Oh.

[rosejailmaiden]

ANN reviewed Arceus and the Jewel of Life



next time, ANN, try to your anti-Pokemon bias a little less obvious, kay?

Comments

[blackjackrocket.livejournal.com]

I thought the forum thread was pretty nice. Had to toss my opinion in there too.

[nekusagi.livejournal.com]

I really didn't understand why they brought that up in the review, then said to show your kids Kiki's Delivery Service instead.

Ghibli films are FULL of polytheism.

[blackjackrocket.livejournal.com]

I don't remember any theism at all in Kiki. But yeah, pretty much. I don't see what they thought was bizarre about it in Pokemon (well, other than that the gods can be captured, but the thought of entirely invulnerable gods isn't exactly innate. The Norse gods, for instance, could even be harmed by mortals).

[nekusagi.livejournal.com]

I meant Ghibli movies in general. I mean Pokemon movies are no more full of gods and spirits than your typical anime family fare. It's a big part of the Japanese culture and I think you could go as far as to interpret that remark as a little bit on the racist side, in light of that fact.

[blackjackrocket.livejournal.com]

I don't think it's racist. Culturalist perhaps, but that would depend on what they meant by it.

[nekusagi.livejournal.com]

Maybe not racist, yeah, but I guess ethnocentric.

I just can't comprehend why a site that focuses on reviewing JAPANESE media would call out a movie for polytheism.

[blackjackrocket.livejournal.com]

Well, the full phrase wasn't just about polytheism, but "weird polythiestic undercurrent", so perhaps they just found the polytheism in the specific movie to be weird. They need to elaborate on what they meant by it. Perhaps someone should ask, or I'll see if they reply to the thread.