Kincaid’s (2015) article begins by making the argument that Dragon Ball Z was a major breakthrough for shonen anime in terms of entering the American/western TV viewing markets. Admittedly, Kincaid (2015) expresses his own limited knowledge of Dragon Ball Z by informing the reader that he found the series the most appealing due to the new “modern” anime series put out in 1990s Japan, and that he actually disliked the original Dragon Ball series of the 1980s. More so, he claims that watching the Dragon Ball anime series “backwards” defines why this particular series had such a massive impact on western viewing audiences.
To further Kincaid’s (2015) argument, he also defines influence of certain themes related to the “shonen style" of anime as being innovated by Dragon Ball Z, such as “prolonged fights, complex plots, a large cast, deaths of main characters” (Kincaid para.11). Also, the modernization of Japanese animation from the “chibi” style of anime to the more “adult” orientated style of realism, which defined a major breakthrough for American audiences that still viewed anime as cartoons for kids: “operating within the paradigm that anime was either for kids” (Kincaid para.7). In addition to the negative aspects of “chibi” anime (the bubble style of …show more content…
Kincaid could have focused on Akira or any number of “adult anime’ that could serve as a template for the more heroic and muscular physique of Goku in Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest. However, I do agree that some of the negative aspects of Dragon Ball Z and latter anime series in the 1990s involve breaking up the action of anime through “flashback” fillers that are inserted throughout the
To further Kincaid’s (2015) argument, he also defines influence of certain themes related to the “shonen style" of anime as being innovated by Dragon Ball Z, such as “prolonged fights, complex plots, a large cast, deaths of main characters” (Kincaid para.11). Also, the modernization of Japanese animation from the “chibi” style of anime to the more “adult” orientated style of realism, which defined a major breakthrough for American audiences that still viewed anime as cartoons for kids: “operating within the paradigm that anime was either for kids” (Kincaid para.7). In addition to the negative aspects of “chibi” anime (the bubble style of …show more content…
Kincaid could have focused on Akira or any number of “adult anime’ that could serve as a template for the more heroic and muscular physique of Goku in Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest. However, I do agree that some of the negative aspects of Dragon Ball Z and latter anime series in the 1990s involve breaking up the action of anime through “flashback” fillers that are inserted throughout the