Week 5: Danni- According to Lent (2000), what place does animation occupy in Asian societies? How different is this across Asia (ie comparing China and Japan)?

According to Lent (2000), what place does animation occupy in Asian societies? How different is this across Asia (ie comparing China and Japan)?
"...animation was moulded to Asia through the use of indigenous artistic styles and techniques, such as paperfold, paper-cut, and ink and wash in China, or shadow theatre in China, Indonesia, and Japan, and localised plots based on literary, religious, or folkloric stories." (Lent, 2000)

Animation began in Asia in 1923, where it chinese animation was heavily influenced by Western cultures. In 1941 China made it's first full length cartoon film: Princess with the iron fan. This film then inspired other asian countries to do the same. With Western themes being involved China and Japan set out to make animation film that showed off their countries cultures and values (not the western ones). Animation in Asian is different in different countries, Lent (2000) said that Hong Kong to build up its economical standing worked with 'Disney' ( a western animation company) and made a 'Hong Kong Disneyland'. Where as China, Vietnam and Phillippenes have been seen to put "Politically, filmed cartoons have served governmental and bureaucratic goals" (Lent, 2000). However China and Japan continue to make animation like (manga and anime) that serves what the Asian people want, which is the cultural views and morals of Chinese and Japanese cultures through animation.

Lent, J. A. (2000). Animation in Asia: appropriation, reinterpretation, and adoption or adaptation. Retrieved Oct 16. http://www.latrobe.edu.au/screeningthepast/firstrelease/fr1100/jlfr11c.htm