1) According to Lent (2000), what place does animation occupy in Asian societies? How different is this across Asia (i.e. comparing China and Japan)?
According to Lent (2000) “the Chinese, perhaps more than any other Asian animators save those of Japan, were insistent on adapting only those elements of foreign animation that fit their culture, never favouring full adoption”. That is, each Asian country has had some kind of influence from both neighbouring countries and Western animation to create their own culture specific model. Mostly, Eastern animation is a mode of entertainment but the difference is how each country treats it and the regulations which their Governments place on it. For instance, the similarity between Chinese and Japanese animation is in its culturally and nationally reflective the content. The difference lies in the purpose, ideologies and levels of propaganda use – mainly, it is China with its Government regulating their broadcast content whereas Japan’s got more freedom with its various genres and risqué content.
REF LIST
Lent, J. A. (2000). Animation in Asia: appropriation, reinterpretation, and adoption or
adaptation. Retrieved 21 June, 2006, from AnimeResearch.com
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