Apr 30 2009
Japan’s Hopeful Recover Through Cultural Export
Japan’s hope to help recover through comic books known as manga and animation to help pull the country out of recession. Prime Minister Taro Aso was promised a stimulus package of $US150 billion to boost Japan’s biggest cultural exports. At a conference he spoke at as he waved Asian magazine that featured Japanese pop stars. Cultural export such as magna, anime, music and live-action movie adaptions have been growing. Along with manga/anime, Hollywood’s live action movie adaption from cult favorites, working with the original anime creators or associations, and western animation with Asian influences are on the way. For example “Avatar: The Last Airbender and the upcoming Wind & Fire by Silver*Studio. Who promised, Travis Ware, CEO; “Yes! The series will be “bloody” And it will a true detective story, which inclues, finding clues, suspects, and murder. The show will make the mature audience yell for next week’s show!” A western version of “Extreme” anime influence in all its violence and glory for the very mature audience.
