animated series on t.v. on Krishna

[shivalinga]

check this out a cartoon series on Krishna coming soon.


animated Krishna (http://groups.msn.com/VrajaSanghaSamiti/general.msnw?action=get_message&mview=0&ID_Message=112&LastModified=4675462614020381565)

[Karalora]

Nice! I hope one of my cable channels picks it up, although my hopes are low. :( Krishna's almost-girly design reminds me of the bishounen in Japanese animation.

[never been there]

Of course, it's ISKCON, which gets my skepto-senses tingling. But they will probably do a good job of making the stories accessible to westerners without compromising too much. I thought their translation of the Mahabharata was good, or at least reasonably long, which for a non-Sanskrit-reader is all I can go by.

[Azathoth]

What about Rama? A series,well animated,about him against Ravanna would be pretty good. Probably not for kids,though.

[Karalora]

What about Rama? A series,well animated,about him against Ravanna would be pretty good. Probably not for kids,though.

When I was very young, I had a book in the Childcraft series called "Myths and Legends". It included a pint-sized version of the Rama vs. Ravanna tale, presented in such a fashion as not to horrify children without being nearly as sanitized as, say, Disney films. It was one of my favorites in the book...even at the age of six I was fascinated by the Orient.

[Azathoth]

When I was very young, I had a book in the Childcraft series called "Myths and Legends". It included a pint-sized version of the Rama vs. Ravanna tale, presented in such a fashion as not to horrify children without being nearly as sanitized as, say, Disney films. It was one of my favorites in the book...even at the age of six I was fascinated by the Orient.

Well,I feel they could ignore children entirely,and just target something like that at an older audience.

Perhaps market other types of shows,like the one mentioned in the original post,for children,and some for anyone else.

[shivalinga]

there has allready been a Rama animated film made by a japanese filmaker a couple years ago, and another was under work by Steven Speilbergs dreamworks but has been stalled for a few years.

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prince of light (http://groups.msn.com/VrajaSanghaSamiti/general.msnw?action=get_message&mview=0&ID_Message=327&all_topics=0)

[Azathoth]

According to a report by Newsarama Neil Gaiman(creator of the comic series Sandman, writer of the English script to Princess Mononoke, and the soon to be released American Gods ect) is writing a script for The Ramayana. According to the writer, in a "moment of madness", he agreed to adapt The Ramayana - the 8,000-page Indian epic poem - into an 80-minute animated film for Dreamworks (Steven Speilberg). He reports he's currently on the third draft of the treatment.

The hell?

Do the backers of this thing know how popular this thing could have been?

That story (untouched,from the original,for the most part,I hope),with Neil Gaiman writing the screenplay,and the whole thing done in a decently animated Manga style,would have made a lot of money.

Just having Gaiman on the project,alone would have pulled in viewers,in addition to the religious side of the story,which would have pulled in even more people.

I just want to see the story done. Rama kicks quite a lot of ass. Easily
the equal of any greek mythological figure.

[lpetrich]

I wonder what they sanitized about the Krishna story -- I can name a few less-than-pretty things. Like his seven older brothers being killed by the wicked King Kamsa as they are born; he was rescued by being switched with someone's baby girl.

A story which reminds me of other stories of legendary would-be baby-killers:

Pharaoh (king) vs. Moses
Herod (king) vs. Jesus Christ
Acrisius (mother's father) vs. Perseus
Laertes (father) vs. Oedipus
Hera (aunt/stepmother) vs. Hercules
Amulius (mother's uncle) vs. Romulus and Remus

[hinduwoman]

I wonder what they sanitized about the Krishna story -- I can name a few less-than-pretty things. Like his seven older brothers being killed by the wicked King Kamsa as they are born; he was rescued by being switched with someone's baby girl.

A story which reminds me of other stories of legendary would-be baby-killers:

Pharaoh (king) vs. Moses
Herod (king) vs. Jesus Christ
Acrisius (mother's father) vs. Perseus
Laertes (father) vs. Oedipus
Hera (aunt/stepmother) vs. Hercules
Amulius (mother's uncle) vs. Romulus and Remus

Yes, some sort of pattern.
It can be memory of an ancient ritual when royal infants were sacrificed in liew of the king to the gods.

[hinduwoman]

The hell?

Do the backers of this thing know how popular this thing could have been?

That story (untouched,from the original,for the most part,I hope),with Neil Gaiman writing the screenplay,and the whole thing done in a decently animated Manga style,would have made a lot of money.

Just having Gaiman on the project,alone would have pulled in viewers,in addition to the religious side of the story,which would have pulled in even more people.

I just want to see the story done. Rama kicks quite a lot of ass. Easily
the equal of any greek mythological figure.

I just hope they don't change the orignal too much to suit Western taste.
Apparently the Japanese project was stalled because the Hollywood bosses wished to change Rama's exile into the forest into a honeymoon trip!

[shivalinga]

The japanese director rejected the studio as distributor, it didn't stall the making of the film.

Gaiman said he changed his version quite a bit from the book.

Rather then the similarity in the various myths being due to an ancient ritual more likely the oldest one (Krishna) influenced the other cultures.

[Azathoth]

The japanese director rejected the studio as distributor, it didn't stall the making of the film.

Gaiman said he changed his version quite a bit from the book.
That's too bad,I hate it when the source material gets changed,unless it's for clarity,and then only slightly,so not to change the story.

For example,the animated Hercules movie done by Disney,should have been canned before it was released.

Whoever decides to pass something like this up,is foolish for not distributing the film as is. They are underestimating their audience's intellegence; likes,and dislikes.

This stunning FUSION animation features narration by James Earl Jones and music by Academy Award winner Alan Howarth and Vanraj Bhatia.
It has talent backing it up,the animation looks good,and most importantly,it follows the original story,with no subtractions,or additions.

The screen captures on that site were a little small,though. Do you happen to know of anyplace I could find ones that are slightly more detailed?

I'm giving some thought to ordering it,so I'd like make sure of what it's going to look like. Picky,I know,but a small grab,sometimes,isn't enough for me to judge a fullscreen product.

[Azathoth]

Anybody? I'm rather at a loss,here,as to finding out about this movie. I'd rather not have to do a lot of digging. Do you know of any other sites that really get into reviewing it,shivalinga?

[shivalinga]

i remember reading a few reviews, some very positive some just so so, i haven't seen any more pictures, i haven't seen it but i am ordering it, i know some people who have seen it and they liked it.

[Azathoth]

Well,then,I'll have to do some digging. So far,though,the idea of a well made movie like this,is very interesting. And from the few things I've found,it does seem well made.