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Movie TV Tech Geeks #Movie #CasinoRoyale #TheTrumanShow 10 Most Satisfying Movie Endings of All Time, Ranked http://dlvr.it/TSfQx5
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Movie TV Tech Geeks #Movie #CasinoRoyale #TheTrumanShow 10 Most Satisfying Movie Endings of All Time, Ranked http://dlvr.it/TSfQx5
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The Truman Show Finds New UK Digs, A Testament to Enduring Spectacle
The Truman Show, a 1998 film, is now available on Prime Video in the UK. This gives UK audiences a new way to watch the acclaimed movie.
#TheTrumanShow, #PrimeVideoUK, #NewOnPrime, #StreamingNow, #UKMovies
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The Truman Show, a popular 1998 film, has just become available on Prime Video in the UK. This adds to its availability for fans.
#TheTrumanShow, #PrimeVideoUK, #NewOnPrime, #StreamingNow, #UKMovies
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I rate The Truman Show (1998) ★★★★★★★★☆☆. #ratings https://trakt.tv/movies/the-truman-show-1998 #TheTrumanShow #trakt
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ya hear they canceled the Truman show?
Jim Carrey's Secret Hand Signal
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New fraud called OPCOPRO builds a fake AI‑run world like #TheTrumanShow, uses WhatsApp groups and app stores to pull in victims with fake KYC and bogus investment promises ⚠️
Read: https://hackread.com/opcopro-scam-ai-fake-whatsapp-groups-fraud/
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New fraud called OPCOPRO builds a fake AI‑run world like #TheTrumanShow, uses WhatsApp groups and app stores to pull in victims with fake KYC and bogus investment promises ⚠️
Read: https://hackread.com/opcopro-scam-ai-fake-whatsapp-groups-fraud/
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New fraud called OPCOPRO builds a fake AI‑run world like #TheTrumanShow, uses WhatsApp groups and app stores to pull in victims with fake KYC and bogus investment promises ⚠️
Read: https://hackread.com/opcopro-scam-ai-fake-whatsapp-groups-fraud/
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New fraud called OPCOPRO builds a fake AI‑run world like #TheTrumanShow, uses WhatsApp groups and app stores to pull in victims with fake KYC and bogus investment promises ⚠️
Read: https://hackread.com/opcopro-scam-ai-fake-whatsapp-groups-fraud/
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New fraud called OPCOPRO builds a fake AI‑run world like #TheTrumanShow, uses WhatsApp groups and app stores to pull in victims with fake KYC and bogus investment promises ⚠️
Read: https://hackread.com/opcopro-scam-ai-fake-whatsapp-groups-fraud/
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It's going to be hilarious when I see people walking around with ChatGPT whispering ads in their ears just like #TheTrumanShow.
Dear God, humanity, sometimes you do make it difficult for one to feel sorry for you. :P
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It's going to be hilarious when I see people walking around with ChatGPT whispering ads in their ears just like #TheTrumanShow.
Dear God, humanity, sometimes you do make it difficult for one to feel sorry for you. :P
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It's going to be hilarious when I see people walking around with ChatGPT whispering ads in their ears just like #TheTrumanShow.
Dear God, humanity, sometimes you do make it difficult for one to feel sorry for you. :P
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It's going to be hilarious when I see people walking around with ChatGPT whispering ads in their ears just like #TheTrumanShow.
Dear God, humanity, sometimes you do make it difficult for one to feel sorry for you. :P
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It's going to be hilarious when I see people walking around with ChatGPT whispering ads in their ears just like #TheTrumanShow.
Dear God, humanity, sometimes you do make it difficult for one to feel sorry for you. :P
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Movie TV Tech Geeks #Movie #Comedy #Oscars #TheTrumanShow 10 Comedy Performances That Deserved To Be Oscar-Nominated, but Weren't http://dlvr.it/TP4ZRT
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Jim Carrey honoré : un César d’Honneur pour une carrière hors normes
L’Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma et Canal+ ont annoncé ce mercredi que Jim Carrey recevra un César d’Honneur lors de la 51ᵉ Cérémonie des César, le 27 février 2026, à l’Olympia. L’acteur canadien, figure majeure du cinéma moderne, sera ainsi célébré pour une carrière exceptionnelle, marquée par sa polyvalence et son audace artistique.
Une reconnaissance française pour un artiste mondial
Une annonce prestigieuse
La nouvelle a été officialisée ce matin : Jim Carrey sera l’invité d’honneur de la cérémonie des César 2026. À cette occasion, l’Académie du Cinéma a salué un comédien « rare, visionnaire et multirécompensé », dont la créativité et la liberté de jeu ont profondément marqué le septième art.
PublicitésUn César d’Honneur déjà mythique
Ce trophée symbolique s’ajoute à une liste prestigieuse de récipiendaires, parmi lesquels Julia Roberts, Penélope Cruz, George Clooney, Cate Blanchett ou encore Christopher Nolan. La France confirme ainsi l’importance de Jim Carrey dans l’histoire contemporaine du cinéma.
Un parcours fulgurant et singulier
L’année 1994, tremplin vers la légende
Né au Canada, Jim Carrey débute dans le stand-up et se fait remarquer à la télévision dans In Living Color. Sa notoriété explose en 1994 grâce à trois films cultes sortis la même année : Ace Ventura : Pet Detective, The Mask et Dumb and Dumber. Une performance inédite qui fait de lui le premier acteur à tenir l’affiche de trois longs-métrages n°1 au box-office en douze mois.
PublicitésDe la comédie au drame avec brio
Rapidement, Carrey démontre qu’il ne se limite pas aux personnages exubérants. Il séduit la critique avec des rôles dramatiques marquants dans The Truman Show, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind et Man on the Moon. Ces interprétations lui valent deux Golden Globes et une reconnaissance internationale.
Une carrière marquée par la diversité
Du blockbuster au cinéma d’auteur
Jim Carrey a construit une filmographie d’une grande richesse, alternant comédies populaires comme Bruce Almighty, Liar Liar ou How the Grinch Stole Christmas, et films plus intimistes ou expérimentaux. Plus récemment, il a retrouvé le succès auprès d’un nouveau public grâce à son rôle dans la franchise Sonic the Hedgehog.
PublicitésUn artiste aux multiples talents
Sa créativité dépasse largement le cadre du cinéma. Auteur du roman Memoirs and Misinformation, classé parmi les best-sellers du New York Times, Carrey est également reconnu comme artiste visuel et a exposé ses œuvres à l’international. Le documentaire Jim & Andy : The Great Beyond, nommé aux Emmy Awards, a par ailleurs révélé une facette plus intime de son parcours.
Une reconnaissance déjà marquée par la France
Un Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
En 2010, Jim Carrey avait déjà reçu des mains du ministre de la Culture, Frédéric Mitterrand, l’insigne de Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Cette distinction française soulignait déjà son apport majeur au cinéma et à l’art contemporain.
PublicitésUn artiste universel et intemporel
Au fil des décennies, Jim Carrey a su toucher toutes les générations. Qu’il fasse rire aux éclats, qu’il bouleverse ou qu’il provoque une réflexion, son travail rappelle que le cinéma peut être à la fois divertissement, questionnement et émotion. Son César d’Honneur vient consacrer une carrière d’audace et de renouvellement.
Le César d’Honneur qui sera remis à Jim Carrey le 27 février 2026 à l’Olympia symbolise bien plus qu’un hommage : il célèbre une œuvre protéiforme, entre rire et gravité, entre cinéma et arts visuels. À travers ses personnages inoubliables et son engagement artistique, Jim Carrey reste l’un des visages les plus emblématiques du septième art contemporain.
#acteurCanadien #Canal_ #César2026 #CésarDHonneur #Cinéma #EternalSunshineOfTheSpotlessMind #GoldenGlobes #JimCarrey #OlympiaParis #TheMask #TheTrumanShow
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Jim Carrey honoré : un César d’Honneur pour une carrière hors normes
L’Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma et Canal+ ont annoncé ce mercredi que Jim Carrey recevra un César d’Honneur lors de la 51ᵉ Cérémonie des César, le 27 février 2026, à l’Olympia. L’acteur canadien, figure majeure du cinéma moderne, sera ainsi célébré pour une carrière exceptionnelle, marquée par sa polyvalence et son audace artistique.
Une reconnaissance française pour un artiste mondial
Une annonce prestigieuse
La nouvelle a été officialisée ce matin : Jim Carrey sera l’invité d’honneur de la cérémonie des César 2026. À cette occasion, l’Académie du Cinéma a salué un comédien « rare, visionnaire et multirécompensé », dont la créativité et la liberté de jeu ont profondément marqué le septième art.
PublicitésUn César d’Honneur déjà mythique
Ce trophée symbolique s’ajoute à une liste prestigieuse de récipiendaires, parmi lesquels Julia Roberts, Penélope Cruz, George Clooney, Cate Blanchett ou encore Christopher Nolan. La France confirme ainsi l’importance de Jim Carrey dans l’histoire contemporaine du cinéma.
Un parcours fulgurant et singulier
L’année 1994, tremplin vers la légende
Né au Canada, Jim Carrey débute dans le stand-up et se fait remarquer à la télévision dans In Living Color. Sa notoriété explose en 1994 grâce à trois films cultes sortis la même année : Ace Ventura : Pet Detective, The Mask et Dumb and Dumber. Une performance inédite qui fait de lui le premier acteur à tenir l’affiche de trois longs-métrages n°1 au box-office en douze mois.
PublicitésDe la comédie au drame avec brio
Rapidement, Carrey démontre qu’il ne se limite pas aux personnages exubérants. Il séduit la critique avec des rôles dramatiques marquants dans The Truman Show, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind et Man on the Moon. Ces interprétations lui valent deux Golden Globes et une reconnaissance internationale.
Une carrière marquée par la diversité
Du blockbuster au cinéma d’auteur
Jim Carrey a construit une filmographie d’une grande richesse, alternant comédies populaires comme Bruce Almighty, Liar Liar ou How the Grinch Stole Christmas, et films plus intimistes ou expérimentaux. Plus récemment, il a retrouvé le succès auprès d’un nouveau public grâce à son rôle dans la franchise Sonic the Hedgehog.
