Comments on: Ask John: Why Switch to a Female Director for Lupin?

By: John

John — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 22:23:21 +0000

>This phrase is grammatically incorrect.

Oops. Should be fine now.

By: YotaruVegeta

YotaruVegeta — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:47:55 +0000

If Japanese animation has been ruined for that long, you would not even be anywhere near this site, or near anything related to anime. That’s 4 decades.

By: cuc

cuc — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 11:54:13 +0000

In other words, he was saying “the industry is now in a terrible state” rather than “women will ruin Japanese animation”.

For him, Japanese animation has been ruined since the 1970s, anyway.

By: cuc

cuc — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 11:50:34 +0000

>YotaruVegeta
The source post was on Hooded Utilitarian? I feel embarassed for having missed such a post on one of my favorite sites.

I don’t have enough time to think it over carefully, but my gut reaction to the first Miyazaki tweet, based on my understanding of his very weird personal philosophy is this:

The working condition of the anime industry is so harsh, only women are willing to work in it due to various reason, from the socio-political (even worse opportunities and prospects for women in other areas) to the natural (I think he believes women to be tougher, more resilient, and in general naturally better than men),

Just my unrefined opinion. Of course I may be terribly wrong.

By: GATS

GATS — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 23:12:07 +0000

Yotaru: Um, that’s a Miyazaki bot which said that.

By: St. McDuck

St. McDuck — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 19:14:20 +0000

Having been lucky enough to see the entire Michiko to Hatchin series, I’m really excited about the possibilities of Sayo Yamamoto’s take on Fujiko.

By: YotaruVegeta

YotaruVegeta — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:05:50 +0000

Not to speak ill of the awesome, but just how feminist is he?

http://cartoonbrew.com/anime/does-miyazaki-think-women-artists-signal-the-end-of-anime.html

By: cuc

cuc — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 02:22:27 +0000

>despite some sexist rhetoric from noted male anime directors including Hideaki Anno and Hayao Miyazaki notwithstanding…

This phrase is grammatically incorrect, and as a result I don’t know what it means. Judging from the context, you meant to say “despite some anti-sexist rhetoric from… directors including Hideaki Anno and Hayao Miyazaki”, right? Miyazaki is certainly staunchly feminist, this everyone knows.