tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post5331399519858644827..comments2024-02-20T10:12:20.623+00:00Comments on The Blog That Time Forgot: "Dammit, they stole my idea!": Hyperborean MiceTaranaichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02176999342965850175noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-45680406720694433532010-09-03T17:42:30.446+01:002010-09-03T17:42:30.446+01:00Fransico, the Vientnam war Manga featuring anthrop...Fransico, the Vientnam war Manga featuring anthropomorphic animals is titled " Cat Shit One " (released in the anglosphere as Apocalypse Meow) and is being adapted into a modern Anime set in Afghanistan. <br /><br />It began as a rather unique observation of the fact that U.S.A. G.I. spells the romanization of the word.. Usagi.. which is Rabbit in Japanese.. So the Americans are Rabbits, the Japanese are Monkeys, the Koreans are dogs, the Veitcong are Cats, the Russians are Bears, etc etc. All of the animals are some how linked to the nationalities they are supposed to represent.<br /><br />I still feel that one of the best Robin Hood movies is Disney's one with anthropomorphic Animals.Lagomorph Rexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06385231158384929598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-34875046139992362192010-09-03T14:30:44.139+01:002010-09-03T14:30:44.139+01:00Thanks very much, Francisco!
Insects would likely...Thanks very much, Francisco!<br /><br />Insects would likely receive an increase in intelligence, but not to the degree of the rodents: they'd be more like dogs, cats and the like. Of course, that doesn't mean there can't be some which weren't... altered by the Cataclsym!<br /><br />I... don't know if it's a good idea to click the links! They're just to wikipedia, so they aren't horrific, but they might be a bit much for youtself.<br /><br />Yes, there's a definite air of ridiculousness about talking animals, which is part of the appeal for me - but in a surreal way, not tongue-in-cheek.<br /><br />You really should read Maus, it's a phenomenal work. Absolutely rivetting, and quite heartbreaking, because it's all true (save for the obvious fact that cats aren't Nazis and mice aren't Jews - at least, that we know of!) and I don't know much more about Redwall than what Lagomorph told me.Taranaichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02176999342965850175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-41481291349010606232010-09-02T22:41:17.879+01:002010-09-02T22:41:17.879+01:00one of the best articles in your blog, although I ...one of the best articles in your blog, although I traditionally consider the idea of antropomorphic animals ridiculous, I haven't read Maus,but your idea is plenty of imagination and a bit of... I don't know the words in English... insanity, malaise, specially because I have fear of mice and rats<br />and what about insects, ants, coackroaches, flies in your rodentian age?<br />and what about using the story of the king rat? too many rats together thinking as one...<br />and with my phobia should I see the photographs of hairless rats and other vermin you have linked?<br />more examples of antropomorphic animals comics that I consider ridiculous, the spanish comic Blacksad with a cat as private investigator, noir with cats, La mazmorra,The dungeon?, Yojimbo a samurai rabbit and a manga I don't remember it's name with mice fighting the Vietnam war with cats as the vietcongs...<br />maybe I'm losing great works, I think of Maus, but...<br />what is this Redwall series?<br />FranciscoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-15427667048795434312010-09-01T16:14:04.599+01:002010-09-01T16:14:04.599+01:00Farthing Wood is basically from the Douglas Adams ...Farthing Wood is basically from the Douglas Adams school of wildlife fantasy: harsh, brutal and relentlessly frank. The TV show actually kills off more of the characters. It's freaking demented. I wonder if the fact that they're animals means they're counted as Young Adults despite being very unsuitable for kids? Watership Down suffered from that too.Taranaichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02176999342965850175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-63742688298438981892010-09-01T15:57:48.648+01:002010-09-01T15:57:48.648+01:00I don't believe I've ever seen Animals of ...I don't believe I've ever seen Animals of Farthing Wood, either the TV series or the Books. It sounds interesting though.<br /><br /> And yes, that is what the Redwall series is.. its like George R.R. Martin except with furry animals and aimed at being a Young Adult series.. but with the sometimes rather graphic violence and very large deathcount I'm not sure if it actually should be or not..Lagomorph Rexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06385231158384929598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-49313912230212668592010-09-01T10:10:36.589+01:002010-09-01T10:10:36.589+01:00Kenneth Grahame didn't even occur to me, I am ...Kenneth Grahame didn't even occur to me, I am ashamed of myself. It wouldn't take much tweaking to turn <i>The Wind in the Willows</i> into a bizarre fantasy story. Well, it already is, but you know what I mean.<br /><br />Aw, dammit, is <b>that</b> what <i>Redwall</i> is? Aw, man, someone else stole my idea!<br /><br />Rabbits completely escaped my mind! Don't know how that happened. Well, taking the pest aspect into control, I imagine they'd be a bit like a mix between giants and the Hunnic/Mongol Horde: a rampaging force that consumes and devastates the very landscape en mass. Your anecdote about them digging up bones from the cemetary would fit into their pagan mythology!<br /><br />I love badgers. I was utterly heartbroken when he died in the <i>Animals of Farthing Wood</i> tv show (especially since he lived in the book: that show was just sadistic).Taranaichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02176999342965850175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-22601201845960706682010-09-01T01:31:52.559+01:002010-09-01T01:31:52.559+01:00The whole thing is rather.. Kenneth Grahame meat R...The whole thing is rather.. Kenneth Grahame meat Robert E. Howard. Or rather like the Redwall series.. which I really liked until something snapped and I just got sick of reading about small woodland creatures murdering and torturing one another. <br /><br />But I'm surprised you don't have the rabbit or hare included in your series.. since when I was in Norfolk.. they were a bit of a plague.. even occasionally bringing bones from a cemetery which they had infested to the surface while digging warrens. <br /><br />Badgers, like tiny mattresses with a leg at each corner.Lagomorph Rexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06385231158384929598noreply@blogger.com