja Scrolls. Similar to what Akira did to movies, NGE did to TV series. Before I even pursued anime, Ninja Scrolls was very well known among non-otakus.

And of course, all of Ghibli works. With Spirited Away winning an Oscar, I watched it and was very impressed and started my search for more anime. Then Grave of the Fireflies - I've yet to see a movie that has made me bawl as much, animation or real (it's unreal that they showed this as a double feature with Totoro...to prevent suicides?).

sdedalus83 · « **Reply #8 on:** March 26, 2009, 09:58:20 AM »

Quote from: Stsin on March 26, 2009, 06:20:03 AM

(it's unreal that they showed this as a double feature with Totoro...to prevent suicides?).

One of the greatest marketing cockups of all time. Both movies flopped because nobody was going to take little kids to go see an animated snuff film. And hey, let's face it, Totoro rocks the shit; why would you want to ruin the mood with Grave of the Fireflies?

Mcgreag · « **Reply #9 on:** March 26, 2009, 10:38:24 AM »

Quote from: sdedalus83 on March 26, 2009, 09:58:20 AM

One of the greatest marketing cockups of all time. Both movies flopped because nobody was going to take little kids to go see an animated snuff film. And hey, let's face it, Totoro rocks the shit; why would you want to ruin the mood with Grave of the Fireflies?

My understanding is that it was actually the opposite.

Grave of the Fireflies are the Japanese equivalent of The Diary of Anne Frank. It's something children read/watch in school. The movie was almost sure to become a success as teachers would take their classes to see it etc.

Totoro on the other hand was seen as a most likely flopp, the only way to get people to go to the theater to watch it was pair it with another movie that people would go to see. In the end it didn't do that well at the box office and the current popularity is based on later recognition.

iindigo · « **Reply #10 on:** March 26, 2009, 11:10:18 AM »

What about the original GiTS movie? I'd say it had a fair amount of influence.

Lupin · « **Reply #11 on:** March 26, 2009, 11:26:29 AM »

guys, he's asking for influential anime movies

+1 for gits.

Nikkoru · « **Reply #12 on:** March 26, 2009, 02:21:44 PM »

I've heard that "The Girl Who Leapt Through Time" made fairly big waves when it came out.

mgz · « **Reply #13 on:** March 26, 2009, 02:29:14 PM »

Quote from: koreanmatt on March 25, 2009, 11:46:07 PM

Hi, I'm doing a project at school about movie genre. I ended up with anime
I looking for famous and most influential anime films of series in the anime genre.
Currently I have in mind

Akira, the anime that started demand out side of Japan.
Ghost in the Shell, one of the first extensive use of CGI.
Maybe Cowboy Bebop.

Any one else have any more ideas?

your actually better off looking at some of the early 80s maybe even late 70s shows that became really popular some of which lead to the success of such things as akira.

Battle of the planets - Kagaku Ninja-Tai Gatchaman
Speed racer
Voltron - they had additional episodes made purely for the united states
Shows like dragonball Z you cant deny their influence in modern gaming and anime alike (HOW MANY FUCKING BUDOKAI GAMES ARE THERE ?)

Shows like gigantor and astroboy as well.

And more recently the string of movies that have come out and are about to come out based on manga/anime

Dragonball
transformers
battle angel alita
GiTS
Akira

just to name a few off hand

relic2279 · « **Reply #14 on:** March 26, 2009, 02:42:44 PM »

Quote from: mgz on March 26, 2009, 02:29:14 PM

Shows like dragonball Z you cant deny their influence in modern gaming and anime alike (HOW MANY FUCKING BUDOKAI GAMES ARE THERE ?)

Over 9000.

Couldn't help myself...

Area88 · « **Reply #15 on:** March 26, 2009, 02:45:32 PM »

One of the first US VHS releases was Gunbuster.

Very instrumental!

Lupin · « **Reply #16 on:** March 26, 2009, 06:59:12 PM »

i think the most influential anime is astroboy

zurukitsune · « **Reply #17 on:** March 26, 2009, 07:04:53 PM »

I would have to say that Ruroni Kenshin was a definite influence, as it got many inot the anime genre. also, Death Note seems to be pretty influential.

Otakuknight8 · « **Reply #18 on:** March 26, 2009, 08:23:38 PM »

Quote from: dbml on March 26, 2009, 12:53:49 AM

I'll second Neon Genesis Evangelion. I firmly believe that series is what made "anime" a household word in the US.

Me too NGE NGE NGE! the maker Hideki Anno also go his start by helping Hayao Miyazaki to make Naussica valley of the wind (1986) i love the manga more than the anime cuz Miyazaki full imagination of the storyline is display comprehensively which cant be done in a 2hr movie, oh and another Kiki's Delivery service (1989), the first series in Dragonball sagas (just called Dragonball) was also notable cuz it wasn't done with pros but college students, so the art work is a lil rough but the story is tasteful, the sagas that followed lack a plot that goes anywhere, its just fight, think out loud and taught my opponent, and pummel my opponent some more.
Oh and Ranma 1/2 series OMG the most funniest stuff ever classic by Rumiko Takahashi, she great for comedy on parr with Hideki Anno

darkdracon0 · « **Reply #19 on:** March 28, 2009, 01:15:26 PM »

I think the 1990's was a pretty good decade for anime to start to really come to the US. I can think of ones like Pokemon, Voltron, Sailor Moon, ThunderCats, Gundam Wing, Card Captor Sakura etc. However, I don't know if these really made an impact as much as ones like Astro Boy and such.