Tuesday, September 07, 2004

Anime in India

India has aversion to animation, it seems. Not a single recognisable cartoon character from a land of billions. And you see the level of animation here. Characters with body parts in form of blocks, all moving independently; static background; poor dubbing; worthless script.

"Pavitr" is the Indian spiderman abt to be released soon. Don't think that makes sense. People are just not interested to read or learn the art of animation. Its still seen as a medium for kids and as a result you have all the cartoon serials dubbed into Hindi, almost none of the true Japanese anime, and no sort of manga whatsoever.

But few works have been impressive: Ramayana and The Pandavas. Others are in process of completion.

People on resonance with my view wait for an Indian "Samurai Jack", or "Dexter" or "Akira"

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