PublicitésUn artiste aux multiples talents
Sa créativité dépasse largement le cadre du cinéma. Auteur du roman Memoirs and Misinformation, classé parmi les best-sellers du New York Times, Carrey est également reconnu comme artiste visuel et a exposé ses œuvres à l’international. Le documentaire Jim & Andy : The Great Beyond, nommé aux Emmy Awards, a par ailleurs révélé une facette plus intime de son parcours.
Une reconnaissance déjà marquée par la France
Un Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
En 2010, Jim Carrey avait déjà reçu des mains du ministre de la Culture, Frédéric Mitterrand, l’insigne de Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Cette distinction française soulignait déjà son apport majeur au cinéma et à l’art contemporain.
PublicitésUn artiste universel et intemporel
Au fil des décennies, Jim Carrey a su toucher toutes les générations. Qu’il fasse rire aux éclats, qu’il bouleverse ou qu’il provoque une réflexion, son travail rappelle que le cinéma peut être à la fois divertissement, questionnement et émotion. Son César d’Honneur vient consacrer une carrière d’audace et de renouvellement.
Le César d’Honneur qui sera remis à Jim Carrey le 27 février 2026 à l’Olympia symbolise bien plus qu’un hommage : il célèbre une œuvre protéiforme, entre rire et gravité, entre cinéma et arts visuels. À travers ses personnages inoubliables et son engagement artistique, Jim Carrey reste l’un des visages les plus emblématiques du septième art contemporain.
#acteurCanadien #Canal_ #César2026 #CésarDHonneur #Cinéma #EternalSunshineOfTheSpotlessMind #GoldenGlobes #JimCarrey #OlympiaParis #TheMask #TheTrumanShow
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Jim Carrey honoré : un César d’Honneur pour une carrière hors normes
L’Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma et Canal+ ont annoncé ce mercredi que Jim Carrey recevra un César d’Honneur lors de la 51ᵉ Cérémonie des César, le 27 février 2026, à l’Olympia. L’acteur canadien, figure majeure du cinéma moderne, sera ainsi célébré pour une carrière exceptionnelle, marquée par sa polyvalence et son audace artistique.
Une reconnaissance française pour un artiste mondial
Une annonce prestigieuse
La nouvelle a été officialisée ce matin : Jim Carrey sera l’invité d’honneur de la cérémonie des César 2026. À cette occasion, l’Académie du Cinéma a salué un comédien « rare, visionnaire et multirécompensé », dont la créativité et la liberté de jeu ont profondément marqué le septième art.
PublicitésUn César d’Honneur déjà mythique
Ce trophée symbolique s’ajoute à une liste prestigieuse de récipiendaires, parmi lesquels Julia Roberts, Penélope Cruz, George Clooney, Cate Blanchett ou encore Christopher Nolan. La France confirme ainsi l’importance de Jim Carrey dans l’histoire contemporaine du cinéma.
Un parcours fulgurant et singulier
L’année 1994, tremplin vers la légende
Né au Canada, Jim Carrey débute dans le stand-up et se fait remarquer à la télévision dans In Living Color. Sa notoriété explose en 1994 grâce à trois films cultes sortis la même année : Ace Ventura : Pet Detective, The Mask et Dumb and Dumber. Une performance inédite qui fait de lui le premier acteur à tenir l’affiche de trois longs-métrages n°1 au box-office en douze mois.
PublicitésDe la comédie au drame avec brio
Rapidement, Carrey démontre qu’il ne se limite pas aux personnages exubérants. Il séduit la critique avec des rôles dramatiques marquants dans The Truman Show, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind et Man on the Moon. Ces interprétations lui valent deux Golden Globes et une reconnaissance internationale.
Une carrière marquée par la diversité
Du blockbuster au cinéma d’auteur
Jim Carrey a construit une filmographie d’une grande richesse, alternant comédies populaires comme Bruce Almighty, Liar Liar ou How the Grinch Stole Christmas, et films plus intimistes ou expérimentaux. Plus récemment, il a retrouvé le succès auprès d’un nouveau public grâce à son rôle dans la franchise Sonic the Hedgehog.
PublicitésUn artiste aux multiples talents
Sa créativité dépasse largement le cadre du cinéma. Auteur du roman Memoirs and Misinformation, classé parmi les best-sellers du New York Times, Carrey est également reconnu comme artiste visuel et a exposé ses œuvres à l’international. Le documentaire Jim & Andy : The Great Beyond, nommé aux Emmy Awards, a par ailleurs révélé une facette plus intime de son parcours.
Une reconnaissance déjà marquée par la France
Un Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
En 2010, Jim Carrey avait déjà reçu des mains du ministre de la Culture, Frédéric Mitterrand, l’insigne de Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Cette distinction française soulignait déjà son apport majeur au cinéma et à l’art contemporain.
PublicitésUn artiste universel et intemporel
Au fil des décennies, Jim Carrey a su toucher toutes les générations. Qu’il fasse rire aux éclats, qu’il bouleverse ou qu’il provoque une réflexion, son travail rappelle que le cinéma peut être à la fois divertissement, questionnement et émotion. Son César d’Honneur vient consacrer une carrière d’audace et de renouvellement.
Le César d’Honneur qui sera remis à Jim Carrey le 27 février 2026 à l’Olympia symbolise bien plus qu’un hommage : il célèbre une œuvre protéiforme, entre rire et gravité, entre cinéma et arts visuels. À travers ses personnages inoubliables et son engagement artistique, Jim Carrey reste l’un des visages les plus emblématiques du septième art contemporain.
#acteurCanadien #Canal_ #César2026 #CésarDHonneur #Cinéma #EternalSunshineOfTheSpotlessMind #GoldenGlobes #JimCarrey #OlympiaParis #TheMask #TheTrumanShow
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Jim Carrey honoré : un César d’Honneur pour une carrière hors normes
L’Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma et Canal+ ont annoncé ce mercredi que Jim Carrey recevra un César d’Honneur lors de la 51ᵉ Cérémonie des César, le 27 février 2026, à l’Olympia. L’acteur canadien, figure majeure du cinéma moderne, sera ainsi célébré pour une carrière exceptionnelle, marquée par sa polyvalence et son audace artistique.
Une reconnaissance française pour un artiste mondial
Une annonce prestigieuse
La nouvelle a été officialisée ce matin : Jim Carrey sera l’invité d’honneur de la cérémonie des César 2026. À cette occasion, l’Académie du Cinéma a salué un comédien « rare, visionnaire et multirécompensé », dont la créativité et la liberté de jeu ont profondément marqué le septième art.
PublicitésUn César d’Honneur déjà mythique
Ce trophée symbolique s’ajoute à une liste prestigieuse de récipiendaires, parmi lesquels Julia Roberts, Penélope Cruz, George Clooney, Cate Blanchett ou encore Christopher Nolan. La France confirme ainsi l’importance de Jim Carrey dans l’histoire contemporaine du cinéma.
Un parcours fulgurant et singulier
L’année 1994, tremplin vers la légende
Né au Canada, Jim Carrey débute dans le stand-up et se fait remarquer à la télévision dans In Living Color. Sa notoriété explose en 1994 grâce à trois films cultes sortis la même année : Ace Ventura : Pet Detective, The Mask et Dumb and Dumber. Une performance inédite qui fait de lui le premier acteur à tenir l’affiche de trois longs-métrages n°1 au box-office en douze mois.
PublicitésDe la comédie au drame avec brio
Rapidement, Carrey démontre qu’il ne se limite pas aux personnages exubérants. Il séduit la critique avec des rôles dramatiques marquants dans The Truman Show, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind et Man on the Moon. Ces interprétations lui valent deux Golden Globes et une reconnaissance internationale.
Une carrière marquée par la diversité
Du blockbuster au cinéma d’auteur
Jim Carrey a construit une filmographie d’une grande richesse, alternant comédies populaires comme Bruce Almighty, Liar Liar ou How the Grinch Stole Christmas, et films plus intimistes ou expérimentaux. Plus récemment, il a retrouvé le succès auprès d’un nouveau public grâce à son rôle dans la franchise Sonic the Hedgehog.
PublicitésUn artiste aux multiples talents
Sa créativité dépasse largement le cadre du cinéma. Auteur du roman Memoirs and Misinformation, classé parmi les best-sellers du New York Times, Carrey est également reconnu comme artiste visuel et a exposé ses œuvres à l’international. Le documentaire Jim & Andy : The Great Beyond, nommé aux Emmy Awards, a par ailleurs révélé une facette plus intime de son parcours.
Une reconnaissance déjà marquée par la France
Un Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
En 2010, Jim Carrey avait déjà reçu des mains du ministre de la Culture, Frédéric Mitterrand, l’insigne de Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Cette distinction française soulignait déjà son apport majeur au cinéma et à l’art contemporain.
PublicitésUn artiste universel et intemporel
Au fil des décennies, Jim Carrey a su toucher toutes les générations. Qu’il fasse rire aux éclats, qu’il bouleverse ou qu’il provoque une réflexion, son travail rappelle que le cinéma peut être à la fois divertissement, questionnement et émotion. Son César d’Honneur vient consacrer une carrière d’audace et de renouvellement.
Le César d’Honneur qui sera remis à Jim Carrey le 27 février 2026 à l’Olympia symbolise bien plus qu’un hommage : il célèbre une œuvre protéiforme, entre rire et gravité, entre cinéma et arts visuels. À travers ses personnages inoubliables et son engagement artistique, Jim Carrey reste l’un des visages les plus emblématiques du septième art contemporain.
#acteurCanadien #Canal_ #César2026 #CésarDHonneur #Cinéma #EternalSunshineOfTheSpotlessMind #GoldenGlobes #JimCarrey #OlympiaParis #TheMask #TheTrumanShow
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Jim Carrey honoré : un César d’Honneur pour une carrière hors normes
L’Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma et Canal+ ont annoncé ce mercredi que Jim Carrey recevra un César d’Honneur lors de la 51ᵉ Cérémonie des César, le 27 février 2026, à l’Olympia. L’acteur canadien, figure majeure du cinéma moderne, sera ainsi célébré pour une carrière exceptionnelle, marquée par sa polyvalence et son audace artistique.
