Rosaako

I can list a whole range of eastern-born cartoons that I think look absolutely gorgeous, and whose visual style I wish very much that I could emulate. Only a handful of those, however, can I refer to as being "good". Or even "tolerable". Having watched them for most of my life, going back to things like Mysterious Cities of Gold and the original Astro Boy, I can say with a certain degree of authority that: Japanese storytelling is a bit wank. Daring and dynamic visuals, sure. Crap narrative. And it can't ALL be blamed on "bad translation". There's a wide range of gripes to be had, but chief among them these days is that the major charact