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Automata - images and explaniation of Japanese clockwork puppets - Included is a translation of a short sequence from the work Le monde des automates, with origional french text and a modern mecanical doll, constructed with lessons leaned from the Jaquet-Droz.
Bunraku (one of the traditional theatrical arts in Japan using puppets) by Matthew Johnson - videos, music, information about make-up, history and more - Located on the cradle of Bunraku, the national theater of Bunraku forms a comprehensive complex of related facilities including the main theater, training institution and archives for historiographical materials.
- selected images from The Doll Theater Bunraku Puppets in the Whitman College Collections - - Information on college credit university summer programs for training in Japanese puppets, as well as language and culture.
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Modern Japan - Entertainment - Movies
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Modern Japan Entertainment | Famous people | Japan Inc | Companies | Japan Store | Cultural Japan Entertainment | Arts | Royalty Calendar | Costume | Food & Drink | New to Japan General | Language | Employment | Japan Omnibus Geography | Sightseeing | Sports | History | Religion | Politics | Japan Gallery | Although the first home-grown movies appeared before the end of the last century, it wasn't until after World War I that they became something more than adaptations of stage plays and kabuki.
From about 1920, Japanese film was divided into two main categories: Jidai-geki , or period films and Gendai-geki , or films with modern settings.
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By 1969, television sets were in just about every home in Japan and movie theater attendances were at a third of their peak level.
Among other themes, they questioned prejudice in Japan against minorities.
During the economic bubble years of the 1980's, Japanese money was put into Hollywood movies and Sony bought Columbia Pictures in 1989.
With Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi (Spirited Away) in 2002, he even won a coveted Oscar, a ground-breaking achievement for anime that showed that they are taken seriously even outside Japan.
With the death of Kurosawa in 1999, (right) became the leading Japanese director on the world stage.
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The Straight Dope: Did Disney's The Lion King Rip Off Kimba? Points of contention and commentary.
[ | ] [ | ] Did Disney's The Lion King rip off an old Japanese TV series? 24-Dec-1999 Dear Cecil: While waxing nostalgic over our favorite cartoons from the 60s and 70s with some friends, we suddenly realized that Disney's The Lion King bears a striking resemblance in plot and cast to the Japanese-made 60s TV series Kimba the White Lion (of which we can all remember every word of the theme song, by the way).
M.G., via AOL Cecil replies: Well, it wasn't a cheap rip-off--have you been to a first-run movie lately? You also missed a few other parallels: (7) name similarity: Kimba/Simba (duh); (8) evil Japanese lion, Claw, with one eye versus evil Disney lion, Scar, with scar over one eye; (9) little lion looks up to see the ghost of his father in the clouds; (10) heroic pose of lion on jutting rock.
Kimba the White Lion was the work of legendary Japanese manga (comic book) artist Tezuka Osamu, who also created Astroboy .
When The Lion King opened in Japan, the uncredited Kimba parallels caused an uproar.
More than 1, 100 Japanese manga and anime (animation) artists and fans signed a petition asking Disney to acknowledge its debt to Tezuka.
What's more, none of the younger animators had seen the Japanese show, so there'd be no one at the table saying, No, can't do that, been done.
The one-eyed Japanese villain is an iconographic favorite that appears in dozens of anime and manga stories; it would be hard to base a court case on that one." Sito conceded that animated films are collaborative but said professional pride prevents animators from knowingly ripping off others.
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[ ] Death Note Tops Box Office Again (2006-06-27 17:17:22) the Japanese box office for the second straight week, again pushing the Da Vinci Code to second place.
Source: [ ] More Japanese companies taking control of overseas distribution [ ] The Pillows Meet & Greet Tomorrow in San Fran (2006-06-27 06:05:01) will hold an tomorrow at Kunokuniya Bookstore in San Francisco.
[ ] Japan Content Investments invests in A.D.
The film premieres in December in Japan.
[ ] fifth best selling DVD in Japan [ ] Manga Apprentice for Life (2006-06-26 04:05:40) Artist the story of "", who has been an artist's assistant for over thirty years.
[ ] , , , [ ] Kill Time with Bishojo Magazines (2006-06-23 04:00:55) The first issue of, a " battle" magazine from Kill Time Communication, will be issued Sunday in Japan.
Source: [ ] Building Better Anime in Beijing (2006-06-23 03:53:57) The Beijing Films Academy and Japan China New Century Association have the China Japan Anime Manga Research Center.
The Center will also promote Japanese "images" in China through anime and manga.
Monorails of Japan
Provides location, background, and history of monorails in use in Japan.
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Islam, Animation and Money: the Reception of Disney's Aladdin in ...
Timothy R. White and JE Winn discuss the reception of Disney's Aladdin in Islamic
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Sidekick Takes Center Stage
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