Anime and hollywood

[seraphien]

I am currently studying Media studies for A level and i chose Anime as my Critical Research subject. Its my task to create a hypothesis and then research that and tell the examiner what i found out in the exam soon...

anyway my quick hypothesis was this: "The growing popularity of Anime in western culture has effected some directors in the way western action films are created."


I was particualy looking at the matrix and ghost in the shell as those two are the obvious choices but i was also hoping that you guys might be able to suggest some texts i might be able to look at? Also i ws thinking about Akira but i didnt really know a western counterpart to put it against...


Any and ALL ideas would be VERY welcome!


Thanks in advance
Seraphien

[NJOK]

Kill Bill might be worth mentioning.

As well as the anime sequence halfway through, the choreography, editing and cartoon nature of the fight sequences look like they're influenced by it.

[Aschenbach]

I'd be hard pressed to write anything about the influence of Western animation on Western films let alone Japanese anime. There's more influence from Asian films generally (Seven Samurai, Yojimbo, The Eye, Infernal Affairs etc).

It is said that Spielberg said that The Castle of Cagliostro was one of his favourite films but I can't see how any influence that could be attributed.

Indeed Kill Bill has an animation sequence shoe-horned into it (as does Lola Rennt) but it is a whole film of generic movie references - not anime inspired as such.