Comments on: The Matsumoto Effect http://www.shamefulotakusecret.com/2009/01/23/the-matsumoto-effect/ You're only as old as you feel. damn... Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:50:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: animekritik http://www.shamefulotakusecret.com/2009/01/23/the-matsumoto-effect/comment-page-1/#comment-3723 animekritik Sun, 15 Mar 2009 17:01:28 +0000 http://www.shamefulotakusecret.com/?p=1178#comment-3723 the notion of battleships in space (not to mention trains) is interesting (then again, there's dinobots in transformers so it's not unusual). matsumoto himself is kinda of a contradiction: peace-loving, culture-respecting on the one hand, and madly in love with germanic-nipponese battle culture. the notion of battleships in space (not to mention trains) is interesting (then again, there’s dinobots in transformers so it’s not unusual). matsumoto himself is kinda of a contradiction: peace-loving, culture-respecting on the one hand, and madly in love with germanic-nipponese battle culture.

]]> By: Lbrevis http://www.shamefulotakusecret.com/2009/01/23/the-matsumoto-effect/comment-page-1/#comment-3348 Lbrevis Sat, 24 Jan 2009 06:32:58 +0000 http://www.shamefulotakusecret.com/?p=1178#comment-3348 As I watch this stuff I've been thinking mostly about the romance aspect but you've got it right about the nostalgia too. I love the incongruity of a future where WWII era battleships and creaky pirate ships roam the galaxy. As glad that I am that we can now watch Harlock legally, it's a bit of a shame it had to be a site like Crunchyroll that picked it up. In fact right now you have to purchase a membership to watch the later episodes and I just don't trust Crunchyroll enough, or believe that my money will in any way get back to the creators, to do that. That said, if it introduces Leiji Matsumoto to a wider audience then I am happy about that. As I watch this stuff I’ve been thinking mostly about the romance aspect but you’ve got it right about the nostalgia too. I love the incongruity of a future where WWII era battleships and creaky pirate ships roam the galaxy.

As glad that I am that we can now watch Harlock legally, it’s a bit of a shame it had to be a site like Crunchyroll that picked it up. In fact right now you have to purchase a membership to watch the later episodes and I just don’t trust Crunchyroll enough, or believe that my money will in any way get back to the creators, to do that. That said, if it introduces Leiji Matsumoto to a wider audience then I am happy about that.

]]> By: otou-san http://www.shamefulotakusecret.com/2009/01/23/the-matsumoto-effect/comment-page-1/#comment-3333 otou-san Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:05:34 +0000 http://www.shamefulotakusecret.com/?p=1178#comment-3333 Yeah, that's the funny thing about nostalgia, it's really the longing for something that never quite existed in the first place. For instance, this (purely hypothetical) conversation: <blockquote><strong>Older American: </strong> The world's gone to shit. I miss the old days, when things were nicer. <strong>Me: </strong> You mean when when women couldn't vote and we didn't have to share water fountains with black folks? <strong>Older American: </strong> Well... uh, um... </blockquote> People's minds genuinely block the negative. I suppose that's the beauty of nostalgia, though. All the Comfy Travel with none of the messy coal smoke and racism all over your clothes. Yeah, that’s the funny thing about nostalgia, it’s really the longing for something that never quite existed in the first place. For instance, this (purely hypothetical) conversation:

Older American: The world’s gone to shit. I miss the old days, when things were nicer.

Me: You mean when when women couldn’t vote and we didn’t have to share water fountains with black folks?

Older American: Well… uh, um…

People’s minds genuinely block the negative. I suppose that’s the beauty of nostalgia, though. All the Comfy Travel with none of the messy coal smoke and racism all over your clothes.

]]> By: IKnight http://www.shamefulotakusecret.com/2009/01/23/the-matsumoto-effect/comment-page-1/#comment-3331 IKnight Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:31:26 +0000 http://www.shamefulotakusecret.com/?p=1178#comment-3331 Romance is the thing. And double nostalgia, Matsumoto's and our own for his (strangely simulated in my case, at least, because I wasn't born when this stuff was produced!). I suppose like most nostalgia the nostalgia for the glory days of Slow Travel is nostalgia for something that wasn't quite like that - witness the heated competition to see which luxurious liner could cross the Atlantic fastest - but the nostalgia's powerful stuff nonetheless. Romance is the thing. And double nostalgia, Matsumoto’s and our own for his (strangely simulated in my case, at least, because I wasn’t born when this stuff was produced!). I suppose like most nostalgia the nostalgia for the glory days of Slow Travel is nostalgia for something that wasn’t quite like that – witness the heated competition to see which luxurious liner could cross the Atlantic fastest – but the nostalgia’s powerful stuff nonetheless.

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