Venkatesh Rao ☀️
@vgr
My writing break has accidentally turned into an Asian mini-sabbatical. Read some Byung-Chul Han and some Yuk Hui (both Asians in European-philosopher disguise) and just watched some Miyazaki movies for the first time (Spirited Away, Princess Mononake, Howl’s moving castle). I guess I’m late to the (East) Asian century. I have a first manga lined up to read next. (Blame by Tsutomu Nihei). Not sure quite what to make of it all. A lot of things are clearly popular mainly because millennials grew up with them, but I’m too old for. Gotta find an age-appropriate/interest-appropriate sampling strategy. I don’t think giant robot sagas and what seems like a surfeit of Bildungsroman fantasies are for me.
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Eric Platon
@ic
Are there specific aspects you’re interested in? The manga world is really rich, as well as cinema, with great names in Japan, HongKong or Singapore just to list a few. There are recurring themes, but also nice gems in history, cyberpunk, evolution of society.
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Paul Millerd
@pmillerd
what kind of stuff are you looking for? orphan of asia was an interesting read sort of putting into context the early 20th century shifts that shaped east asia
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Sachin
@sach
The Vegetarian by Han Kang is pretty good fiction from south korea alas pretty depressing
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Ri
@rithikha
Satoshi Kon's Paprika is worth watching https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paprika_(2006_film)
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