GURPS Anime...what should be in it?

Kromm · 06-03-2009, 12:15 PM

IMO, anime is a medium – not a unified visual style, not a consistent set of tropes, and most definitely not a genre. As such, GURPS Anime would be like GURPS Comics, GURPS Movies, GURPS Novels, GURPS Television, etc., or for that matter GURPS Billboard Ads or GURPS Text Messages. I'm not sure it would make sense.

Most people who want GURPS Anime really want "advice on applying the individual tropes of specific anime I like in such a way that the implied genres are handled in a way that I find easy to visualize in the style I prefer while still using GURPS." That's not even a series. That's a life-long project to create an individualized 256-page guide for each and every anime fan.

06-03-2009, 12:15 PM	#11
Kromm *GURPS* Line Editor Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Montréal, Québec	Re: GURPS Anime...what should be in it? IMO, anime is a medium – not a unified visual style, not a consistent set of tropes, and most definitely not a genre. As such, *GURPS Anime* would be like *GURPS Comics, GURPS Movies, GURPS Novels, GURPS Television, etc., or for that matter GURPS Billboard Ads* or *GURPS Text Messages. I'm not sure it would make sense. Most people who want GURPS Anime* really want "advice on applying the individual tropes of specific anime I like in such a way that the implied genres are handled in a way that I find easy to visualize in the style I prefer while still using *GURPS." That's not even a series. That's a life-long project to create an individualized 256-page guide for each and every anime fan. __________________ Sean "Dr. Kromm" Punch <kromm@sjgames.com> GURPS* Line Editor, Steve Jackson Games My DreamWidth [Just *GURPS* News]