I have definitely realized that, if I am to learn about Japan properly - then the entire facet of Manga/Anime can't be overlooked. It's a really really big thing, not only in Japan anymore but all over the world. So, I thought why not watch the unfinished Anime series back from my childhood days.
After all, why not?
Anime uses the Japanese language with it's subtleties in as natural a way as in real life - often with exaggerated graphics though;P
I kinda obsessed over theses whenever I could salvage the time for myself and in those little windows of time I managed to slog through
> About 180 episodes + 4 Movies of Inu Yasha.
> Wolf's Rain
> Death Note
> Ghost in the Shell
( If you thought Matrix/Inceptions ware Awesome, you are gonna Love this)
Of course, there is Dragon Ball Z which is still left - but I don't find it as interesting as I used to, nearly a decade ago, same goes for Pokemon or say Astroboy. Too child-like for my taste, I find.
I now have a lot better understanding of [[ さま, ちゃん, さん, くん ]] and the numerous Interjections and Imperative statements which I found to be a bit of a slog before. So, there's passive learning at it's best. Actually, I have used this method before as well, with Russian. I went through all the screen adaptations of the Russian Classics - I learned a ton from those as well. Of course, nothing beats, actually speaking the language but, hey, there's so much amazing stuff which people have been doing in their own languages, I find it better to embrace it.
Sure, I understand the fact that the language/situations used in Anime or Manga can't really reflect the real world as such, so I have been exploring various Japanese movies to watch. I liked Okuribito a lot, quite an interesting concept and screenplay. Of the other real world material I have focused on are Gokusen series like sitcoms.
I definitely prefer watching comedy in any language and as soon as I get a whiff of News-like material my brain decelerates to { Bored } level.
As you know very well by now- I experiment a lot and I try my best not to confuse, Activity with Improvement.
The reason for my interest in Manga and Anime has another dimension as well, I wish to understand Drawing/Sketching better. I mean, I often have trouble making human shapes on the paper but is sketching only about Sketching Figures ( Portraits) - not really?
For me, it's a mode of expressing a storyline or even an idea;P
So, instead of fidgeting over what I don't find interesting at the moment I'd much rather focus on the Human-like shapes of Manga/Anime characters and focus on the finer details of the Art form like Perspectives, Shading Patterns, Dresses. Till the time I have matured enough for handling actual figures, I seriously believe that this MangaSketching is a good approximations for the "Real" Stuff.
After all, why not?
Anime uses the Japanese language with it's subtleties in as natural a way as in real life - often with exaggerated graphics though;P
I kinda obsessed over theses whenever I could salvage the time for myself and in those little windows of time I managed to slog through
> About 180 episodes + 4 Movies of Inu Yasha.
> Wolf's Rain
> Death Note
> Ghost in the Shell
( If you thought Matrix/Inceptions ware Awesome, you are gonna Love this)
Of course, there is Dragon Ball Z which is still left - but I don't find it as interesting as I used to, nearly a decade ago, same goes for Pokemon or say Astroboy. Too child-like for my taste, I find.
I now have a lot better understanding of [[ さま, ちゃん, さん, くん ]] and the numerous Interjections and Imperative statements which I found to be a bit of a slog before. So, there's passive learning at it's best. Actually, I have used this method before as well, with Russian. I went through all the screen adaptations of the Russian Classics - I learned a ton from those as well. Of course, nothing beats, actually speaking the language but, hey, there's so much amazing stuff which people have been doing in their own languages, I find it better to embrace it.
Sure, I understand the fact that the language/situations used in Anime or Manga can't really reflect the real world as such, so I have been exploring various Japanese movies to watch. I liked Okuribito a lot, quite an interesting concept and screenplay. Of the other real world material I have focused on are Gokusen series like sitcoms.
I definitely prefer watching comedy in any language and as soon as I get a whiff of News-like material my brain decelerates to { Bored } level.
As you know very well by now- I experiment a lot and I try my best not to confuse, Activity with Improvement.
The reason for my interest in Manga and Anime has another dimension as well, I wish to understand Drawing/Sketching better. I mean, I often have trouble making human shapes on the paper but is sketching only about Sketching Figures ( Portraits) - not really?
For me, it's a mode of expressing a storyline or even an idea;P
So, instead of fidgeting over what I don't find interesting at the moment I'd much rather focus on the Human-like shapes of Manga/Anime characters and focus on the finer details of the Art form like Perspectives, Shading Patterns, Dresses. Till the time I have matured enough for handling actual figures, I seriously believe that this MangaSketching is a good approximations for the "Real" Stuff.
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