| 1. | (3 posts) | Web Cel Galleries |
| 2. | (6 posts) | Andrew Osmond Visits Studio Ghibli |
| 3. | (11 posts) | Grave Question *Spoiler Alert* |
| 4. | (4 posts) | Kids and Subtitles |
We looked at 98 posts by 53 different contributors.
Working in a room with 40 elementary school kids and an intermittent internet connection (turned off for potential lightening storms, which seems to occur every 20 minutes) equals a short issue. The local internet cafe is cheap (10 NT for 15 minutes) but is constantly occupied by the local "cool" youth (read: smoking like fiends).
Robin Casady wondered about putting cels up on the web, "I'm curious about what the attitudes are about web cel galleries. My main purpose in putting one up, if I do, would be for trading for other Miyazaki cels. I don't intend to sell.
1. Is Studio Ghibli upset by personal web galleries?
2. Do they consider it a violation of their copyrights, or is it considered fair use for trading?
3. How do list members feel about cel galleries?
Larry Greenfield replied "speaking just for myself, I see nothing wrong with cel galleries. I'd love to see the cels you've bought. . . I don't think there's any legal reason Ghilbi would be mad either... the cels have to slip through them before they hit the market, so they know people will buy them." Larry's gallery can be found here. Wendy Goldberg wrote, "I, for one, love to see people's anime cel galleries. I think most people are respectful of the images -- that is, they are clearly labelled for what they are (and aren't off printing t-shirts in the back alley)." Wendy's cel gallery is located here.
Andrew Osmond posted his experience in Japan, the most important part of course was his Studio Ghibli visit, "As Ryoko has mentioned previously, we were able to visit Ghibli for a report I'm doing on the new museum. (It opens October 2001.) Expect to see my piece in Animerica at some point. . . I glimpsed 'the man' a couple of times, though only fleetingly. (I doubt I could have said anything intelligent anyway.)"
A passing comment about a book, "Miyazaki likes the writer Ursula Le Guin. (There was a book of hers in the room - The Farthest Shore", caused some confusion when Francesco (no last name given) replied, "it strikes me as a much better story for animation then Swallows & Amazons." David Athay sent out this agitated message, "Did I miss something?!?!!?!? Is Ghibli working on an animation of Swallows & Amazons????" Francesco clarified the issue with, "In Manga Max 15, there is a transcript of an interview Miyazaki had with a television program on British Channel 4. He suggests it would be good to make something for the children of the world. . . From the tone of the interview this his something he would like to do , not something that he will do. It is not an official announcement of a Swallows and Amazon movie." Ryoko Toyama also chipped in, "Miyazaki-San also mentioned Swallows and Amazons in his interview for Comic Box (about Nausicaa)."
Andrew Osmond asked (skip to the next session unless you want a spoiler!), "Why do people think that Seita didn't withdraw more of his mother's money from the bank sooner, rather than waiting till his sister was at death's door?" Yuk Ki wrote, "Seita didn't really see the money as his to spend. That money belonged to his parents and they didn't give it to him. . . In fact, Seita went so far as to start stealing from other people before taking (stealing in his mind?) from his parents."
Sharon Westfall elucidated, "I think Seita never though it would happen (his sister dying) until it was too late; he was in total denial of the gravity of the situation. . . So he ended up procrastinated taking care of his mother's ashes, procratinated taking care of his sister's illness, waiting for his dad to come home and fix it all, and everything would be better then."
Rob Pereyda commented, "when I let him [7 year old cousin] watch anime, his attention span is nonexistent if there is no English dialogue. . . When I do buy my Mononoke DVD, even if it did have subs, I'd still show him the dub. . . It's like a hook. Hard to hook people on a sub, I think many people would agree (Speed Racer, Star Blazers, Robotech just a few example of dub hooks)." Yuk Ki Lau wrote, "I find that this is true with the long drawn out animes. However, with other animes, such as Mononoke Hime, where the action is moving along most of the way through the movie (ie something strange and different is happening) then the kids seem to keed their attention glued to the screen." Rebecca Ballard added, "As far as I can tell, kids will watch things that are good, regardless of whether they're subtitled or dubbed. . . my daughters, ages 6 and 4 (and their little friends who come to visit) will sit mesmerized watching Laputa in Japanese, even though they don't know Japanese. . . Kids can recognize good (and bad) quality!"
Paul Mayer worked at AX2000 and gave a few thoughts on the Princess Mononoke screenings. Studio Ghibli is recruiting, check out this site (in Japanese) for details. Marc Hairston advocates writing a letter to indicate your displeasure with the current status of the PM DVD. Bruce Jones sent forth some thoughts on the dubbed version of PM.
Whew! Made it through the week, sort of, I think the listserv will continue to archive week 2 for another day. But since I'm out of internet access this will have to do. See you in two weeks.