[ SECRET POST #186 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #186 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Early-early 'cause I've got stuff to do later. ):

Secrets Left to Post: 07 pages, 164 secrets from Secret Submission Post #027.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 2 ] broken links, [ 1 ] not!secrets, [ 1 ] not!fandom, [ 1 ] personal attack.
Next Secret Post: Tomorrow, Wednesday, July 11th, 2007.
Current Secret Submission Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[kyaa.livejournal.com]

2. Oh man, seriously? I never finished that game. Finding out Certain Events annoyed me too much.

4. I wish I could agree whole-heartedly, but I'm biased :/ I just... anime style seems a lot more shallow. Like. I'm not moved by skinny bishounen with bedroom eyes or a big-boobed chick giving a peace sign. I like the art, I enjoy it, I collect pics on my computer - but it's really rare when I see something that's really striking. It's not something I want framed on my wall, or something I can marvel over brushstrokes.

7. I'm glad it wasn't.

13. She's not my favorite, but I like her. I don't think she's weak at all D: ...hitsugaya's the boring one.

14. Eh, the art style on the right looks pretty boring...

20. What pairing is that?

re: 4

[halcyonjazz.livejournal.com]

Peeeersonally, I think you're addressing a stereotypical anime artstyle and forgettingthere are THOUSANDS of different styles just like there are thousands in western cartoon. A lot of shounen series are varied and diverse, take for instance Blade of the Immortal or any handful of shounen series to date.

But that's neither here nor there. You can by all means be biased against anime. But whether you think its shallow or not, I don't think it matters because anime shouldn't be considered any less of an artform, since it's still an artform. I mean, I never ever want to hang up cartoons that look crude like Ren and Stimpy on my wall. But does that make it any less meaningful as art? No. It's still art. It's just not art I like.

Re: 4

[kyaa.livejournal.com]

Aaahgghh, y'know, you're right - I'm doing just that!! (I love Blade of the Immortal ;_;)

I suppose it's just the initial knee-jerk reaction. That bias the secret is really about - somehow thinking that Gustav Klimt is somehow /more/ of an artist than Hiroaki Samura.

I guess it's just easier to categorize anime and other cartoon-type styles as "kids stuff." And that makes it lesser than zee Fine Arrttss.

I still may think a painting is more emotionally moving than a page out of manga, but you're right; they both are defined as art. Apples and oranges, I guess - they're both fruit.