had it not set up the "manga can discuss deep issues but US comics are shallow superhero things only targeted at teen boys!" dichotomy.
I don't have much experience with manga at large, but what I have sometimes seen is that religion is not really a religion in the stories, but more of a... just a thing, you know? Haha, so badly explained. Neon Genesis Evangelion is a great example of anime: you'd think that with names like Eve and the whole Genesis thing, the story would be a pompous, religious allegory. But the writers, not familiar much with Christianity, just thought it had cool symbols and names, and decided to use them. And Fruits Basket is all about the Zodiac signs--but it's not at all about believing in them in any in-depth manner (at least that was not my experience with reading it). So... yeah. I can see how the editors of this book might have had some biased shades on them.
Sounds like an interesting book nevertheless. I'll add it to my reading list. :)
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Date: 2010-06-20 08:38 pm (UTC)had it not set up the "manga can discuss deep issues but US comics are shallow superhero things only targeted at teen boys!" dichotomy.
I don't have much experience with manga at large, but what I have sometimes seen is that religion is not really a religion in the stories, but more of a... just a thing, you know? Haha, so badly explained. Neon Genesis Evangelion is a great example of anime: you'd think that with names like Eve and the whole Genesis thing, the story would be a pompous, religious allegory. But the writers, not familiar much with Christianity, just thought it had cool symbols and names, and decided to use them. And Fruits Basket is all about the Zodiac signs--but it's not at all about believing in them in any in-depth manner (at least that was not my experience with reading it).
So... yeah. I can see how the editors of this book might have had some biased shades on them.
Sounds like an interesting book nevertheless. I'll add it to my reading list. :)