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Akira (1988) vs Stronger - Kanye West (2007)
This makes me so happy.
Kanye west is in the holy trinity of weeaboos
Kanye West is a fan of Japanese animation and has the talent to do fun things with his love of the medium.
“Justice League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles” Episode Two is Live! Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYSxN4ezhO4 Discuss: http://www.toonzone.net/forums/dc-animation-forum/442251-justice-league-gods-monsters-chronicles-season-one-talkback-spoilers-2.html#post5353241
Wow. Great intro to a new take on a classic character as well as an homage to an anime classic.
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One of the biggest animated films ever made.
A game-changer if ever there was one.
Unapologetically violent, dark, and philosophical.
The godfather of the modern Japanese animation movement.
You know the name. Watch it tonight.
If you've seen it, you know it. If you haven't, prepare to be entertained.
AKIRA. Coming to Toonami Saturday, December 7th at midnight.
If you haven’t seen it, READY YOURSELF. If you have- get ready to see it in glorious HD! Part of a month of movies.
One of the hallmarks of the anime and manga industry and one of the first films to really challenge mainstream norms about animation as a medium for storytelling.
If you haven't seen it, you should watch next Saturday.
TOONAMI DECEMBER MOVIES ANNOUNCEMENT:
Hey #toonami faithful! We’re back with some more good news. This December, Toonami will have a whole MONTH of movies to ring in the holidays! We’ll release the full air schedule soon, but for now, here are the GREAT movies we’ll be airing:
12/7- AKIRA- Yup. The most influential anime film of all time is coming to Toonami and kicking off a month of movies. That promo will be something to see, we’re tellin’ ya. By the way, the 25th anniversary remastered Blu-Ray was just released by our friends at Funimation, and man. It’s gorgeous.
12/14- SUMMER WARS- directed by Mamoru Hosoda, this modern classic is something we’ve had our eye on for a while. We think you’ll love it!
12/21- FULL METAL ALCHEMIST- THE CONQUEROR OF SHAMBALLA- FMA fans know how great this gem is. And so do we. Produced by Bones, the same studio who will be bringing you SPACE DANDY in January!
12/28- TRIGUN: BADLAND RUMBLE- Trigun is back where he belongs on Adult Swim, in a special one off adventure.
And that’s not all! We’ll also be doing a TOONAMI T-SHIRT GIVEAWAY for the whole month of December, AND you might see some interesting things happening with TOM and the Absolution!
Okay that’s all… for THIS week! Like we said, more details to come, and we hope you’re as excited about this holiday season as we are!
xoxoxoxo
Love, the Toonami crew.
Big Movie Month.
And with the premiere of Akira, Cartoon Network/Adult Swim has aired nearly every major pioneering anime property that built the modern anime era we're currently in.
Roll Call:
Astro Boy. Gigantor. Speed Racer.
G-Force. Star Blazers (on Toonami Reactor). Lupin III. Mobile Suit Gundam.
Voltron. Robotech. Dragon Ball Z. Sailor Moon.
Evangelion. Gundam Wing. Tenchi Muyo. Pokemon.
Cowboy Bebop. Trigun. Outlaw Star. Yu-Gi-Oh.
One Piece. Naruto. Fullmetal Alchemist. FLCL.
Durarara!! Ghost in the Shell: SAC. Samurai Champloo.
And so much more.
wait wait me too! i put this into an AT episode!
Slide it, yo!
Imitation. The sincerest form of flattery, i guess.
I don’t have the GIF, but isn’t there a Batman: TAS scene where Robin pulls this off?
You're absolutely right.
It's found right here:
drawology:
Why not? Its just as arbitrary as making them all white. Though I bet if you tried to run that by Hollywood they’d laugh in your face. Better yet, rainbow the entire cast if you’re going to bother changing their races at all. My point white people are not the American template.
Ignoring the fact that racebending the cast is kind of a slap in the face to the story and deprives any Asian actors some prime opportunities to play amazing roles; if you’re going to change the character’s race to make them more relatable to American audiences (an actual excuse I’ve heard before in these situations), why not make those changes reflect actual American audiences. Last time I checked everyone in America wasn’t white.
And I guess that’s the most insulting thing about stuff like this, is that its become generally accepted that making a character white will automatically make them relatable to EVERYONE. That’s not to say that a character’s race doesn’t make them relatable to SOME extent (its why I tend to be partial toward black male characters like Cyborg, Static, or Prodigy), but it is in no way the first characteristic of relatability and shouldn’t be considered as such. A character’s actions, personality, and relationships is what makes them relatable because those things are universal to everyone, a particular race is not.
I don’t know if I can consider this racist but its definitely ignorant and lazy. In Hollywood, race is held in a heirarchy where white people are at the top followed directly by black people (which is why whenever a characters race is changed and its not white, its usually black), but damnit give the Asians a chance for once (who are farther down the hierarchy under Hispanics/Latinos) and let them act in a movie that isn’t all about martial arts!
I need to stop now before I get into Lost Airbender territory.
