Cherry Blossoms And Samurai Swords

Japan's large-scale animation industry market has witnessed prosperity recently, and its cultural impact reaches every corner all around the world. In Japan, violence, which is like the sparkles of sharp samurai swords hidden in the gorgeous cherry blossoms, has become increasingly prominent in the work of animations. Along with this animation boom, the violent elements have been followed and accepted by those animation fans.Japanese animation is most widely and profoundly influenced by its most Japan native culture. Shinto has long been the essence of Japanese spirit and origin. Confucianism and Buddhism from china have done some new construction on this unique national culture. This complex cultural mix finally comes to us with a combined form of "Sakura" and "Katana" culture, which is the representation of the spirit of the Japanese people. These multiple and complex local culture at many levels interacts with the animation culture, and produced one typical product—violence.From another point of view, "violence" is not a fresh term in human civilization. On the contrary, Human nature contains the "violent" side. Xunzi said, "human nature is of evilness, " and Freud also proposed "death instinct" to illustrate the kind of human nature. Inspired by Freund's psychological analysis n, Jung put forward his "collective unconscious" theory. Collective unconsciousness, as a memory that connects modern people and their primitive ancestors, is inherited by all members of humanity and constantly shows itself through a variety of the human spirit and culture. Jung holds that both the art creation and aesthetic experience come from the human collective unconsciousness. So both the author of these violent animation works and the audience who are obsessed by the oppressive aesthetic tendencies have a certain degree of collective unconsciousness.Throughout thousands of years of history, human civilization and each step of development is pioneered by violence. This in human's primitive memories is the main factor that leads to food and mating opportunities with the opposite sex; today, it is still a fitness standard. In China, description and expression on violent scenes can be seen everywhere in the whole art history. In ancient Greece, people advocated the unity of power and beauty, and their appreciation on violence is a review of their already covered course, which would produce aesthetic appreciation on their own power. And it is in this course that pride and aesthetic consciousness intertwine with each other.Though violence in animation is discussed in this paper, it is neither intended to vote for savage brutality, nor to bang the drum for violent culture, but for the sake of beneficial exploration. For the studies of the violence in animation, it should start from the animation art itself, and leave the a moral judgment to the audience; meanwhile, it shouldn't see the violence in animation at a superficial level. Of course, animation violence should be controlled to some extent. And newer and better violent expressions should be explored with obedience to the social, political, psychological and cultural elements behind the violent culture in animation on the part of the mass animation fans.