quoted 3 lines The Ken Ishi was by far the most brilliant. It was like a short story>> The Ken Ishi was by far the most brilliant. It was like a short story
>> version of a Japanese Anime OAV. There was no solid plot as it was very
>> abstract but the colors and character design and imagery were FANTASTIC!quoted 3 lines The Ken Ishi video was great but I cringed at the number of times that R&S>The Ken Ishi video was great but I cringed at the number of times that R&S
>inserted their logos into the video. By the end of the video their blatant
>commercialism had become laughable.
Well, Ken Ishii's name and the track title were also clearly displayed.
I didn't see it as a "product placement", a la PowerBooks in ID4,
I saw it as consistent with the style and mood of the anime.
Notice, there are other logos and advertisments visible in the city that
the video takes place in. You can find examples of this kind of
"commercial sensory overload" device in all urban-futuristic anime,
as well in many American sci-fi pics (eg. Bladerunner).
OBIdm: Time to get some Ken Ishii
Brad Shelton