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I could see why this rubs you the wrong way. I have never thought of its origins before, but I'd assume it's a short hand for "live-action anime adaptation". M
by oDot 2y ago
I could see why this rubs you the wrong way.
I have never thought of its origins before, but I'd assume it's a short hand for "live-action anime adaptation". Maybe this makes it more palatable for you?
As for Animatrix, yes -- it really went full circle, considering how they pitched the original feature:
> When Larry and Andy Wachowski were pitching The Matrix to their producers, they played them a DVD of an 82-minute Japanese cartoon and said: "We wanna do that for real."
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/oct/19/hollywood-ghost-in-the-shell https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/oct/19/hollywood-ghost...
- aspenmayer 2y agoI think it’s mostly me. In another comment you mentioned the live—action Netflix One Piece adaptation as live action anime, and I think that description actually felt somewhat apropos in that specific case, due to the adaptation employing lots of CGI and special effects to ape the style and mannerisms of the anime. I think finding the term live action anime slightly off is my own issue, as I also find the term Japanimation also slightly grating. It probably has something to do with being a fan of a historically somewhat mocked/maligned subculture.