Animating Virtualities in Net-juu no Susume
Originally published January 2018
Commentary
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Stray Notes
There's a lot of little stuff in the show that hints at the distinction between virtual and real and how they all relate to animation
It kinda reminds me of Saito Tamaki's stuff, doesn't it?
Again, huge thanks to Sleep Insomniac for his section, really appreciate it my dude!
Check out Cyth's take on Net-juu, since I feel really bad about not inviting him:
https://cythoplazma.wordpress.com/2017/12/26/in-defense-of-an-mmo-junkie/
Texts
Silvio, Teri. "Animation: The New Performance?" Linguistic Anthropology 20, 2 (2010): 422-438.
Manning, Paul. "Animating Interaction." Journal of Ethnographic Theory 3, 3 (2013): 107-37.
Manning, Paul. "Can the Avatar Speak?" Journal of Linguistic Anthropology 19, 2 (2009): 310-325.
Kobayashi, Tetsuro. "Bridging Social Capital in Online Communities: Heterogeneity and Social Tolerance of Online Game Players in Japan." Human Communication Research 36 (2010): 546 - 569.
Cholodenko, Alan. "Why Animation, Alan?" https://www.press.uillinois.edu/wordpress/?p=177
Media
Net-juu no Susume
Bridget Walker's The Silent Spectre of Motion:
https://vimeo.com/190947761
Audio
Huge thanks to Skrullz for the audio!
Deadly Roulette is by Kevin MacLeod as part of Incompetech