Une reconnaissance française pour un artiste mondial
Une annonce prestigieuse
La nouvelle a été officialisée ce matin : Jim Carrey sera l’invité d’honneur de la cérémonie des César 2026. À cette occasion, l’Académie du Cinéma a salué un comédien « rare, visionnaire et multirécompensé », dont la créativité et la liberté de jeu ont profondément marqué le septième art.
PublicitésUn César d’Honneur déjà mythique
Ce trophée symbolique s’ajoute à une liste prestigieuse de récipiendaires, parmi lesquels Julia Roberts, Penélope Cruz, George Clooney, Cate Blanchett ou encore Christopher Nolan. La France confirme ainsi l’importance de Jim Carrey dans l’histoire contemporaine du cinéma.
Un parcours fulgurant et singulier
L’année 1994, tremplin vers la légende
Né au Canada, Jim Carrey débute dans le stand-up et se fait remarquer à la télévision dans In Living Color. Sa notoriété explose en 1994 grâce à trois films cultes sortis la même année : Ace Ventura : Pet Detective, The Mask et Dumb and Dumber. Une performance inédite qui fait de lui le premier acteur à tenir l’affiche de trois longs-métrages n°1 au box-office en douze mois.
PublicitésDe la comédie au drame avec brio
Rapidement, Carrey démontre qu’il ne se limite pas aux personnages exubérants. Il séduit la critique avec des rôles dramatiques marquants dans The Truman Show, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind et Man on the Moon. Ces interprétations lui valent deux Golden Globes et une reconnaissance internationale.
Une carrière marquée par la diversité
Du blockbuster au cinéma d’auteur
Jim Carrey a construit une filmographie d’une grande richesse, alternant comédies populaires comme Bruce Almighty, Liar Liar ou How the Grinch Stole Christmas, et films plus intimistes ou expérimentaux. Plus récemment, il a retrouvé le succès auprès d’un nouveau public grâce à son rôle dans la franchise Sonic the Hedgehog.
PublicitésUn artiste aux multiples talents
Sa créativité dépasse largement le cadre du cinéma. Auteur du roman Memoirs and Misinformation, classé parmi les best-sellers du New York Times, Carrey est également reconnu comme artiste visuel et a exposé ses œuvres à l’international. Le documentaire Jim & Andy : The Great Beyond, nommé aux Emmy Awards, a par ailleurs révélé une facette plus intime de son parcours.
Une reconnaissance déjà marquée par la France
Un Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
En 2010, Jim Carrey avait déjà reçu des mains du ministre de la Culture, Frédéric Mitterrand, l’insigne de Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Cette distinction française soulignait déjà son apport majeur au cinéma et à l’art contemporain.
PublicitésUn artiste universel et intemporel
Au fil des décennies, Jim Carrey a su toucher toutes les générations. Qu’il fasse rire aux éclats, qu’il bouleverse ou qu’il provoque une réflexion, son travail rappelle que le cinéma peut être à la fois divertissement, questionnement et émotion. Son César d’Honneur vient consacrer une carrière d’audace et de renouvellement.
Le César d’Honneur qui sera remis à Jim Carrey le 27 février 2026 à l’Olympia symbolise bien plus qu’un hommage : il célèbre une œuvre protéiforme, entre rire et gravité, entre cinéma et arts visuels. À travers ses personnages inoubliables et son engagement artistique, Jim Carrey reste l’un des visages les plus emblématiques du septième art contemporain.
#acteurCanadien #Canal_ #César2026 #CésarDHonneur #Cinéma #EternalSunshineOfTheSpotlessMind #GoldenGlobes #JimCarrey #OlympiaParis #TheMask #TheTrumanShow
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Truman was digging the hole that he used to escape 10 minutes into the movie
He always knew, the full movie was him hiding that he knows, and executing his escape plan.
He was aware before the movie started.
Why did he start to reveal that he knew? He was looking, checking to see if anyone else was stuck there too, and needed help escaping.
He thought his best friend maybe, and then his best friend lied to his face.
Edit: A lot of his antics was literally him testing what they do in specific situations; Can he drive off? Bus? etc.
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Aug 13 : Cerulean Blue* as building or Structure 🔵
#Bales2025FilmChallenge #FilmMastodon 📽️ 🎬
#TheTrumanShow (1998)
Truman Burbank realises he's not sailing the seas but in a building with sky blue walls.* Light, bright blue with a subtle greenish tint, often described as a sky blue
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Et encore , ce fut un dimanche productif #thetrumanshow #peterweir #moviescenerecreation #gouache #gouachepainting #gouacheart #drawing
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The Truman Show has aged well and is still a good movie!
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@lemgandi @brainsmatter
We must do the obvious experiment.Zuckerberg isolated from human intercourse but with as much AI as can be provided. 10 years should do it - extendable semi-indefinitely if he insists.
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@lemgandi @brainsmatter
We must do the obvious experiment.Zuckerberg isolated from human intercourse but with as much AI as can be provided. 10 years should do it - extendable semi-indefinitely if he insists.
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@lemgandi @brainsmatter
We must do the obvious experiment.Zuckerberg isolated from human intercourse but with as much AI as can be provided. 10 years should do it - extendable semi-indefinitely if he insists.
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@lemgandi @brainsmatter
We must do the obvious experiment.Zuckerberg isolated from human intercourse but with as much AI as can be provided. 10 years should do it - extendable semi-indefinitely if he insists.
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@lemgandi @brainsmatter
We must do the obvious experiment.Zuckerberg isolated from human intercourse but with as much AI as can be provided. 10 years should do it - extendable semi-indefinitely if he insists.
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Bowling Green came up last night.
The place has a somewhat #TheTrumanShow name, and had #EdgarCayce as a resident apparently.
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Bowling Green came up last night.
The place has a somewhat #TheTrumanShow name, and had #EdgarCayce as a resident apparently.
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Bowling Green came up last night.
The place has a somewhat #TheTrumanShow name, and had #EdgarCayce as a resident apparently.
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Bowling Green came up last night.
The place has a somewhat #TheTrumanShow name, and had #EdgarCayce as a resident apparently.
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Bowling Green came up last night.
The place has a somewhat #TheTrumanShow name, and had #EdgarCayce as a resident apparently.
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𝐅ilm de la 𝐒oirée
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐰 en 1998
*Culte, original, drôle et émouvant ! Cette fable dystopique et irréaliste , un pure chef d'oeuvre!
#TheTrumanShow #PeterWeir #JimCarrey #LauraLinney #EdHarris #NataschaMcElhone
#drame #policier #classic #cinema #films #culte #cinegenres #vidéothèqueidéale@Cinegenres cinegenres.com @cinegenres.Shorts @cinegenres-actrices
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Jim Carrey Biography, Height, Age, Family, Girlfriend, Net Worth and Career
Jim Carrey full name is James Eugene Carrey, born on January 17, 1962, better known as Jim is a celebrated Canadian-American actor and comedian.
https://www.biographygen.com/jim-carrey/
#JimCarrey #ComedyLegend #AceVentura #TheMask #DumbAndDumber #LiarLiar #BruceAlmighty #FunWithDickAndJane #EternalSunshine #TheTrumanShow #HollywoodIcon #StandUpComedy #FunnyMan #JimCarreyFans #MovieQuotes #ComedyMovies #ActingGenius #SNLAlumni
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Discover Jim Carrey's leap from comedy to drama in The Truman Show, a career-defining role shaped by his collaboration with visionary director Peter Weir.
#JimCarrey #TheTrumanShow #PeterWeir #1990sMovies #1990s #90s #90sMovies #Movies #MovieNews #Entertainment #EntertainmentNews #Celebrities #Celebrity #CelebrityNews #CelebrityInterviews
https://www.hollywoodoutbreak.com/2025/01/25/jim-carreys-unexpected-journey-to-the-truman-show/
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Woman Discovers That She May Be Living In #TheTrumanShow
https://digg.com/digg-vids/link/woman-discovers-living-in-truman-show-couples-therapy-new-york-video
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Recently added titles (October 2024)
Local public library as shown in Encouragement of Climb episode The Homework’s Unending!Building upon the titles listed for July/August, September, October, November, and December 2021, and January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, and December of 2022, and January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, and December of 2023, January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, and September of this year, this post notes recent titles with libraries or librarians in popular culture which I’ve come across in the past month. Each of these has been watched or read during the past month. Note: There will be spoilers for the series I am discussing here.
Animated series recently added to this page
- Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft, “Whanaungatanga” (s1 ep 5)
In this episode, in one scene, a messy library is shown, said to be the “best in the world.” While the location of this library is not stated, it is messy and somewhere within the mansion of Lara Croft’s family (possibly in Australia maybe? It’s definitely not in the UK), with her friend Zip being tired after reading the text of some dry history books on the Zulus. She tells him that this place is important to her, pointing to where her mother taught her French, and other life events that happened there, saying the place is full of “too many memories” and there’s no room for her there. She learns that her friend Jonah remembers Charles Devereaux, the series villain, heard him talking about the Battle of Zhuolu, not Zulu, which was one of the founding battles of China she heard about as a kid.
Anime series recently added to this page
- Encouragement of Climb, “The Homework’s Unending!” (s2 ep 19)
- Encouragement of Climb, “Kokona’s Big Hanno Adventure” (s2 ep 20)
- I’ll Become a Villainess Who Goes Down in History (s1 ep 1)
- I’ll Become a Villainess Who Goes Down in History (s1 ep 2)
- I’ll Become a Villainess Who Goes Down in History (s1 ep 3)
- I’ll Become a Villainess Who Goes Down in History (s1 ep 4)
- No Matter How I Look at It, It’s You Guys’ Fault I’m Not Popular! aka WataMote, “Since I’m Not Popular, I’ll Go See the Fireworks” (s1 ep 6)
- No Matter How I Look at It, It’s You Guys’ Fault I’m Not Popular! aka WataMote, “Since I’m Not Popular, I’ll Put on Airs” (s1 ep 8)
In the first episode mentioned here, Aoi Takimura studies with her friends at the local public library during the summer to get her homework done before she hikes on a nearby mountain, which is starting to make her exhausted. The fact she has any summer homework is a crime. She shouldn’t have any!
In the second episode mentioned here, Kokona goes to a local park (Akebano Children’s Forest Park) to try out her new shoes her mother gave her to celebrate her birthday, where she goes into a library room, in a building that almost looks like it came out of a fairytale, and happily reads a book, in one scene. Later she tells her mom that she “read an old book” there.
