The past influences the present—the literature and art of the past influence the media we create and consume today. Today, anime is a popular media format and several aspects of anime can be linked back to kabuki and bunraku theater. Bunraku and kabuki are two styles of theater that originated in Japan, both of which areContinue reading “Japanese Theater Relating to Modern Anime”
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The Influence of Kabuki Theater on Film and Anime
The art of Kabuki in Japanese theater made its way to America in the mid-1900’s, with 1960 bringing the first “authentic” (all-male, professional) performance to New York. It became a tool to reconcile Americans with Japanese culture following the war. “Kabuki was not simply introduced to America; it was promoted as part of a larger,Continue reading “The Influence of Kabuki Theater on Film and Anime”
Japan’s Most Omninous Ghost: The Onryō
Funny story diving into reading Yotsuya Kaidan, AKA The Ghost Stories at Yotsuya on the Tokaido. The weekend before I did the reading, I watched Netflix’s new animated show Blue Eye Samurai. It had everything I loved. Great animation, incredible voice actors, lots of violent, gory fights, and incredible writing in terms of the charactersContinue reading “Japan’s Most Omninous Ghost: The Onryō”
Sprockets and Springes 