動漫試題舉隅

Note: It is not an assessment of plots on any productions; it is just an exemplary yardstick to demonstrate trans-disciplinary thinkings.

Question 1:

Some say that an anime must have education value. In what circumstances will such a claim fail?

Solution:

When the opportunity cost of holding education value is higher than that of other marketing values, an anime production will no longer stress education value.

For example, porn is the mainstream of current anime productions because both the producers and consumers are grown-up refusing doctrines.

Question 2:

Notice the type table of all Pokémons since Generation 6: Assume that Doraemon is an steel-type and ghost-type Pokémon.

(a) What types of moves should be used to tackle Doraemon?

(b) By regressing the type table to Generation 3, what abilities should Doraemon have such that it will have no weakness?

Solution:

(a) For Generation 6 onwards, steel type no longers resist ghost type and dark type. Using the moves of these 2 types will super-effectively defeat Doraemon. Dark Pulae and Shadow Ball are prime examples.

(b) The weakness of steel type is fire, fighting or ground type. Since Doraemon exhibits ghost type, the weakness to fighting type is void, so we need 2 more abilities to void the weakness to another 2 types:

1. Wet body: Fire type moves wil be void.

2. Levitate: Ground type moves will be void.

(a) For Generation 6 onwards, steel type no longer resists ghost type and dark type.

Dark Pulse and Shadow Ball are prime examples.

Assume that Doraemon is a steel-type and ghost-type Pokémon

Question 3:

In Ojamqjo Doremi, a protagonist Onpu Segawa has released 3 theme songs titled in English:

● Half Point

● We can do

● Cherry Bomb

Given the personality password that she is a weak INTP (INTP-T) and ASC Aquarius, deduce the leitmotif of these 3 songs from the titles given alone.

Solution:

A point can't be halves, so from the first song she has demonstrated the rebellion against social norms. Such is the signature of a premature Aquarius-bearing women.

Her neuroticism is turbulent, so she needs friends. Such is the motive of naming the second song.

Also, the title of the last song is a direct plagiarism from another existing songs in international English showbiz, mirroring the career aggression of her market shares.

All in all, her motives are typical of an existentialist eagering for independence from collectivist states like Japan.

A point can't be halved

Such is the signature of a premature Aquarius-bearing woman.

Summary:

Anime is not an entertainment: it is the arena of academic thinking. Just notice what PRC is working on:

If you are still thinking that anime is just for fun, you will be phased out sooner or later.