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Originally Posted by YuriTokoro
Sorry, I don’t understand again.
You first discovered anime as a separate thing from other kinds of animation?
You mean ‘other kinds of animation’ ‘films which have more realism’?
The three animation films differed from others in that they were illusion-promoting, didn’t they? Right?
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Seeing those three films introduced me to what Japanese animation was as opposed to Western animation. More adult themes, graphic violence (especially in Ninja Scroll) were new things I had never seen before in that kind of entertainment. I was raised on shows like Looney Tunes and Flintstones; more kid-centred animation that didn't go near violent or adult themes.
In short, they were closer to "realism" than cavemen riding dinosaurs or cats walking off cliffs and hovering
I suppose Japanese animation were illusion-promoting in the sense they were my first exposure to what animation was truly capable of, in both themes and pictures.