The Last Unicorn のファンの集い。
ピーター=ビーグルの原作とトップクラフト社のアニメ双方に対する理解を深める。
日本語版アニメThe Last Unicorn のリリースを実現するための条件等について意見交換し、アイデアを検証する。
ビーグルの作品とアニメ文化について語り合い、自らの思いを様々に表現する。
これら以外の実利的な目的を敢えて共有せず、ファンとしての謙虚な姿勢を忘れずに布教に務める。
組織運営上の義務や負担に相当するものは基本として設けないこととする。
活動は既存の諸ネットワークシステムを利用して、個別に自発的な行為として行う。
I am a Jungian psychoanalyst in the Los Angeles area. I’ve been a fan of Japanese anime and manga for around two decades now. I’ve published one paper on the Full Metal Alchemist series in a Jungian journal and I’ve given talks about the deep psychological value of anime. Much of anime and manga that is produced in Japan is still close to the imagination, the spontaneity is still there and so the voice of the collective unconscious is strong. Anime carries images that compensate the stale patriarchal attitudes of the collective. The warmth of feeling in anime, the focus on personal suffering and the healing of relationships, more than heroic action, provides a tonic for our obsessive and anxious times. Anime often show how a relationship to an alien other, god or space being, can be healing for both (The Ancient Magus Bride comes to mind).
I support any effort such as you are taking on if it widens the acceptance and experience of this incredible and vital stream of living water.
I would very much like to congratulate your roundtable's activities and encourage your establishment of the committee of Beagle-Topcraft Research Promotion. Beagle is an important fantasy author whose work offers us all opportunities to consider important and necessary philosophic questions. Topcraft's film adaptation of The Last Unicorn is a vital cultural intersection for Japanese and American audiences. The release of a Japanese version animation disk of The Last Unicorn would be the next step forward, one that would further foster what has become a popular and important trans-Pacific relationship. The realization of such a disk would be an important cultural event in Japan and in the United States (and Canada). If there is anything I can do to further this project please do not hesitate to let me know. If you would like me to join you on the committee, I would be most honored.
Sue Matheson is an Associate Professor of English Literature at the University College of the North. Her teaching portfolio encompasses a wide range of courses in the areas of American Literature, Film and Popular Culture, British Literature, Canadian literature, Aboriginal and Indigenous Literatures, and Children’s literature. Western film, and Horror Film are among her research specializations. Peter S. Beagle’s The Last Unicorn is used as a standard text in her Children’s literature classes. She is keenly interested in all of Beagle’s works, and in particular, his use of language and his framing of the metaphysical. Her article, “Psychic Transformation and the Regeneration of Language in Peter S. Beagle’s The Last Unicorn,” reads The Last Unicorn as a self-reflexive, complex re-visioning of the fairy tale that is concerned with the regeneration of meaningful language and the process of psychic transformation.
様々な資料をお持ちより頂き、Topcraft 社のアニメ The Last Unicorn に対する理解を深めることができました。これらの貴重な資料をアーカイブとして整理して、保管と展示の双方を効果的に進めていくための具体的な打ち合わせをしました。ヴィデオテープ版、LD版、DVD版、blu ray 版などかなりのヴァージョンが存在しますが、未だ日本対応のディスクのリリースはなされていないのです。