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

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