I mentioned it before, but in the first episode of Encouragement of Climb: Next Summit, which is a sort of reboot/revival of Encouragement of Climb, Aoi visits a local library and reads about mountain climbing. One of the librarians, a student at the same high school she goes to, recognizes her. The protagonist later describes the library as a place she likes to go since she is nice and quiet.
As for WataMote, in the sixth episode, noted above, the socially anxious protagonist Tomoko Kuroki, goes to the library in hopes of asking a nerd to the fireworks during the summer break from school, but decides to ask a cute girl in the library to go to the fireworks. However, before she can say anything, she realizes the girl has friends, and stops herself. After the girl leaves with her friends, she says her only option is a huge nerd reading in the library. She sets a timer, hoping he will ask her to go the fireworks, then takes a fake call with someone saying they can’t go to the fireworks, and says something hoping to entice him, and sits back in her seat, declaring the stage is set. Instead, he leaves and never says a word to her. There’s also a brief library scene in the eighth episode involving the cousin of Tomoko, Ki-tan, who comes to visit during the summer. The latter only involves the library as a brief setting, but Ki-tan is shown reading in the library and Tomoko walks through it.
I mentioned library scenes in the manga, from which this animated series was based, specifically in chapters 46, 47, 48, 50, and 84 back in August. I came across another scene in chapter, specifically chapter 101, in which Akari Iguchi (who has a crush on Tomoko’s brother, Tomoki) goes to the library where she sees Koriyama Kotomi, who is serving as the librarian, and Tomoko gets Arkari o admit she likes Tomoki, while Koriyama admits she likes Tomoki and his sexual organs. Akari claims she only likes Tomoki for his personality, something that confuses Tomoko because he has a terrible personality (not saying hers is great though).
I began watching I’ll Become a Villainess Who Goes Down in History (fully known as this, plus the colon “It Seems Turning into a High-Born Baddie Makes the Prince All the More Lovestruck” or Rekishi ni Nokoru Akujo ni Naru zo: Akuyaku Reijō ni Naru hodo Ōji no Dekiai wa Kasoku suru yō desu! in Japanese) on a whim, and in the first episode, shown above, the protagonist Alicia goes through the library to learn more about magic. She walks through the stacks so she can begin to master magic, to find the right book so she can begin self-training, but no book in the entire library is about magic, annoying her, so she decides to read a book on plants instead. She later is proud of herself for reading many books (probably 20-30) in one day. She goes to the library the next day so she can continue her reading. Her mother is even impressed. After a week, she has gained more energy. The next day she goes to the library again, and then leaves so she can do sword training.
In the next episode she goes to the library again and looks at a map, deciding to go to a far-off village, Lorea, so she can help. She decides to sneak out, knowing she won’t be able to go there with permission. She is shown reading in the library later on (set two years later), still learning more from the library’s collections. Some time later, she declares she will dedicate herself more to her studies to become the best villainess possible, so she returns to the library, hoping to find a grimoire this time. Her magical powers reveal hidden shelves of the library that she couldn’t see before, amazing her.
In the third episode, Alice goes to the reference room in the magic academy, which, of course, includes a library. Similarly, there is a library scene in the fourth episode as well, when the protagonist begins going to the magic academy, and is brought into the library by the prince in a transport spell without her permission, catching her completely off guard. She later says her conduct there is “completely unbecoming of a villainess” (whether that is true is up to the viewer).
Comics recently added to this page
- Diamond Dive, Issue 37
- Hilda and the Black Hound, page 41
- Humanoido, “Ep. 6 – I’ll Talk to You as a Friend“
- Kiniro Mosaic vol. 2 (p. 79-80)
- No Matter How I Look at It, It’s You Guys’ Fault I’m Not Popular!, Chapter 101
- The Engagement of the Disgraced Witch and the Cross-Dressing Princess, Chapter 9, “Green Convictions”
- The Oracle, Issue 2
I have already have mentioned Hilda animated series many times and I decided to check out the original graphic novels by Luke Pearson. Internet Archive has the first five. This is the only one that has a scene in a library, and while a librarian is shown, it is very brief. I also read the other graphic novel, Hilda and the Mountain King, and it has no scenes in libraries.
As for Diamond Dive, you can’t read this unless you have logged in, as you can’t view mature content on the site otherwise. Anyway, in this issue, they go to a library-like setting so they an schedule a duel with Ms. Davies, between Karta Kloss and Bailey Montgomery.
As for The Oracle, Niko goes to the school library, reading a book on Grimoire half-truths, being interested in what it said. Then for chapter 9, entitled “The Convictions”, in The Engagement of the Disgraced Witch and the Cross-Dressing Princess, the protagonist, the cross-dressing princess, Ciel, is shown reading in the central library of the capital, about traditions and fairy tales about witches, along with a scholar from the city and woman she loves, according to the 20th to 27th pages of the comic scan I read.
Then there’s Humanoido. In this sixth issue, Ido Noh and another girl, Jisu, are studying in the library together, but she is pulled away because “something exciting” is going on. In this flashback, Jisu wonders whether Ido wants to hang out with her at all, because she is very silent, and says it is like she is “talking to a machine.” It is observations like that which get her branded as a robot (even though she is human) and cause a misunderstanding: an actual robotic boy, Se-i Ryu, thinks that Ido is like him, serving as the crux of the story.
Lastly, I received the second volume of the Kiniro Mosaic [also known as Kin-iro Mosaic and Kinmoza] manga and the first volume of the Lycoris Recoil manga this month in the mail this month. Unsurprisingly, the latter didn’t have any library scenes (it did have some archivy themes which I’ll post about later on Wading Through the Cultural Stacks at some point). However, the Kiniro Mosaic manga volume did have library scenes, without librarians. In the past, I’ve noted the anime adaptation (which I was familiar with first and even wrote about in a review of the series Blu-ray for Pop Culture Maniacs, and even noted that it “depicts British-ness more positively than R.O.D. the TV which depicts the British Library as the series antagonists as they try to seize all the world’s knowledge for themselves”) on this blog, firstly noting library scenes in the episodes “Present For You” and “The Girl on My Mind”, with the latter featuring an unnamed and uncredited librarian who doesn’t have her hair in a hair bun, but in a pony tail. Otherwise, I mentioned the anime briefly on this blog in April 2023, April of this year, and September of this year, and then in July of this year I noted that the series had various episodes (“Aya Nervous in the Rain”, “Present For You”, “The Girl on My Mind”) which “feature characters studying in the library”, described said episodes, and the role of the library to the show’s characters during those episodes.
This volume has two panels of a scene in the library with Alice helping Karen study English, since Alice is very good at it, with Shino pointing this out. Karen and Shino end up bonding as their scores on the tests are the same. Later, Alice can’t reach the dictionary and Karen offers to help her. Following this, Aya tries to do the same, declares she can “do it herself,” to which Youko offers a stool, but Aya is embarrassed nonetheless. She really brings the yuri to this manga.
Films recently added to this page
- The Truman Show (1998) [updated]
I’ve had this entry for a while and have mentioned this series multiple times, first in August 2020, then in December 2020 (small mention), June 2024 (I noted that those who created Truman Burbank’s reality had “enough foresight to have the school library stocked with books. The idea was to create an illusion that the world he was in was “real,” and that there was no reason to ever leave”), and September 2024 (short description). My current entry for the series is as follows:
Truman Burbank and the woman he loves, Sylvia, meet in a library, in a pivotal scene of the film. At the urging of Sylvia, they escape it and are able to have a romantic time together, before she gets turned over to those trying to ensure that Truman doesn’t learn the truth about his world.
I wrote much more in my August 2020 post, my longest treatment of this scene to date, saying the following:
…I thought back and I remembered the library scene in The Truman Show, so I recently re-watched it and was pleased. The scene in this film only gets a short mention in Martin Raish’s bibliography of movies about librarians, who describes it simply as having a scene where “Truman and the lovely dark haired young woman meet in the campus library.” He adds that this was “filmed in the Fort Walton Beach Campus Library, a facility shared by the Okaloosa-Walton College and The University of West Florida” adding that a real librarian served as a consultant and as an extra, portraying the librarian, but “her scene was cut from the final version of the film.” But there is much more than this. In the film itself, this library setting is a key part of Truman’s life. While he is studying for finals, he sees Sylvia, who had been taken away from him, so they could set him up with Meryl, recognizing her bracelet. They only spend a brief time in the library, but they don’t employ any stereotypes here, which is promising to say the least.
From there, they run away to the beach, kiss, and “they” find Sylvia and take her away, with the “father” saying they are going to Fiji. So, he keeps the memory, keeping her sweater, although he doesn’t realize yet that his whole life is staged, and continues to have a sense of adventure. So, this isn’t exactly “love in the library” but it still is a relatively positive scene of libraries, having all the signs and notices that a usual library would have!
I have tentative plans to write a longer post on this subject in the future. We will see what happens.
Other entries recently added to this page
- Hilda and the Great Parade
- Hilda and the Nowhere Space
- Hilda and the Ghost Ship
- Hilda’s World: A guide to Trolberg, the wilderness, and beyond
- I’m in Love with the Villainess Vol. 2 (2021) [updated]
Recently I bought the first five novels of the tie-in novel series to the Hilda animate series, with novels by Stephen Davies. I foolishly thought that that these were graphic novels, but they are actually just children’s media. Of the five novels, only three of them, the ones listed above, feature the librarian, Kaisa, while the other two (Hilda and the Hidden People and Hilda and the Time Worm), do not.
The three novels I have listed above have scenes with Kaisa. I have written about her extensively on this blog for over sixty posts, including her brief role in season 3, Kaisa Day (on December 14), in connection to reference librarianship, the defense Kaisa made in favor of not returning a book, her role in season 2, how she is experiencing burnout, and other posts about her in January 2021 and September 2020. The latter post was her first mention on this blog. I plan to write a post about these novels in an upcoming post on this blog, which will appear at some point.
As for Hilda’s World: A guide to Trolberg, the wilderness, and beyond, it mentions the library on multiple pages, but especially pages 40-43, with even a profile of the librarian, Kaisa!
