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by Jordan Trygstad

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What is Anime?

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“Japanese cartoons and computeranimation (=pictures, films etc

produced using a computer)” -Longman English DictionaryOnline

What is Anime?

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What is Anime?

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What is Anime?

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What is Anime?

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What is Anime?

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What is Anime?

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“a style of animation

originating in Japan that is

characterized by stark colorfulgraphics depicting vibrant

characters in action-filled plotsoften with fantastic or futuristic

themes” - Merriam-Webster

What is Anime?

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Why Anime?

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NDSU Anime Club

Friday & Saturday 7 – 10pm

Why Anime?

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NDSU Anime Club

Friday & Saturday 7 – 10pm

24 Nights a Semester

72 Hours

Why Anime?

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NDSU Anime Club

Friday & Saturday 7 – 10pm

24 Nights a Semester

72 Hours

9 Semesters648 Hours

Why Anime?

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Death in Anime

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Death in Anime

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-Understanding Religious

Climate

Goals

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-Understanding Religious

Climate

-Associating Fairy Tales and

Myths

Goals

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-Understanding Religious

Climate

-Associating Fairy Tales and

Myths

-Applying Psychoanalysis

Goals

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-Understanding Religious

Climate

-Associating Fairy Tales and

Myths

-Applying Psychoanalysis

Goals

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-Shinto

-Buddhism

-Christianity

Religious Climate

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-Shinto

-Buddhism

•More than 85% (Karan 72-3)

• Reincarnation

•

Bardo-Christianity

Religious Climate

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Limited Time

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Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

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Episode 02 – “The First Day” 

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Mother

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Revival?

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“And then something goes terriblywrong.” 

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Revival

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After

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- “White Bird Sister” 

- “The Elder Sister and theYounger Brother” 

Fairy Tales

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- Denial

- Anger

- Bargaining- Depression

- Acceptance

Stages of Grief

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NDSU English Professors and Instructors

Dr. Robert O’Connor 

Dr. Elizabeth Birmingham

Thank You

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"Anime." Merriam-Webster . Merriam-Webster, n.d. Web. 29 Nov. 2012..

"Bardo." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 22 Nov. 2012. Web. 30 Nov. 2012..

Beasley, W. G. "Origins." The Japanese Experience: A Short History of Japan . Los Angeles: Uof California P, 1999. 1-18. Print.

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood . Dir. Yasuhiro Irie. Bones, 2009. DVD.

Gluck, Carol. Japan's Modern Myths: Ideology in the Late Meiji Period . Princeton, NJ:Princeton UP, 1985. Print.

Karan, Pradyumna P. "The Cultural Heritage." Japan in the 21st Century: Environment, \  Economy, and Society . Lexington: UP of Kentucky, 2005. 69-76. Print.

Kawai, Hayao. The Japanese Psyche: Major Motifs in Fairy Tales of Japan . Woodstock, CT:Spring, 1997. Print.

Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. Dir. Hiroyuki Imaishi. Gainax, 2007. File.

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