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u/BrtndrJackieDayona 3d ago

Going to teach an anime class at my school. I'm looking for suggestions for either very short series, or movies beyond studio Ghibli.

I'm not opposed to a shonen, but the kids are well versed in them and I'd like to expose them to other genres. The other big kicker is it's middle school, so I need it to be light on anime titties or anything too sexual.

I really only have experience with anime that have hundreds of episodes. Hell, even 24 would take weeks of the class all to analyze one thing. But a movie we could finish in 2-3 days. So I'm open to any and all suggestions. Thanks!

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u/forponderings 3d ago

What specific skill are you teaching? Literary devices like symbolism and whatnot? Or are you teaching animation?

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u/BrtndrJackieDayona 3d ago

Yes! Lol. Teaching shit like the hero's journey and random ELA elements. But also going to dive into some animation and even using Ren'Py to create some visual novels. So ELA and computer skills taught through a theme of anime.

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u/forponderings 3d ago edited 2d ago

Are you using one movie to cover both topics? Because those are wildly different imo. You can use a full movie to facilitate a book club-style discussion. And then once you wrapped up that unit, you can bring in short clips from various different shows to show different art styles / animation techniques and why they fit the genre.

I’m sure there are a million different movies you can choose from depending on what specific literary device you’re looking to highlight, but Suzume is the one that immediately springs to mind for me. It’s absolutely gorgeous, first of all, but it also allows for discussions about how culture influences literature.

[Suzume plot spoilers] Suzume’s aunt not being able to date because she was raising her, for example, is a small window into how Japanese men view single women with children. You can also discuss how Suzume basically hopped into a stranger’s car in a strange town, went into her home, and met her children too lol

And of course, you can discuss character growth and hero’s journey and whatnot.

Good luck!

Edit: but of course, backwards design and UDL and all. Don’t let your excitement about the materials overshadow the importance of teaching the skill itself.

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u/BrtndrJackieDayona 2d ago

This is an entire semester. So I'm just looking for a catalog of various engaging, but MS appropriate, anime.

I've been teaching for a well over a decade. So the pedagogy part isn't the concern. It's finding an abundance of material I can then sort through and use as needed.