Yamakan as 'girls anime'

07.03.2010 by Patrick W. Galbraith

I have a few issues with this issue of "Spoon," a women's magazine that ran a special on "Women's Anime 2010." It is mostly about "Eden of the East," which I can see, with a few others thrown in there. The issue at hand is the inclusion of Yamamoto Yutaka, the celebrated director of the Haruhi dance, the first episodes of "Lucky Star" and "Kannagi." He is identified in this magazine as Yamakan. The pictures of him are of a serious, sexy director auteur in black. And, instead of anime, his live-action film ("My Unkind Upperclassman") is featured. Issues are as follows:







1) When did Yamamoto Yutaka become "women's anime"?
2) He is known as "Yamakan" in mainstream circles?
3) Rather than moe, he is a live-action director?
4) Not otaku, but sexy man?

There are plenty of other things to bring up, but I am already in tears at how far out of context a personal hero has been taken. Or, even more upsetting, how he might want to present himself in the future...