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Professor Siracusa’s Anime 101
John Siracusa assigns us two animated films from director Satoshi Kon, “Perfect Blue” and “Millennium Actress.” Then we watch them! Featuring: What to look for in Anime tropes, blurring of reality and fantasy, when animation is better than live action, and the lovingly rendered start-up sequence of a Macintosh Performa.
March 16, 2013
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1 hour, 11 minutes
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Jason Snell
with John Siracusa, Lisa Schmeiser and Tony Sindelar
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Millennium Actress
Perfect Blue
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“Perfect Blue” DVD
“Perfect Blue” (IMDB)
“Perfect Blue” (Wikipedia)
“Millennium Actress” DVD
“Millennium Actress” (IMDB)
“Millennium Actress” (Wikipedia)
Satoshi Kon (Wikipedia)
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Professor Siracusa's Anime 101
John Siracusa assigns us two animated films from director Satoshi Kon, "Perfect Blue" and "Millennium Actress." Then we watch them! Featuring: What to look for in Anime tropes, blurring of reality and fantasy, when animation is better than live action, and the lovingly rendered start-up sequence of a Macintosh Performa.
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