Progressive anime - Definition and Overview

Progressive anime is a subset of progressive animation that is produced in Japan. The term was first promoted by the Hayao Miyazaki Mailing List back in the early 1990s. Like the broader term progressive animation, progressive anime refers to anime that truly breaks boundaries and goes in the face of cliches in the medium. Again this is a very ambiguous definition, but people who tend to use this label are "anime connoisseurs", the kinds of people who appreciate artistically groundbreaking works in film.

Some examples of progressive anime:

• Angel's Egg
• Digital Juice
• Grave of the Fireflies
• Katsuhiro Otomo's Memories
• Manie Manie (aka Labyrinth Tales, aka Neo-Tokyo)
• Only Yesterday
• Serial Experiments Lain
• Spirited Away
• Tamala 2010
• Texhnolyze
• Wings of Honneamise

External links

• The Hayao Miyazaki Mailing List (http://nausicaa.net/miyazaki/mailing-list/) The original place to discuss progressive anime generally focused towards Studio Ghibli's films.
• Forums of Production IG (http://forums.productionig.com) A studio that produces a lot of progressive films particularly Mamoru Oshii's works.
• A prototype for the Progressive Animation Review (http://www.livejournal.com/community/pareview)
• Anipages Daily (http://www.pelleas.net/aniTOP/) A blog/site that focuses heavily on Japan's progressive and independent animation movements versus the otaku-centric slant most anime sites have. It focuses heavily on production aspects of animation in Japan.