Bitmap Frogs said:
I don't think you really understand it - the superflat artist is a critic of the otaku movement. It uses the elements of modern consumerist otaku subculture and uses that same language to expose it for what it is. Modern jrpg's and it's aesthetic is precisely what the superflat guy is against. Not to mention the whole superflat thing was basically a one guy movement he "created" to prop himself up... art marketing. |
When you mix Jung, Nietzche, several religions, sex, germanish references and many genres in a story without letting it destroy the main story, it`s called Superflatness.
You didn`t do as I said. Read the whole paper.
This happened on the 70`s. The japanese was influenced by western culture and mix it with they`re own. Western storys is typical for having one genre, or else it becomes too complex and not very understandable.
It`s not true that Murakami created "superflat" term. He created the name for the term. What he uses it for, I don`t care, but it`s god damn important term to understand Japanese culture. It has existed since the 70`s in Japan.
