Welcome, my friends, to the land of globalization. Orwell’s predictions are getting more and more accurate with each passing day – the world will be soon split into three big countries: The Country of Imbeciles, consisting of about 80% of Earth’s population, The Country of Completely Sane and Normal People, and last, but certainly not least, The Country That Sticks With It’s God Damn Traditions. Now, I ask you, which country would you choose for a nice, quiet and peaceful existence? Why talking of globalization and foreign cultural imports? Because of freaking Ghibli, and their plan to “introduce works of old and new”. By that, they mean creating a new Ghibli Special Theater in Tokyo and start feeding the poor anime-devouring Japanese public with foreign, western animation. Even worse, Ghibli plans on getting a foreign director’s ass into Japan and start producing western style animation themselves.

While I certainly don’t have anything with American, Russian, French or Somalian animation, I DO hold a grudge against criss-cross animation. For example, take the latest American series delivered on Cartoon Network. While holding on to their old school tradition, they infused them with Japanese elements to the core. Moe, big eyes, cute little girls, so on and so forth. That, my friends, is crap. Animation without a history. And without a country. If Ghibli, one of the most successful studios, wants to criss-cross Japanese animation with the ideas of some homophobic, anti-ecchi director, then they are out of my favorite list. God damn it, by the time I’m gonna get to Japan, people there won’t be talking Japanese no more.

/annoyed