A Hundred Years of Japanese Film: A Concise History, with a Selective
Guide to DVDs and Videos
By Donald Richie
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On the appeal of manga and anime in Japan, Sato states, "these are the
only two media capable of portraying reality the way Japanese feel it
should be."

Donald Ritchie goes on to say that a "general apathy for realism as a
style" is one explanation for the enormous popularity of manga and
anime in Japan.

In short, anime and manga is how everyday Japanese want to see
themselves?

Terrence Briggs, wondering if the all-time box office champs in Japan
are all animated.
Peace to you...

Hello,

Terrence Briggs schrieb:

Those quotes aren't very good for such a discussion basis. Donald Richie
has always despised "popular" japanese cinema/television art. Nothing
new here.

On May 7, 2:04 pm, Terrence Briggs gmail.com> wrote:

On May 7, 11:04 am, Terrence Briggs gmail.com> wrote:

Terrence Briggs wrote:

Don't know how the current non-US list of Top Ten films stands in 2007,
but in '05, both "Bayside Shakedown" movies still seemed to be in the
top ten, the first one beating out "Antarctica" [Americanized as "Eight
Below"]--

The feudal dramas "Heaven and Earth" and "Silk Road" ("Dunhuang") didn't
quite light fires over here, and only in Japan could several million
adult Sasakis make "Koneko Monogatari" a briefly all-time #1 hit. (We
would know it better as "Adv. of Milo & Otis".)
As for "Crying Out Love in the Center of the World" (based on a
bestseller at the time), believe that's the romance dorama you're
looking for.

Derek Janssen (darn, BoxOfficeMojo.com doesn't post Japan on the
All-Time Intl.'s anymore)
ejanss@comcast.net