Gore Verbinski’s 2002 adaptation of Hideo Nakata’s 1998 horror film “Ring” (AKA “Ringu”) was a groundbreaking movie - “The Ring” is often credited as bringing about a newfound interest in Japanese horror amongst Western moviegoers. The history of Western adaptations of Japanese animation is filled with romantic partners turned into “cousins ” and love turned into “grace.” A backlash is only just now emerging around this kind of systematic erasure in anime, but considering the West’s extremely limited (and often distortedly fetishistic) views of Japanese media, I can’t help but wonder: where else do queer plots exist that Americans simply haven’t seen? Nay, come, let's go together.” - Hamlet, William ShakespeareĬW: Rape, murder, hate crimes, suicide, homophobia, transphobia, AIDSĪmerican Japanophiles have recently become aggressive about calling attention to the various ways that queer subtexts or storylines in Japanese media are completely eradicated when adapted for non-Japanese audiences. And still your fingers on your lips, I pray.
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