Comments on: Ask John: Is a Twilight Saga Anime Possible?

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By: Omonomono » Twilight Anime Is Not Likely

Omonomono » Twilight Anime Is Not Likely — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:50:14 +0000

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By: kampfer

kampfer — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:27:25 +0000

I read an editorial about the Twilight Saga last week by Movie Bob at The Escapist (www.escapistmagazine.com) discussing Twilight’s popularity and how it corresponds to other popular franchises amongst those of the geeky persuasion. While males have any number of comic books, action franchises, video games, and television series geared towards our demographics, there are not very many of those targeting women. I can’t think of any other fantasy or super hero franchises that have come out in the last few years that cater to female interests and sex appeal. Pirates of the Caribbean is a good example (hence the recent resurgence in pirate related media), but it wasn’t aimed just at women. Harry Potter is another popular franchise, but it is even less directed at teenage girls and does not offer nearly as much in terms of sex appeal for women.

Twilight’s popularity is based on its appealing representations of a possesive and incredibly attractive guys. The movie franchise brings the fantasy of that sexual attraction to its fullest, bringing the fantasy of devoted, attractive and powerful male love interests to life. American didn’t have any contemporary media like this, so Little, Brown & Company, the books’ publisher took advantage of this series to fill that nitch.

Japan on the other hand has any number of male protagonists that are designed to have sex appeal to young women. The Gundam franchise has been taking advantage of this concept for over a decade helping place Gundam amongst the most popular anime franchises in Japan among female otaku (AnimeNation reported on this ~last week). Other franchises, such as Naruto, Ouran High School Host Club, and Death Note even incorporate their characters’ sex appeal into the story, albeit to varying degrees). Many American female anime fans were attracted to the same things that were meant for Japanese women. A good example of this would be the yaoi mangas that feature attractive men without any of the key characteristics that would make them appealing to men as well. Fan overlap is natural.

I hope that no direct adaptation of the Twilight saga is produced because I am sure that Japanese writers and animators are fully capable of creating something with all the same appeal of Twilight without the immature source material retarding their creativity.

By: crilix

crilix — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:32:10 +0000

I’d rather fear Funimation and its intent to co-produce animation with Japanese studios. Twilight Saga would be my first choice. The two fandoms overlap too greatly already.

By: kyouki

kyouki — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 11:27:43 +0000

Have a better question: why female Americans want so desperately to castrate anime (or making it gay)? Canâ€™t they appreciate at least a little bit the originality of Japanese animation or for them anime or manga-like drawings are nothing more than a vehicle to showcase their pop culture fan fictions? Last year they insisted in Harry Potter anime, and now is Twilightâ€¦

By: GATS

GATS — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 07:01:42 +0000

First off, there already is a Twilight anime, and it’s called Vampire Knight.

“Iâ€™ve not read any of Stephenie Meyerâ€™s Twilight Saga novels nor watched either of the movies.”

The following should help you catch up with the story until the next “summary”. ^_- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41OixAKZQWQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZrGN7MJkrs&feature=related

“(because the Halo franchise isnâ€™t nearly as successful in Japan as it is in America)”

I’m surprised the animators even own any X-boxes to play the game, to be honest.

By: mangas

mangas — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:50:05 +0000

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