Then there’s I’m in Love with the Villainess Vol. 2 (2021). I had previously noted this in some posts before, but I hadn’t added it properly to this list, so its finally being added. Otherwise, there were also library scenes in volume 7 of the I’m in Love with the Villainess manga, and I updated the term I had for that “I’m in Love with the Villainess aka Watashi no Oshi wa Akuyaku Reijō aka Wataoshi (2020-Present) [Manga]” to “I’m in Love with the Villainess Vol. 7 (2024) [Manga]” to be more accurate.
© 2023-2024 Burkely Hermann. All rights reserved.
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Thanks for tuning in to the Dallas Morning News Show where Trump is going OK.Later in the show we've got Ron Dwyer, the author of I'm OK, You're OK chatting with Barry about Trump being OK.
But first Kirsty talks with Dr Wilson about how getting Long Covid is OK.
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Love, learning, and all the rest: Fictional libraries in “Fruits Basket” and beyond
In the third episode of Fruits Basket, an unamed schoolgirl confesses to Yuki in the library and he pushes her off.Before watching Fruits Basket, an anime which mixes the romantic comedy, slice-of-life, and supernatural genres, I knew there was a librarian character (voiced by Sayumi Watabe). I was not aware, however, that libraries would have an important role in the series, at least in a few episodes. In this post, I’ll examine the scenes in Fruits Basket, and connect it to other posts on this blog.
In the third episode of Fruits Basket, a schoolgirl confesses to Yuki Soma (voiced by Nobunaga Shimazaki) in the library and he pushes her off. She is disappointed, saying he is closed off to most people and asks why he can’t let her in. The truth is that if women hug him, then he turns into an animal, a rat to be specific. The schoolgirl, understandably runs off, sad and likely crying, leaving him standing in the library. As it turns out, Tohru Honda (voiced by Manaka Iwami ), who is living at his house, tells him later that she is happy that he let her in, making him happy. The impact of this library scene is a strong one, even though the scene is pretty short.
In some ways, I can relate this to a few issues of the romantic slice-of-life webcomic, Literary Link. The protagonist, Faye, gets a community service job at the local public library’s literary club, due to a fighter in school, and meets a girl named Atlas. As would be expected, Faye falls in love with Atlas, after she teases her a bit, and agrees to keep volunteering at the literary club. Although Atlas isn’t sure if Faye will return, she does, making her happy, especially when she brings cupcakes, and Atlas bandages Faye up from an earlier fight. [1]
Literary Link and Fruits Basket are relatively different from other depictions of romance within libraries that I’ve noted on this blog. In The Truman Show (1998) and Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008), which I wrote about in the early days of this blog, the libraries play a big role in the stories of each film. In the first film, it is pivotal moment for Truman Burbank, as he meets the woman he loves, Sylvia, and runs out from the library with her to a secluded beach. In the second film, Harold remembers how he met his ex-girlfriend, Vanessa, in the library. Both of them, in line with the fact the film is a stoner comedy, smoke pot in the library, even though it isn’t allowed.
There are many other examples of love, and romance, within libraries, whether Luz’s crush on Amity (which is later canonized) in The Owl House, Sophia beginning to confess her love to Catarina in My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!, an almost-kiss between Shizuma and Nagisa in the Strawberry Panic! episode “Etoile”, and Fumi and Sugimoto kissing in an episode of Whispered Words (“Adolescence is Beautiful”). There are other instances of love being expressed inside of library walls, including a bun-wearing librarian shushing male students who are expressing their romance in the library.
Student librarian checks out materials for TohruThe second time that libraries appear in the series is a short scene at the end of the fourth episode, when Tohru checks out books from the library about vegetable gardens and martial arts, so she can learn about what Yuki and Kyo like and dislike. She hopes to find “hidden sides” of them. Not long after, she ends up dropping these books, dramatically, when she learns that her Grandpa’s place is now ready for her to move back in. As it turns out, she doesn’t want to go back, but she decides she has to, although she is later saved by Yuki and Kyo in the following episode. This library scene has the first librarian character in the series, the aforementioned librarian voiced by Sayumi Watabe. This librarian is a student library worker. She checks out the books for Tohru.
Such librarians are not unique in anime. I mentioned many of them in my post back in April, including one protagonist, Haruki, in the striking and moving anime film, I Want to Eat Your Pancreas. He ends up helping another protagonist, Sakura Yamauchi, who’s disabled and uses a wheelchair. He becomes her good friend and later her love interest. She works in the library alongside him. This example differs from school-age student librarians, library workers to be precise, who are almost exclusively female, shown in various series. [2]
Some of the more prominent and recurring student librarians include Hisami Hishishii in multiple episodes of R.O.D. the TV, protagonist Hanamaru Kunikida in Love Live! Sunshine!!, Yamada and Kosuda in B Gata H Kei, Azusa Aoi in Whispered Words, Fumi Manjōme in Aoi Hana / Sweet Blue Flowers, Fumio Murakumi in Girl Friend Beta, Himeko Agari in Komi Can’t Communicate, Chiyo Tsukudate in Strawberry Panic!, Sumireko Sanshokunin a.k.a. “Pansy” in Oresuki, and Anne and Grea in Manaria Friends. Of these characters, they are often said to be quiet, shy, hardworking, diligent, lonely, sweet, socially awkward, or introverted. There are exceptions like the lustful and flirtatious Yamada, or Pansy who has strong charisma and observation skills. Many also have yuri subtext integral to their characters either directly or indirectly. [3]
A unique character is Rin Shima in Laid Back-Camp. She fits with the overall theme of iyashikei, a genre of anime which is “healing,” shying away from romance or action in favor of “meaningful connections with family and friends, and finding joy in the minutiae of life,” as Marley Crusch of Polygon put it. Shima is further described by Crusch as a girl who enjoys camping, quiet, reserved personality, and an introvert, although she becomes better at talking with others by the time of the 2nd season. [4]
This differs from more professional, yet unvoiced, ones in episodes of Akebi’s Sailor Uniform, Kin-iro Mosaic, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Maria Watches Over Us, Is the Order a Rabbit, Kubo Won’t Let Me Be Invisible, and The Dangers in My Heart. Kanina Shizuka in Maria Watches Over Us, is another example, but she is a supporting character. This connects to what I wrote in August, noting that within workplaces, there are unspoken/spoken “common standards of professional appearance” which penalize those with “tattoos and piercings, connecting with societally-sanctioned standards of appearance, which can be harsher on women.
In anime, all the characters, with stated or presumed professional credentials, in this post would be called librarians and assistant librarians, according to the landmark Library Act in Japan. In any case, one must continually be critical of what Fobazi Ettarh has defined as vocational awe, a set of values, ideas, and assumptions that “librarians have about themselves and the profession that result in beliefs that libraries…are inherently good…sacred, and…beyond critique.” With that, my post comes to a close. Until next week, where my post will examine the profound lack of libraries in Tom Gauld’s Revenge of the Librarians and stronger fictional depictions.
© 2023-2024 Burkely Hermann. All rights reserved.
Notes
[1] “Literary Club” [Issue 1]; Literary Link, May 6, 2023; “What’s her name?” [Issue 2], Literary Link, May 12, 2023; “Ethically Questionable” [Issue 3], Literary Link, May 27, 2023; “Careful with your face” [Issue 4], Literary Link, Jun. 10, 2023; “Overthinking” [Issue 5], Literary Link, Jun. 24, 2023.
[2] I’m referring to, in part, Nagisa Yasaka in My Roommate is a Cat, Nagisa Yasaka (episode: “Ones Who Can’t Be Controlled” and “What Connects Us”), Aoi Uribe in Myself ; Yourself (episode “The Important Melody”), Hasegawa Sumika in Bernard-jou Iwaku a.k.a. Miss Bernard said, Kamiya in Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie (episode: “Cultural Festival I”), Sumireko Sanshokunin a.k.a. “Pansy” in Oresuki, Anne and Grea in Manaria Friends, and Female Student B (librarian) in Azumanga Daioh (episode 19 segment “Springtime of Life”).
[3] “Hisami Hishiishii,” Read or Die Wiki, accessed Jul. 4, 2023; “Hanamaru Kunikida,” Love Live Wiki, accessed Jul. 4, 2023; “Yamada,” B Gata H Kei Wiki, accessed Jul. 4, 2023; “Fumio Murakumi,” Yuri Wiki, accessed Jul. 4, 2023; “Agari Himeko,” Komi-San Wiki, accessed Jul. 4, 2023; “Chiyo Tsukudate,” Strawberry Panic! Wiki, accessed Jul. 4, 2023; “Sumireko Sanshokunin,” Oresuki Wiki, accessed Jul. 4, 2023; “Grea,” Yuri Wiki, accessed Jul. 4, 2023; “Anne (Rage of Bagamut),” Yuri Wiki, accessed Jul. 4, 2023.
[4] “Rin Shima,” Yuru Camp Wiki, accessed Jul. 4, 2023.
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Love, learning, and all the rest: Fictional libraries in “Fruits Basket” and beyond
In the third episode of Fruits Basket, an unamed schoolgirl confesses to Yuki in the library and he pushes her off.Before watching Fruits Basket, an anime which mixes the romantic comedy, slice-of-life, and supernatural genres, I knew there was a librarian character (voiced by Sayumi Watabe). I was not aware, however, that libraries would have an important role in the series, at least in a few episodes. In this post, I’ll examine the scenes in Fruits Basket, and connect it to other posts on this blog.
In the third episode of Fruits Basket, a schoolgirl confesses to Yuki Soma (voiced by Nobunaga Shimazaki) in the library and he pushes her off. She is disappointed, saying he is closed off to most people and asks why he can’t let her in. The truth is that if women hug him, then he turns into an animal, a rat to be specific. The schoolgirl, understandably runs off, sad and likely crying, leaving him standing in the library. As it turns out, Tohru Honda (voiced by Manaka Iwami ), who is living at his house, tells him later that she is happy that he let her in, making him happy. The impact of this library scene is a strong one, even though the scene is pretty short.
