Guest guest Posted January 3, 2004 Report Share Posted January 3, 2004 Dear group. A friend of mine told me she'd seen a japanese anime film of the Ramayana. She's out of town, and I can't find this film on the internet. Does anyone know about it? Phillip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2004 Report Share Posted January 5, 2004 During my recent trip to India in December, I bought a set of two VCDs of this Japanese film: A Nippon Ramayana Films Presentation. Madhav Deshpande INDOLOGY, p.ernest@u... wrote: > Dear group. > > A friend of mine told me she'd seen a japanese anime film of the Ramayana. > She's out of town, and I can't find this film on the internet. Does anyone > know about it? > > Phillip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2004 Report Share Posted January 5, 2004 This is a very beautiful animated version of Ramayana - the animations as well as the dialogs are both excellent. It is suitable for middle school children and can be used as an effective tool for introducing Ramayana to other age categories as well, certainly more than the politically loaded versions of Comrade Anand Patwardhan that are used in schools here. It is a pity that the VCD has not been marketed well enough. It is in English but in between there are a few sections in poetical Hindi, some from (or rather based upon) Ramacharitmanas and some in modern Khari Boli (there are no English subtitles in the copy I have, but since they are more of digressions, the absence of subtitles should not deter the unfamiliar viewer). The Hindi portions in Sundarkanda and Setubandhana are very moving. Dialog delivery is by Indian voices, and very well done. Some contemporary themes are also interspersed in the narrative. Apparently, when the Japanese team was making this version, they approached a wide spectrum of Hindu orgs and leaders, and were approved by all. I can get you a copy of the VCD gratis in 6 weeks, in case you are interested. Other list members in the US who want copies may also send me a personal email. Sincerely, Vishal Agarwal INDOLOGY, p.ernest@u... wrote: > Dear group. > > A friend of mine told me she'd seen a japanese anime film of the Ramayana. > She's out of town, and I can't find this film on the internet. Does anyone > know about it? > > Phillip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 10, 2004 Report Share Posted January 10, 2004 i actually did see a dvd for this recently somewhere - will check and let the list know. btw the movie is excellent entertainment. i first came upon it some 5 years back in the us. heard that some japanese devotees of satya sai baba made this. > This is a very beautiful animated version of Ramayana - the > animations as well as the dialogs are both excellent. It is suitable > for middle school children and can be used as an effective tool for > introducing Ramayana to other age categories as well, certainly more > than the politically loaded versions of Comrade Anand Patwardhan that > are used in schools here. It is a pity that the VCD has not been > marketed well enough. > > It is in English but in between there are a few sections in poetical > Hindi, some from (or rather based upon) Ramacharitmanas and some in > modern Khari Boli (there are no English subtitles in the copy I have, > but since they are more of digressions, the absence of subtitles > should not deter the unfamiliar viewer). The Hindi portions in > Sundarkanda and Setubandhana are very moving. Dialog delivery is by > Indian voices, and very well done. > > Some contemporary themes are also interspersed in the narrative. > Apparently, when the Japanese team was making this version, they > approached a wide spectrum of Hindu orgs and leaders, and were > approved by all. > > I can get you a copy of the VCD gratis in 6 weeks, in case you are > interested. Other list members in the US who want copies may also > send me a personal email. > > Sincerely, > > Vishal Agarwal > > INDOLOGY, p.ernest@u... wrote: > > Dear group. > > > > A friend of mine told me she'd seen a japanese anime film of the > Ramayana. > > She's out of town, and I can't find this film on the internet. > Does anyone > > know about it? > > > > Phillip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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