![]() ![]() Things have gotten so good for Anime films that now, it's Disney who distributes Studio Gibli’s productions in America and so now Hayao Miyazaki’s films get theatrical releases. ![]() They still don’t open to huge box office numbers, but they sure do sell a bunch of DVD’s. Thanks to the interest in Japanese animation that was originated with these films, Anime films are now stronger than ever. Producers were realizing that there was a market for these kinds of films out there, and they were making sure the world knew it. Then Ghost in the Shell (1995) came along with the promotional backing of American distributors and opened a whole other door to the genre. There was no denying that this wasn’t just any old anime film, this was something special. And it had every right to be called that, the animation was excellent, it had that cyberpunk attitude about it, it was futuristic, nihilistic, cutting edge, epic. ![]() I first saw Akira way back in the 90’s when it was starting to get its acclaim as one of the greatest animated films ever made. But Otomo’s Akira was always the king of them all, and still is in many ways. Films like Vampire Hunter D (1985) Ninja Scroll (1993) and Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie (1994) were the talk of the town, these were the films that my friends and I talked about when conversations about Japanese animation were sparked. I think that the term has fallen into disuse (replaced with the term ‘Anime’) but back then, during the late eighties and early nineties, that’s what they were calling Japanese Animated films. I don’t know if the term ‘Japanimation’ is used anymore. Akira (1988) was the Japanese animated film that got me started in my love for ‘Japanimation’ films. ![]()
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