In some ways, I can relate this to a few issues of the romantic slice-of-life webcomic, Literary Link. The protagonist, Faye, gets a community service job at the local public library’s literary club, due to a fighter in school, and meets a girl named Atlas. As would be expected, Faye falls in love with Atlas, after she teases her a bit, and agrees to keep volunteering at the literary club. Although Atlas isn’t sure if Faye will return, she does, making her happy, especially when she brings cupcakes, and Atlas bandages Faye up from an earlier fight. [1]
Literary Link and Fruits Basket are relatively different from other depictions of romance within libraries that I’ve noted on this blog. In The Truman Show (1998) and Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008), which I wrote about in the early days of this blog, the libraries play a big role in the stories of each film. In the first film, it is pivotal moment for Truman Burbank, as he meets the woman he loves, Sylvia, and runs out from the library with her to a secluded beach. In the second film, Harold remembers how he met his ex-girlfriend, Vanessa, in the library. Both of them, in line with the fact the film is a stoner comedy, smoke pot in the library, even though it isn’t allowed.
There are many other examples of love, and romance, within libraries, whether Luz’s crush on Amity (which is later canonized) in The Owl House, Sophia beginning to confess her love to Catarina in My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!, an almost-kiss between Shizuma and Nagisa in the Strawberry Panic! episode “Etoile”, and Fumi and Sugimoto kissing in an episode of Whispered Words (“Adolescence is Beautiful”). There are other instances of love being expressed inside of library walls, including a bun-wearing librarian shushing male students who are expressing their romance in the library.
Student librarian checks out materials for TohruThe second time that libraries appear in the series is a short scene at the end of the fourth episode, when Tohru checks out books from the library about vegetable gardens and martial arts, so she can learn about what Yuki and Kyo like and dislike. She hopes to find “hidden sides” of them. Not long after, she ends up dropping these books, dramatically, when she learns that her Grandpa’s place is now ready for her to move back in. As it turns out, she doesn’t want to go back, but she decides she has to, although she is later saved by Yuki and Kyo in the following episode. This library scene has the first librarian character in the series, the aforementioned librarian voiced by Sayumi Watabe. This librarian is a student library worker. She checks out the books for Tohru.
Such librarians are not unique in anime. I mentioned many of them in my post back in April, including one protagonist, Haruki, in the striking and moving anime film, I Want to Eat Your Pancreas. He ends up helping another protagonist, Sakura Yamauchi, who’s disabled and uses a wheelchair. He becomes her good friend and later her love interest. She works in the library alongside him. This example differs from school-age student librarians, library workers to be precise, who are almost exclusively female, shown in various series. [2]
Some of the more prominent and recurring student librarians include Hisami Hishishii in multiple episodes of R.O.D. the TV, protagonist Hanamaru Kunikida in Love Live! Sunshine!!, Yamada and Kosuda in B Gata H Kei, Azusa Aoi in Whispered Words, Fumi Manjōme in Aoi Hana / Sweet Blue Flowers, Fumio Murakumi in Girl Friend Beta, Himeko Agari in Komi Can’t Communicate, Chiyo Tsukudate in Strawberry Panic!, Sumireko Sanshokunin a.k.a. “Pansy” in Oresuki, and Anne and Grea in Manaria Friends. Of these characters, they are often said to be quiet, shy, hardworking, diligent, lonely, sweet, socially awkward, or introverted. There are exceptions like the lustful and flirtatious Yamada, or Pansy who has strong charisma and observation skills. Many also have yuri subtext integral to their characters either directly or indirectly. [3]
A unique character is Rin Shima in Laid Back-Camp. She fits with the overall theme of iyashikei, a genre of anime which is “healing,” shying away from romance or action in favor of “meaningful connections with family and friends, and finding joy in the minutiae of life,” as Marley Crusch of Polygon put it. Shima is further described by Crusch as a girl who enjoys camping, quiet, reserved personality, and an introvert, although she becomes better at talking with others by the time of the 2nd season. [4]
This differs from more professional, yet unvoiced, ones in episodes of Akebi’s Sailor Uniform, Kin-iro Mosaic, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Maria Watches Over Us, Is the Order a Rabbit, Kubo Won’t Let Me Be Invisible, and The Dangers in My Heart. Kanina Shizuka in Maria Watches Over Us, is another example, but she is a supporting character. This connects to what I wrote in August, noting that within workplaces, there are unspoken/spoken “common standards of professional appearance” which penalize those with “tattoos and piercings, connecting with societally-sanctioned standards of appearance, which can be harsher on women.
In anime, all the characters, with stated or presumed professional credentials, in this post would be called librarians and assistant librarians, according to the landmark Library Act in Japan. In any case, one must continually be critical of what Fobazi Ettarh has defined as vocational awe, a set of values, ideas, and assumptions that “librarians have about themselves and the profession that result in beliefs that libraries…are inherently good…sacred, and…beyond critique.” With that, my post comes to a close. Until next week, where my post will examine the profound lack of libraries in Tom Gauld’s Revenge of the Librarians and stronger fictional depictions.
© 2023-2024 Burkely Hermann. All rights reserved.
Notes
[1] “Literary Club” [Issue 1]; Literary Link, May 6, 2023; “What’s her name?” [Issue 2], Literary Link, May 12, 2023; “Ethically Questionable” [Issue 3], Literary Link, May 27, 2023; “Careful with your face” [Issue 4], Literary Link, Jun. 10, 2023; “Overthinking” [Issue 5], Literary Link, Jun. 24, 2023.
[2] I’m referring to, in part, Nagisa Yasaka in My Roommate is a Cat, Nagisa Yasaka (episode: “Ones Who Can’t Be Controlled” and “What Connects Us”), Aoi Uribe in Myself ; Yourself (episode “The Important Melody”), Hasegawa Sumika in Bernard-jou Iwaku a.k.a. Miss Bernard said, Kamiya in Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie (episode: “Cultural Festival I”), Sumireko Sanshokunin a.k.a. “Pansy” in Oresuki, Anne and Grea in Manaria Friends, and Female Student B (librarian) in Azumanga Daioh (episode 19 segment “Springtime of Life”).
[3] “Hisami Hishiishii,” Read or Die Wiki, accessed Jul. 4, 2023; “Hanamaru Kunikida,” Love Live Wiki, accessed Jul. 4, 2023; “Yamada,” B Gata H Kei Wiki, accessed Jul. 4, 2023; “Fumio Murakumi,” Yuri Wiki, accessed Jul. 4, 2023; “Agari Himeko,” Komi-San Wiki, accessed Jul. 4, 2023; “Chiyo Tsukudate,” Strawberry Panic! Wiki, accessed Jul. 4, 2023; “Sumireko Sanshokunin,” Oresuki Wiki, accessed Jul. 4, 2023; “Grea,” Yuri Wiki, accessed Jul. 4, 2023; “Anne (Rage of Bagamut),” Yuri Wiki, accessed Jul. 4, 2023.
[4] “Rin Shima,” Yuru Camp Wiki, accessed Jul. 4, 2023.
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Love, learning, and all the rest: Fictional libraries in “Fruits Basket” and beyond
In the third episode of Fruits Basket, an unamed schoolgirl confesses to Yuki in the library and he pushes her off.Before watching Fruits Basket, an anime which mixes the romantic comedy, slice-of-life, and supernatural genres, I knew there was a librarian character (voiced by Sayumi Watabe). I was not aware, however, that libraries would have an important role in the series, at least in a few episodes. In this post, I’ll examine the scenes in Fruits Basket, and connect it to other posts on this blog.
In the third episode of Fruits Basket, a schoolgirl confesses to Yuki Soma (voiced by Nobunaga Shimazaki) in the library and he pushes her off. She is disappointed, saying he is closed off to most people and asks why he can’t let her in. The truth is that if women hug him, then he turns into an animal, a rat to be specific. The schoolgirl, understandably runs off, sad and likely crying, leaving him standing in the library. As it turns out, Tohru Honda (voiced by Manaka Iwami ), who is living at his house, tells him later that she is happy that he let her in, making him happy. The impact of this library scene is a strong one, even though the scene is pretty short.
In some ways, I can relate this to a few issues of the romantic slice-of-life webcomic, Literary Link. The protagonist, Faye, gets a community service job at the local public library’s literary club, due to a fighter in school, and meets a girl named Atlas. As would be expected, Faye falls in love with Atlas, after she teases her a bit, and agrees to keep volunteering at the literary club. Although Atlas isn’t sure if Faye will return, she does, making her happy, especially when she brings cupcakes, and Atlas bandages Faye up from an earlier fight. [1]
Literary Link and Fruits Basket are relatively different from other depictions of romance within libraries that I’ve noted on this blog. In The Truman Show (1998) and Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008), which I wrote about in the early days of this blog, the libraries play a big role in the stories of each film. In the first film, it is pivotal moment for Truman Burbank, as he meets the woman he loves, Sylvia, and runs out from the library with her to a secluded beach. In the second film, Harold remembers how he met his ex-girlfriend, Vanessa, in the library. Both of them, in line with the fact the film is a stoner comedy, smoke pot in the library, even though it isn’t allowed.
There are many other examples of love, and romance, within libraries, whether Luz’s crush on Amity (which is later canonized) in The Owl House, Sophia beginning to confess her love to Catarina in My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!, an almost-kiss between Shizuma and Nagisa in the Strawberry Panic! episode “Etoile”, and Fumi and Sugimoto kissing in an episode of Whispered Words (“Adolescence is Beautiful”). There are other instances of love being expressed inside of library walls, including a bun-wearing librarian shushing male students who are expressing their romance in the library.
Student librarian checks out materials for TohruThe second time that libraries appear in the series is a short scene at the end of the fourth episode, when Tohru checks out books from the library about vegetable gardens and martial arts, so she can learn about what Yuki and Kyo like and dislike. She hopes to find “hidden sides” of them. Not long after, she ends up dropping these books, dramatically, when she learns that her Grandpa’s place is now ready for her to move back in. As it turns out, she doesn’t want to go back, but she decides she has to, although she is later saved by Yuki and Kyo in the following episode. This library scene has the first librarian character in the series, the aforementioned librarian voiced by Sayumi Watabe. This librarian is a student library worker. She checks out the books for Tohru.
