What Even is 'Retro Anime'? Epic Anime Debates - Main Image
At Epicstream, our team regularly debate the big questions around anime fandom. This week, with the release of T.P Bon on Netflix, we decided to ask what makes a retro anime so retro.
Most of us conjure a specific image when considering a loaded phrase like retro anime. However, how much is retro to do with a particular show's style and how much is it to do with our own experiences of anime growing up?
Check out what our experts had to say and join the conversation in the comments!
Cathlyn: "Retro is About Art Styles"
When we talk about retro anime, two or three things come to mind: the anime's time of release, visual techniques, and genre tropes. After all, retro anime often reflects character archetypes and distinctive art styles prevalent during the time of their production.
At Epicstream, our team regularly debate the big questions around anime fandom. This week, with the release of T.P Bon on Netflix, we decided to ask what makes a retro anime so retro.
Most of us conjure a specific image when considering a loaded phrase like retro anime. However, how much is retro to do with a particular show's style and how much is it to do with our own experiences of anime growing up?
Check out what our experts had to say and join the conversation in the comments!
Cathlyn: "Retro is About Art Styles"
When we talk about retro anime, two or three things come to mind: the anime's time of release, visual techniques, and genre tropes. After all, retro anime often reflects character archetypes and distinctive art styles prevalent during the time of their production.
- 5/2/2024
- EpicStream
Viz Media revealed its slate of new releases and acquisitions that will launch starting in Fall of this year, with the biggest acquisition in the new Eiichiro Oda one-shot Wanted! Eiichiro Oda Before One Piece , which features all of the legendary creator's early work prior to his best-known work. The full slate is featured below. Kaiju No. 8: Exclusive on the Third Division (Light Novel) by Naoya Matsumoto and Keiji Ando Description: Get an exclusive sneak peek into the lives of kaiju-fighting heroes Kafka, Reno, Kikoru, and Hoshina, in a new light novel! Otaku Vampire’s Love Bite (Manga) by Julietta Suzuki Description: Modern vampire Hina sets out from Romania to live out her otaku dreams in Japan! Her new neighbor, Kyuta, looks just like her anime crush. Can she convince him to be friends? Trillion Game (Manga) by Riichiro Inagaki and Ryoichi Ikegami Description: Haru and Gaku become...
- 2/3/2024
- by Humberto Saabedra
- Crunchyroll
Starting this summer, couples in Japan looking to tie the knot can have the shoujo wedding of their dreams. Wedding dress brand Lulu felice is collaborating with manga artist Ai Yazawa to launch a line of apparel inspired by two of her most beloved titles— Nana and Neighborhood Story . As seen above, the Nana dresses pull inspiration from both of the series's protagonists. Two of the dresses (seen above) depict the heroines' contrasting styles. You'll also find looks pulling directly from the manga, such as a recreation of the dress Nana O. wore to Ren's concert and some reimaginings of Hachi's iconic dresses. Related: Creamy Mami Anime Celebrates Four Eras of Fashion at 40th Anniversary Pop-Up Shop Neighborhood Story also inspires several looks in the collection, many based on heroine Mikako's designs for her personal fashion brand, Happy Berry. Naturally, the wedding dress she designed for a fashion show is in the mix,...
- 2/3/2024
- by Kara Dennison
- Crunchyroll
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Have you ever spent an entire day worrying over some benign thing that you said? Have you ever gotten exactly what you wanted and still felt incomplete? Have you ever fundamentally questioned who you are? Have you ever been in your twenties?
Anime often gets generalized as a genre that showcases exaggerated characters with unbelievable powers who engage in fantastical flights of fancy. But sometimes an anime will stare right into your soul and help you realize things about yourself that you could never previously articulate. Nana is one such anime. It’s arguably the best series for 20-somethings and millennials to watch–an anime that hits harder and probes deeper than some of this generation’s most staggering animated efforts.
There’s an overwhelming amount of anime and manga to explore, but Ai Yazawa’s prolific Nana has become even more of an obscure and lost relic.
Have you ever spent an entire day worrying over some benign thing that you said? Have you ever gotten exactly what you wanted and still felt incomplete? Have you ever fundamentally questioned who you are? Have you ever been in your twenties?
Anime often gets generalized as a genre that showcases exaggerated characters with unbelievable powers who engage in fantastical flights of fancy. But sometimes an anime will stare right into your soul and help you realize things about yourself that you could never previously articulate. Nana is one such anime. It’s arguably the best series for 20-somethings and millennials to watch–an anime that hits harder and probes deeper than some of this generation’s most staggering animated efforts.
There’s an overwhelming amount of anime and manga to explore, but Ai Yazawa’s prolific Nana has become even more of an obscure and lost relic.
- 8/2/2021
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
A few days ago, Eiga.com posted a new trailer for Takehiko Shinjo’s Paradise Kiss, a live-action film adaptation of a manga by Ai Yazawa.
Plot: Yukari Hayasaka (Keiko Kitagawa) commutes to a prestigious private high school in Tokyo every day, but recently she’s been having doubts about her lifestyle which has her constantly bouncing back and forth between her normal classes and cram school as per her parents’ wishes. One day, she’s scouted as a model for an aspiring fashion designer named George Koizumi (Osamu Mukai). Yukari is puzzled by the fashion world at first, but witnessing people chase their dreams with a single-minded focus eventually inspires her to find her own path.
Warner Bros will be releasing “Paradise Kiss” in Japan on June 4, 2011.
Watch »...
