[EVA] (off-topic) shojo manga

[Richard Fung]

On Thu, 20 Nov 1997, Patrick Yip wrote:

> I guess then that "Yamaarashi no Jirenma" (guess Yamaarashi means storm 
> mountain, isn't it?) 
> 
> ## "Yamaarashi" is actually porcupine (or hedgehog)
 
See how Japanese drastically changed (messed up) the meaning of kanji!
Yama-arashi means hedgehog, gotta remember that.
 

> ## shojo (with light lines, elegant arrangment of frames etc.), is not
> ## classic shojo style (super-big shimmering eyes, baroque-style 
> ## hairdressing, super-slim and weak-looking bodies etc.) 

That's why I love shojo!  I wish I could be as tall and skinny as Fuma
(X), and he's one of the most merciless villains too!  He kicks butts big
time in the movie, no mercy!!


> ## girls. Examples are "Banana Fish" "B.B.Fish" "X" (and other CLAMP
> ## work) and "Boku no Chikyuu wo mamotte" (defend my Earth)

Yep, Please save my Earth and X are the most sophiscated ones among the
shojo genre which generally attracts older audiences, even in the US.

 
> As you see, me like you Patrick, I'm more into manga than anime. Heaven for 
> me is a second hand manga store. In fact, I had lost much interest in 
> anime... until I saw Evangelion, that is.

Who says this??  To tell you the truth I'm into both manga and anime
equally, I wouldn't say one is better than the other.  Actually I used to
read lots of manga too (Tokyo Babylon, etc..), but now having left HK I
haven't had much access to them anymore, except to my nearest Kinokuniya
(still an hr away).
 

> ## I love manga far more than anime. I think manga conveys a lot more 
> ## stimulating thoughts and story than anime. Manga has a wonderful balance
> ## of story-telling and visual impacts, which cannot be said for most of
> ## the western comics (too many words, too static pictures)

It's just as same as your preference to either novels or movies.  Manga
and novels only give you the visual experience, so they leave the readers
the freedom to imagine things on their own.  Unlike manga, anime or movies
already give you all of the details of the story (both visual and audial),
consequently it limits people's imagination, thus people who are more
creative and are not satified by anime would go out and write fanfics.



Rich (Shinomori Aoshi)
rfung at eden.rutgers.edu