Such librarians are not unique in anime. I mentioned many of them in my post back in April, including one protagonist, Haruki, in the striking and moving anime film, I Want to Eat Your Pancreas. He ends up helping another protagonist, Sakura Yamauchi, who’s disabled and uses a wheelchair. He becomes her good friend and later her love interest. She works in the library alongside him. This example differs from school-age student librarians, library workers to be precise, who are almost exclusively female, shown in various series. [2]
Some of the more prominent and recurring student librarians include Hisami Hishishii in multiple episodes of R.O.D. the TV, protagonist Hanamaru Kunikida in Love Live! Sunshine!!, Yamada and Kosuda in B Gata H Kei, Azusa Aoi in Whispered Words, Fumi Manjōme in Aoi Hana / Sweet Blue Flowers, Fumio Murakumi in Girl Friend Beta, Himeko Agari in Komi Can’t Communicate, Chiyo Tsukudate in Strawberry Panic!, Sumireko Sanshokunin a.k.a. “Pansy” in Oresuki, and Anne and Grea in Manaria Friends. Of these characters, they are often said to be quiet, shy, hardworking, diligent, lonely, sweet, socially awkward, or introverted. There are exceptions like the lustful and flirtatious Yamada, or Pansy who has strong charisma and observation skills. Many also have yuri subtext integral to their characters either directly or indirectly. [3]
A unique character is Rin Shima in Laid Back-Camp. She fits with the overall theme of iyashikei, a genre of anime which is “healing,” shying away from romance or action in favor of “meaningful connections with family and friends, and finding joy in the minutiae of life,” as Marley Crusch of Polygon put it. Shima is further described by Crusch as a girl who enjoys camping, quiet, reserved personality, and an introvert, although she becomes better at talking with others by the time of the 2nd season. [4]
This differs from more professional, yet unvoiced, ones in episodes of Akebi’s Sailor Uniform, Kin-iro Mosaic, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Maria Watches Over Us, Is the Order a Rabbit, Kubo Won’t Let Me Be Invisible, and The Dangers in My Heart. Kanina Shizuka in Maria Watches Over Us, is another example, but she is a supporting character. This connects to what I wrote in August, noting that within workplaces, there are unspoken/spoken “common standards of professional appearance” which penalize those with “tattoos and piercings, connecting with societally-sanctioned standards of appearance, which can be harsher on women.
In anime, all the characters, with stated or presumed professional credentials, in this post would be called librarians and assistant librarians, according to the landmark Library Act in Japan. In any case, one must continually be critical of what Fobazi Ettarh has defined as vocational awe, a set of values, ideas, and assumptions that “librarians have about themselves and the profession that result in beliefs that libraries…are inherently good…sacred, and…beyond critique.” With that, my post comes to a close. Until next week, where my post will examine the profound lack of libraries in Tom Gauld’s Revenge of the Librarians and stronger fictional depictions.
© 2023-2024 Burkely Hermann. All rights reserved.
Notes
[1] “Literary Club” [Issue 1]; Literary Link, May 6, 2023; “What’s her name?” [Issue 2], Literary Link, May 12, 2023; “Ethically Questionable” [Issue 3], Literary Link, May 27, 2023; “Careful with your face” [Issue 4], Literary Link, Jun. 10, 2023; “Overthinking” [Issue 5], Literary Link, Jun. 24, 2023.
[2] I’m referring to, in part, Nagisa Yasaka in My Roommate is a Cat, Nagisa Yasaka (episode: “Ones Who Can’t Be Controlled” and “What Connects Us”), Aoi Uribe in Myself ; Yourself (episode “The Important Melody”), Hasegawa Sumika in Bernard-jou Iwaku a.k.a. Miss Bernard said, Kamiya in Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie (episode: “Cultural Festival I”), Sumireko Sanshokunin a.k.a. “Pansy” in Oresuki, Anne and Grea in Manaria Friends, and Female Student B (librarian) in Azumanga Daioh (episode 19 segment “Springtime of Life”).
[3] “Hisami Hishiishii,” Read or Die Wiki, accessed Jul. 4, 2023; “Hanamaru Kunikida,” Love Live Wiki, accessed Jul. 4, 2023; “Yamada,” B Gata H Kei Wiki, accessed Jul. 4, 2023; “Fumio Murakumi,” Yuri Wiki, accessed Jul. 4, 2023; “Agari Himeko,” Komi-San Wiki, accessed Jul. 4, 2023; “Chiyo Tsukudate,” Strawberry Panic! Wiki, accessed Jul. 4, 2023; “Sumireko Sanshokunin,” Oresuki Wiki, accessed Jul. 4, 2023; “Grea,” Yuri Wiki, accessed Jul. 4, 2023; “Anne (Rage of Bagamut),” Yuri Wiki, accessed Jul. 4, 2023.
[4] “Rin Shima,” Yuru Camp Wiki, accessed Jul. 4, 2023.
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Love, learning, and all the rest: Fictional libraries in “Fruits Basket” and beyond
In the third episode of Fruits Basket, an unamed schoolgirl confesses to Yuki in the library and he pushes her off.Before watching Fruits Basket, an anime which mixes the romantic comedy, slice-of-life, and supernatural genres, I knew there was a librarian character (voiced by Sayumi Watabe). I was not aware, however, that libraries would have an important role in the series, at least in a few episodes. In this post, I’ll examine the scenes in Fruits Basket, and connect it to other posts on this blog.
In the third episode of Fruits Basket, a schoolgirl confesses to Yuki Soma (voiced by Nobunaga Shimazaki) in the library and he pushes her off. She is disappointed, saying he is closed off to most people and asks why he can’t let her in. The truth is that if women hug him, then he turns into an animal, a rat to be specific. The schoolgirl, understandably runs off, sad and likely crying, leaving him standing in the library. As it turns out, Tohru Honda (voiced by Manaka Iwami ), who is living at his house, tells him later that she is happy that he let her in, making him happy. The impact of this library scene is a strong one, even though the scene is pretty short.
In some ways, I can relate this to a few issues of the romantic slice-of-life webcomic, Literary Link. The protagonist, Faye, gets a community service job at the local public library’s literary club, due to a fighter in school, and meets a girl named Atlas. As would be expected, Faye falls in love with Atlas, after she teases her a bit, and agrees to keep volunteering at the literary club. Although Atlas isn’t sure if Faye will return, she does, making her happy, especially when she brings cupcakes, and Atlas bandages Faye up from an earlier fight. [1]
Literary Link and Fruits Basket are relatively different from other depictions of romance within libraries that I’ve noted on this blog. In The Truman Show (1998) and Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008), which I wrote about in the early days of this blog, the libraries play a big role in the stories of each film. In the first film, it is pivotal moment for Truman Burbank, as he meets the woman he loves, Sylvia, and runs out from the library with her to a secluded beach. In the second film, Harold remembers how he met his ex-girlfriend, Vanessa, in the library. Both of them, in line with the fact the film is a stoner comedy, smoke pot in the library, even though it isn’t allowed.
There are many other examples of love, and romance, within libraries, whether Luz’s crush on Amity (which is later canonized) in The Owl House, Sophia beginning to confess her love to Catarina in My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!, an almost-kiss between Shizuma and Nagisa in the Strawberry Panic! episode “Etoile”, and Fumi and Sugimoto kissing in an episode of Whispered Words (“Adolescence is Beautiful”). There are other instances of love being expressed inside of library walls, including a bun-wearing librarian shushing male students who are expressing their romance in the library.
Student librarian checks out materials for TohruThe second time that libraries appear in the series is a short scene at the end of the fourth episode, when Tohru checks out books from the library about vegetable gardens and martial arts, so she can learn about what Yuki and Kyo like and dislike. She hopes to find “hidden sides” of them. Not long after, she ends up dropping these books, dramatically, when she learns that her Grandpa’s place is now ready for her to move back in. As it turns out, she doesn’t want to go back, but she decides she has to, although she is later saved by Yuki and Kyo in the following episode. This library scene has the first librarian character in the series, the aforementioned librarian voiced by Sayumi Watabe. This librarian is a student library worker. She checks out the books for Tohru.
Such librarians are not unique in anime. I mentioned many of them in my post back in April, including one protagonist, Haruki, in the striking and moving anime film, I Want to Eat Your Pancreas. He ends up helping another protagonist, Sakura Yamauchi, who’s disabled and uses a wheelchair. He becomes her good friend and later her love interest. She works in the library alongside him. This example differs from school-age student librarians, library workers to be precise, who are almost exclusively female, shown in various series. [2]
Some of the more prominent and recurring student librarians include Hisami Hishishii in multiple episodes of R.O.D. the TV, protagonist Hanamaru Kunikida in Love Live! Sunshine!!, Yamada and Kosuda in B Gata H Kei, Azusa Aoi in Whispered Words, Fumi Manjōme in Aoi Hana / Sweet Blue Flowers, Fumio Murakumi in Girl Friend Beta, Himeko Agari in Komi Can’t Communicate, Chiyo Tsukudate in Strawberry Panic!, Sumireko Sanshokunin a.k.a. “Pansy” in Oresuki, and Anne and Grea in Manaria Friends. Of these characters, they are often said to be quiet, shy, hardworking, diligent, lonely, sweet, socially awkward, or introverted. There are exceptions like the lustful and flirtatious Yamada, or Pansy who has strong charisma and observation skills. Many also have yuri subtext integral to their characters either directly or indirectly. [3]
A unique character is Rin Shima in Laid Back-Camp. She fits with the overall theme of iyashikei, a genre of anime which is “healing,” shying away from romance or action in favor of “meaningful connections with family and friends, and finding joy in the minutiae of life,” as Marley Crusch of Polygon put it. Shima is further described by Crusch as a girl who enjoys camping, quiet, reserved personality, and an introvert, although she becomes better at talking with others by the time of the 2nd season. [4]
This differs from more professional, yet unvoiced, ones in episodes of Akebi’s Sailor Uniform, Kin-iro Mosaic, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Maria Watches Over Us, Is the Order a Rabbit, Kubo Won’t Let Me Be Invisible, and The Dangers in My Heart. Kanina Shizuka in Maria Watches Over Us, is another example, but she is a supporting character. This connects to what I wrote in August, noting that within workplaces, there are unspoken/spoken “common standards of professional appearance” which penalize those with “tattoos and piercings, connecting with societally-sanctioned standards of appearance, which can be harsher on women.
In anime, all the characters, with stated or presumed professional credentials, in this post would be called librarians and assistant librarians, according to the landmark Library Act in Japan. In any case, one must continually be critical of what Fobazi Ettarh has defined as vocational awe, a set of values, ideas, and assumptions that “librarians have about themselves and the profession that result in beliefs that libraries…are inherently good…sacred, and…beyond critique.” With that, my post comes to a close. Until next week, where my post will examine the profound lack of libraries in Tom Gauld’s Revenge of the Librarians and stronger fictional depictions.
