Hi, I just read your response to my Munto TV forum post for the first time this morning. I assume you've completely forgot about that too by now, so I thought I'd go ahead and post a quick answer here.
I believe that you did indeed read too much into my assessment of the series. I'm not schooled in literature or film and can't authoritatively analyze Munto's successes or failures. If my tone or vocabulary gave that impression, that was an error on my part.
All my post was intended to be was my personal take on Munto's entertainment value in a wider context of the human experience. I think that we can both agree that most popular anime, like Ghost in the Shell, or what have you, craft their own little n-dimensional stage to play out the relevant events of the character's lives. And that's all very good, and opens up a much wider sandbox of creative potential. But Munto, rather uniquely for an anime I think, keeps events relatively down-to-Earth (no pun intended) exaggerating into fantasy just enough to create an embellished sense of global resource conflict that's actually occurring in the world, and that most media consumers are at least partially numb to at this point? (No?)
To that end, looking back over my original posting I think I articulated myself rather well for once: "[W]hen you consider Munto's themes within the real-world context - the energy crisis, globalization and conflict, oil wars - I think Munto is very timely and relevant, and does an awesome job layering an entertaining fantasy storyline over fears and apprehensions that people all over the world are trying to make sense of surrounding energy and the environment right now."
Munto's creators may not have an enlightened view of the present or future of our the long-standing energy and environmental crisis, but allusion is obvious and by creating an elaborate new work of fiction with those elements at its core, I believe KyoAni does an admirable thing in returning our attention to challenging real-world issues through the lens of fantasy, without being overwhelmingly fanciful (thinking Studio Ghibli here) or especially heavy-handed.
In any event, we both gave the series exactly the same rating in the end. So, despite whatever minor differences between us there may be in interpretation or description of Munto, we're obviously seeing largely the same gestalt here. =)
hmm...well I've been reading the phantom episode forum discussions and I just noticed your interesting insights into the show. But yeah..nice meeting you
Um..I guess I found your profile characteristics interesting? I like the way you analyze anime and maybe could share some of your insight into them. Yeah, sorry for the awkward introduction.
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I believe that you did indeed read too much into my assessment of the series. I'm not schooled in literature or film and can't authoritatively analyze Munto's successes or failures. If my tone or vocabulary gave that impression, that was an error on my part.
All my post was intended to be was my personal take on Munto's entertainment value in a wider context of the human experience. I think that we can both agree that most popular anime, like Ghost in the Shell, or what have you, craft their own little n-dimensional stage to play out the relevant events of the character's lives. And that's all very good, and opens up a much wider sandbox of creative potential. But Munto, rather uniquely for an anime I think, keeps events relatively down-to-Earth (no pun intended) exaggerating into fantasy just enough to create an embellished sense of global resource conflict that's actually occurring in the world, and that most media consumers are at least partially numb to at this point? (No?)
To that end, looking back over my original posting I think I articulated myself rather well for once: "[W]hen you consider Munto's themes within the real-world context - the energy crisis, globalization and conflict, oil wars - I think Munto is very timely and relevant, and does an awesome job layering an entertaining fantasy storyline over fears and apprehensions that people all over the world are trying to make sense of surrounding energy and the environment right now."
Munto's creators may not have an enlightened view of the present or future of our the long-standing energy and environmental crisis, but allusion is obvious and by creating an elaborate new work of fiction with those elements at its core, I believe KyoAni does an admirable thing in returning our attention to challenging real-world issues through the lens of fantasy, without being overwhelmingly fanciful (thinking Studio Ghibli here) or especially heavy-handed.
In any event, we both gave the series exactly the same rating in the end. So, despite whatever minor differences between us there may be in interpretation or description of Munto, we're obviously seeing largely the same gestalt here. =)
Thanks for the feedback though.