Hrm, I think I watched about ten episodes of the anime a year or so ago and then never quite finished. I am always torn between feeling gratified that people find China and Chinese history a good setting for fantasy (or, you know, bishounen) and feeling weirded out by it.
It usually feels less weird for me when it comes from Japan or Korea, just because of shared history and how China dominated E. Asia culturally for quite some time; then, it feels more like how there's still a lot of English-language stuff on ancient Rome and Greece. I tend to feel much odder when it comes to modern portrayals of Chinese people or random Chinese people, particularly in manga/anime. Especially when Chinese-ness is signified by Chun Li buns, cheongsam, or other traditional clothing no one wears often now when everyone else in the series is in a tank top and jeans.
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Thu, Jun. 19th, 2008 06:16 pm (UTC)It usually feels less weird for me when it comes from Japan or Korea, just because of shared history and how China dominated E. Asia culturally for quite some time; then, it feels more like how there's still a lot of English-language stuff on ancient Rome and Greece. I tend to feel much odder when it comes to modern portrayals of Chinese people or random Chinese people, particularly in manga/anime. Especially when Chinese-ness is signified by Chun Li buns, cheongsam, or other traditional clothing no one wears often now when everyone else in the series is in a tank top and jeans.
/rant