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Fictional Dream Technology: Dream Sharing Synopsis In the real world, she is the renown and highly intelligent Dr. Atsuko Chiba. In the dream world, she is the spunky redhead “Paprika”. Thanks to a new technology developed at Chiba’s lab called a DC Mini, Paprika is able to jump into people’s dreams with the ease of…
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Anime: Grave of the Fireflies — Story of Survival, World War II Grave of the Fireflies Recommended ages: 8 and up. Synopsis In the waning days of World War II, American bombers drop napalm canisters on Japanese cities, creating fire storms. These bombs, longer than a tin can but about as big around, fall to earth…
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The Coming of Age in a Synthetic World: the High Score Girl Series High Score Girl is a recent video-game inspired romantic comedy framed for television and aimed at millennials. It originally found success as a comic “manga” in 2010 by Rensuke Oshikiri, and just that much tells you quite a bit. The series promises…
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The world of movies and television offers an incredibly broad landscape. Not only can stories be told in a wide assortment of genres, styles, and mediums, but the undergirding values and themes of stories will also vary greatly depending on the storytellers and their cultural backgrounds. Different cultures can have incredibly unique approaches to crafting…
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Most of the animation students at my college prefer anime to “traditional,” Western animation—a puzzling phenomenon given the massive distribution of the Disney franchise, as well as Loony Tunes and its many spinoffs, but evident with only a cursory glance through senior portfolios and art projects. Then again, both my boys grew up trading Yugioh…
