I was a bit stumped as to how I could start off this Digital Artefact, as I had expressed earlier, do I stick to the familiar or try something new? Through some trial and error of possible ideas which were too familiar (literally anything ranging from Sailor Moon to K-pop), I decided to keep the concept of animation, but not anime (in the strict Japanese sense of the term), and to spin the idea to work in a way that requires further research, critical analysis, and reflection.

The programmes above are all created in the United States by (mostly) Westerners, but all have a very Asian influence and appeal. The Powerpuff Girls clearly shows the least amount of influence (still some), has a Japanese original spinoff/sequel which could be addressed. Therefore, some of the criteria that I had in mind to analyse were that the programmes…