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The Naked Kiss

Haven't seen this Lichtenstein-influenced hyper American animation in years. The contrast between Tadanori's comics-influenced drawing (but never truly comics-like because of the colors) and Akiyama's musique concrete tape manipulations is dated, but still pretty interesting. At a glance, it might look like a clash between low and high art, but then you realize the so-called lowbrow art we see is actually an almost pretentious appropriation and it all makes even more sense.