Plot: Yukari Hayasaka (Keiko Kitagawa) commutes to a prestigious private high school in Tokyo every day, but recently she’s been having doubts about her lifestyle which has her constantly bouncing back and forth between her normal classes and cram school as per her parents’ wishes. One day, she’s scouted as a model for an aspiring fashion designer named George Koizumi (Osamu Mukai). Yukari is puzzled by the fashion world at first, but witnessing people chase their dreams with a single-minded focus eventually inspires her to find her own path.
Warner Bros will be releasing “Paradise Kiss” in Japan on June 4, 2011.
Watch »...
- 4/4/2011
- Nippon Cinema
The Japanese film site Movie Collection has uploaded the first teaser for Takehiko Shinjo’s Paradise Kiss to their YouTube channel. The film is a live-action adaptation of a manga by Ai Yazawa.
Plot: Yukari Hayasaka (Keiko Kitagawa) commutes to a prestigious private high school in Tokyo every day, but recently she’s been having doubts about her lifestyle which has her constantly bouncing back and forth between her normal classes and cram school as per her parents’ wishes. One day, she’s scouted as a model for an aspiring fashion designer named George Koizumi (Osamu Mukai). Yukari is puzzled by the fashion world at first, but witnessing people chase their dreams with a single-minded focus eventually inspires her to find her own path.
Warner Bros will be releasing “Paradise Kiss” in Japan sometime in May 2011.
Plot: Yukari Hayasaka (Keiko Kitagawa) commutes to a prestigious private high school in Tokyo every day, but recently she’s been having doubts about her lifestyle which has her constantly bouncing back and forth between her normal classes and cram school as per her parents’ wishes. One day, she’s scouted as a model for an aspiring fashion designer named George Koizumi (Osamu Mukai). Yukari is puzzled by the fashion world at first, but witnessing people chase their dreams with a single-minded focus eventually inspires her to find her own path.
Warner Bros will be releasing “Paradise Kiss” in Japan sometime in May 2011.
- 11/3/2010
- Nippon Cinema
On Tuesday, Keiko Kitagawa revealed on her blog that she’s done filming Paradise Kiss, the much-anticipated live-action adaptation of Ai Yazawa’s manga of the same name.
Kitagawa thanked everyone involved in the shoot, while adding that her next stop will be the hair salon where she can finally get her hair cut. The shoot had been going on for three months, a fairly long haul for modern Japanese films, so she hasn’t been able to make any changes to her appearance until now.
In addition to Paradise Kiss, Kitagawa also had major roles in “Shikeidai no Elevator” and “Matataki” earlier this year. Combine that with her commercial work and numerous fashion magazine shoots, and she’s barely had any time to rest. And although she’s admitted in recent blog entries that her schedule has been pretty grueling lately, she doesn’t plan on taking a break anytime soon.
Kitagawa thanked everyone involved in the shoot, while adding that her next stop will be the hair salon where she can finally get her hair cut. The shoot had been going on for three months, a fairly long haul for modern Japanese films, so she hasn’t been able to make any changes to her appearance until now.
In addition to Paradise Kiss, Kitagawa also had major roles in “Shikeidai no Elevator” and “Matataki” earlier this year. Combine that with her commercial work and numerous fashion magazine shoots, and she’s barely had any time to rest. And although she’s admitted in recent blog entries that her schedule has been pretty grueling lately, she doesn’t plan on taking a break anytime soon.
- 10/27/2010
- Nippon Cinema
San Francisco, CA, August 27, 2009 - Viz Media, LLC (Viz Media), one of the entertainment industry’s most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, will release the Uncut DVD Box Set for the animated romantic rock and roll melodrama, Nana, on September 8th. The 3-disc set featuring 12 episodes will be rated ‘M’ for Mature Audiences and carry an Msrp of $59.90 U.S. / $85.99 Can. The first box set will also include an exclusive Nana guitar pick. The Nana anime is based on the popular manga by Ai Yazawa, which has sold over 43 million copies in Japan and is published in North America by Viz Media under [...]...
- 8/28/2009
- by Brian Corder
- ShockYa
Courtney Love is "obsessed" with Japan. In a confusing blog on her MySpace page, the former Hole singer reveals she can't get enough of a female Japanese artist.
She wrote: "Anyone Japanese know who played 'Nana' in Ai Kawazawas 'Nana' as adapted to a Japanese Teen Rock movie? I do love my Ai. I'd love to get in touch with her. Anyway - I hear she's the one to give a song to, and I'm obsessed with a Japanese female artist crossing over here - it'd be so cool."
"Nana" is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ai Yazawa that has been turned into two animated films.
Courtney, 44 - who was married to Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain, who committed suicide in 1994 - went on to say: "I'm sorry I feel it's somewhat racist to have blonde Gaijin pop singer with all Asian backup dancers - maybe that's the Japanese soul in me?...
She wrote: "Anyone Japanese know who played 'Nana' in Ai Kawazawas 'Nana' as adapted to a Japanese Teen Rock movie? I do love my Ai. I'd love to get in touch with her. Anyway - I hear she's the one to give a song to, and I'm obsessed with a Japanese female artist crossing over here - it'd be so cool."
"Nana" is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ai Yazawa that has been turned into two animated films.
Courtney, 44 - who was married to Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain, who committed suicide in 1994 - went on to say: "I'm sorry I feel it's somewhat racist to have blonde Gaijin pop singer with all Asian backup dancers - maybe that's the Japanese soul in me?...
- 1/28/2009
- icelebz.com
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