{"id":4409,"date":"2004-11-19T12:33:41","date_gmt":"2004-11-19T12:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ezoons.com\/?p=4409"},"modified":"2004-11-19T12:33:41","modified_gmt":"2004-11-19T12:33:41","slug":"not_getting_it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ezoons.com\/?p=4409","title":{"rendered":"Not Getting It"},"content":{"rendered":"

Roger Catlin of the Hartford Courant<\/a> writes in today’s Eye on TV section<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Japanimation Cute, But Strange; UConn Women Open Season<\/h3>\n

The super cutesy side of Japanese animation, already adapted in cartoons like “Hamtaro” and “Powerpuff Girls” (Cartoon Network, 8:30 and 11 p.m.) gets even closer to the source on the new “Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi” (Cartoon Network, 7:30 and 9 p.m.), with its rendering of a popular pop duo as a pair of adorable squibs.<\/p>\n

Like a lot of Japanimation, there are some traits that are still tough to figure – chiefly how the mouths inexplicably become two dimensional slabs of baloney when open; and when open very large, routinely exceed the boundaries of the face. [CTnow.com (registration required)<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Um, just because the show is based on people from Japan does not make it Japanese Animation. Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi<\/em><\/a> is a Cartoon Network original series. As is the Powerpuff Girls. They may be anime influenced, but that’s it. Hamtaro is anime, but I still think Hamtaro should end up in a wood chipper one of these days.<\/p>\n

Oh, and nobody uses the term ‘Japanimation’ anymore, that’s so 80s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Roger Catlin of the Hartford Courant writes in today’s Eye on TV section: Japanimation Cute, But Strange; UConn Women Open Season The super cutesy side of Japanese animation, already adapted in cartoons like “Hamtaro” and “Powerpuff Girls” (Cartoon Network, 8:30 and 11 p.m.) gets even closer to the source on the new “Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi” (Cartoon Network, 7:30 and 9 p.m.), with its rendering of a popular pop duo as a pair of adorable squibs. Like a lot of Japanimation, there are some traits that are still tough to figure – chiefly how the mouths inexplicably become two dimensional slabs of baloney when open; and when open very large, routinely exceed the boundaries of the face.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[151,155],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anime-stuff","category-television"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ezoons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ezoons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ezoons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ezoons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ezoons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ezoons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4409\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ezoons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ezoons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ezoons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}