© 2023-2024 Burkely Hermann. All rights reserved.
Notes
[1] “Literary Club” [Issue 1]; Literary Link, May 6, 2023; “What’s her name?” [Issue 2], Literary Link, May 12, 2023; “Ethically Questionable” [Issue 3], Literary Link, May 27, 2023; “Careful with your face” [Issue 4], Literary Link, Jun. 10, 2023; “Overthinking” [Issue 5], Literary Link, Jun. 24, 2023.
[2] I’m referring to, in part, Nagisa Yasaka in My Roommate is a Cat, Nagisa Yasaka (episode: “Ones Who Can’t Be Controlled” and “What Connects Us”), Aoi Uribe in Myself ; Yourself (episode “The Important Melody”), Hasegawa Sumika in Bernard-jou Iwaku a.k.a. Miss Bernard said, Kamiya in Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie (episode: “Cultural Festival I”), Sumireko Sanshokunin a.k.a. “Pansy” in Oresuki, Anne and Grea in Manaria Friends, and Female Student B (librarian) in Azumanga Daioh (episode 19 segment “Springtime of Life”).
[3] “Hisami Hishiishii,” Read or Die Wiki, accessed Jul. 4, 2023; “Hanamaru Kunikida,” Love Live Wiki, accessed Jul. 4, 2023; “Yamada,” B Gata H Kei Wiki, accessed Jul. 4, 2023; “Fumio Murakumi,” Yuri Wiki, accessed Jul. 4, 2023; “Agari Himeko,” Komi-San Wiki, accessed Jul. 4, 2023; “Chiyo Tsukudate,” Strawberry Panic! Wiki, accessed Jul. 4, 2023; “Sumireko Sanshokunin,” Oresuki Wiki, accessed Jul. 4, 2023; “Grea,” Yuri Wiki, accessed Jul. 4, 2023; “Anne (Rage of Bagamut),” Yuri Wiki, accessed Jul. 4, 2023.
[4] “Rin Shima,” Yuru Camp Wiki, accessed Jul. 4, 2023.
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Love, learning, and all the rest: Fictional libraries in “Fruits Basket” and beyond
In the third episode of Fruits Basket, an unamed schoolgirl confesses to Yuki in the library and he pushes her off.Before watching Fruits Basket, an anime which mixes the romantic comedy, slice-of-life, and supernatural genres, I knew there was a librarian character (voiced by Sayumi Watabe). I was not aware, however, that libraries would have an important role in the series, at least in a few episodes. In this post, I’ll examine the scenes in Fruits Basket, and connect it to other posts on this blog.
In the third episode of Fruits Basket, a schoolgirl confesses to Yuki Soma (voiced by Nobunaga Shimazaki) in the library and he pushes her off. She is disappointed, saying he is closed off to most people and asks why he can’t let her in. The truth is that if women hug him, then he turns into an animal, a rat to be specific. The schoolgirl, understandably runs off, sad and likely crying, leaving him standing in the library. As it turns out, Tohru Honda (voiced by Manaka Iwami ), who is living at his house, tells him later that she is happy that he let her in, making him happy. The impact of this library scene is a strong one, even though the scene is pretty short.
In some ways, I can relate this to a few issues of the romantic slice-of-life webcomic, Literary Link. The protagonist, Faye, gets a community service job at the local public library’s literary club, due to a fighter in school, and meets a girl named Atlas. As would be expected, Faye falls in love with Atlas, after she teases her a bit, and agrees to keep volunteering at the literary club. Although Atlas isn’t sure if Faye will return, she does, making her happy, especially when she brings cupcakes, and Atlas bandages Faye up from an earlier fight. [1]
Literary Link and Fruits Basket are relatively different from other depictions of romance within libraries that I’ve noted on this blog. In The Truman Show (1998) and Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008), which I wrote about in the early days of this blog, the libraries play a big role in the stories of each film. In the first film, it is pivotal moment for Truman Burbank, as he meets the woman he loves, Sylvia, and runs out from the library with her to a secluded beach. In the second film, Harold remembers how he met his ex-girlfriend, Vanessa, in the library. Both of them, in line with the fact the film is a stoner comedy, smoke pot in the library, even though it isn’t allowed.
There are many other examples of love, and romance, within libraries, whether Luz’s crush on Amity (which is later canonized) in The Owl House, Sophia beginning to confess her love to Catarina in My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!, an almost-kiss between Shizuma and Nagisa in the Strawberry Panic! episode “Etoile”, and Fumi and Sugimoto kissing in an episode of Whispered Words (“Adolescence is Beautiful”). There are other instances of love being expressed inside of library walls, including a bun-wearing librarian shushing male students who are expressing their romance in the library.
Student librarian checks out materials for TohruThe second time that libraries appear in the series is a short scene at the end of the fourth episode, when Tohru checks out books from the library about vegetable gardens and martial arts, so she can learn about what Yuki and Kyo like and dislike. She hopes to find “hidden sides” of them. Not long after, she ends up dropping these books, dramatically, when she learns that her Grandpa’s place is now ready for her to move back in. As it turns out, she doesn’t want to go back, but she decides she has to, although she is later saved by Yuki and Kyo in the following episode. This library scene has the first librarian character in the series, the aforementioned librarian voiced by Sayumi Watabe. This librarian is a student library worker. She checks out the books for Tohru.
Such librarians are not unique in anime. I mentioned many of them in my post back in April, including one protagonist, Haruki, in the striking and moving anime film, I Want to Eat Your Pancreas. He ends up helping another protagonist, Sakura Yamauchi, who’s disabled and uses a wheelchair. He becomes her good friend and later her love interest. She works in the library alongside him. This example differs from school-age student librarians, library workers to be precise, who are almost exclusively female, shown in various series. [2]
Some of the more prominent and recurring student librarians include Hisami Hishishii in multiple episodes of R.O.D. the TV, protagonist Hanamaru Kunikida in Love Live! Sunshine!!, Yamada and Kosuda in B Gata H Kei, Azusa Aoi in Whispered Words, Fumi Manjōme in Aoi Hana / Sweet Blue Flowers, Fumio Murakumi in Girl Friend Beta, Himeko Agari in Komi Can’t Communicate, Chiyo Tsukudate in Strawberry Panic!, Sumireko Sanshokunin a.k.a. “Pansy” in Oresuki, and Anne and Grea in Manaria Friends. Of these characters, they are often said to be quiet, shy, hardworking, diligent, lonely, sweet, socially awkward, or introverted. There are exceptions like the lustful and flirtatious Yamada, or Pansy who has strong charisma and observation skills. Many also have yuri subtext integral to their characters either directly or indirectly. [3]
A unique character is Rin Shima in Laid Back-Camp. She fits with the overall theme of iyashikei, a genre of anime which is “healing,” shying away from romance or action in favor of “meaningful connections with family and friends, and finding joy in the minutiae of life,” as Marley Crusch of Polygon put it. Shima is further described by Crusch as a girl who enjoys camping, quiet, reserved personality, and an introvert, although she becomes better at talking with others by the time of the 2nd season. [4]
This differs from more professional, yet unvoiced, ones in episodes of Akebi’s Sailor Uniform, Kin-iro Mosaic, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Maria Watches Over Us, Is the Order a Rabbit, Kubo Won’t Let Me Be Invisible, and The Dangers in My Heart. Kanina Shizuka in Maria Watches Over Us, is another example, but she is a supporting character. This connects to what I wrote in August, noting that within workplaces, there are unspoken/spoken “common standards of professional appearance” which penalize those with “tattoos and piercings, connecting with societally-sanctioned standards of appearance, which can be harsher on women.
In anime, all the characters, with stated or presumed professional credentials, in this post would be called librarians and assistant librarians, according to the landmark Library Act in Japan. In any case, one must continually be critical of what Fobazi Ettarh has defined as vocational awe, a set of values, ideas, and assumptions that “librarians have about themselves and the profession that result in beliefs that libraries…are inherently good…sacred, and…beyond critique.” With that, my post comes to a close. Until next week, where my post will examine the profound lack of libraries in Tom Gauld’s Revenge of the Librarians and stronger fictional depictions.
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Notes
[1] “Literary Club” [Issue 1]; Literary Link, May 6, 2023; “What’s her name?” [Issue 2], Literary Link, May 12, 2023; “Ethically Questionable” [Issue 3], Literary Link, May 27, 2023; “Careful with your face” [Issue 4], Literary Link, Jun. 10, 2023; “Overthinking” [Issue 5], Literary Link, Jun. 24, 2023.
[2] I’m referring to, in part, Nagisa Yasaka in My Roommate is a Cat, Nagisa Yasaka (episode: “Ones Who Can’t Be Controlled” and “What Connects Us”), Aoi Uribe in Myself ; Yourself (episode “The Important Melody”), Hasegawa Sumika in Bernard-jou Iwaku a.k.a. Miss Bernard said, Kamiya in Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie (episode: “Cultural Festival I”), Sumireko Sanshokunin a.k.a. “Pansy” in Oresuki, Anne and Grea in Manaria Friends, and Female Student B (librarian) in Azumanga Daioh (episode 19 segment “Springtime of Life”).
[3] “Hisami Hishiishii,” Read or Die Wiki, accessed Jul. 4, 2023; “Hanamaru Kunikida,” Love Live Wiki, accessed Jul. 4, 2023; “Yamada,” B Gata H Kei Wiki, accessed Jul. 4, 2023; “Fumio Murakumi,” Yuri Wiki, accessed Jul. 4, 2023; “Agari Himeko,” Komi-San Wiki, accessed Jul. 4, 2023; “Chiyo Tsukudate,” Strawberry Panic! Wiki, accessed Jul. 4, 2023; “Sumireko Sanshokunin,” Oresuki Wiki, accessed Jul. 4, 2023; “Grea,” Yuri Wiki, accessed Jul. 4, 2023; “Anne (Rage of Bagamut),” Yuri Wiki, accessed Jul. 4, 2023.
[4] “Rin Shima,” Yuru Camp Wiki, accessed Jul. 4, 2023.
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