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giascle
Joined: 09 Sep 2008
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Location: Denver
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Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 1:22 am
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Crystal wrote: |
giascle wrote: | They're seriously trying to go against Foster's?
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Is that saying it's easy or competitive? |
>trying
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Lowlife187
Joined: 17 Dec 2004
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Location: New Macross City
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Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 6:08 am
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Pardon my french, but they are nominating this piece of s$!&? It wasn't the worst anime I've seen but the story was very loose and jumbled. I guess this proves that awards to not always mean good quality.
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UtenaAnthy
Joined: 27 Oct 2006
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Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 8:29 am
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I haven't seen either of them, I like Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends a lot, I thought the animation in the trailer for Afro Samurai was beautiful, but I saw a bit of one of the episodes and it didn't seem that good (though the animation was still excellent), I'm glad to see an anime up for the award, but I don't know if that's the most deserving choice. What other anime would have been eligible for this year's award that didn't get nominated?
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Wild_Boy
Joined: 26 Jan 2009
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Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 2:00 pm
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Like the article says, this is the 'Outstanding animation more than 1 hour' category or basically the TV movie award.
To qualify, the animation has to air on American TV AND the 'show-runner' has to submit the animation for nomination with the support of the TV network.
But, since almost 100% of anime brought into the US is imported and aired as an acquisition, there's simply no one to champion it (no US-based show runner and no supportive network). I think no network would like to say 'we won an Emmy for a show we acquired from Japan.'). They all want their own shows to get nominated.
Anyway, like it or hate it, I really believe this can only help the anime industry. Maybe it will mean more money from US networks will get used to make more anime?
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LondinCalling
Joined: 26 Feb 2004
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Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 2:27 pm
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This should not win a nomination. The academy should be ashamed of themselves.
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Mohawk52
Joined: 16 Oct 2003
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Location: England, UK
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Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 3:06 pm
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Agreed, the only reason this even gets a mention is because Sam Jackson has pull with the academy. If this was dubbed by the usual crowd that do English dubs it would be just another violent cartoon from Japan.
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sanosuke32
Joined: 19 Dec 2007
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Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 10:26 pm
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Mohawk52 wrote: | Agreed, the only reason this even gets a mention is because Sam Jackson has pull with the academy. If this was dubbed by the usual crowd that do English dubs it would be just another violent cartoon from Japan. |
And it would've never been on Spike TV, just would've been another DVD release and wouldn't even qualify for the award. Sigh
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xchampion
Joined: 21 Jan 2009
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Location: Idaho Falls, Idaho
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Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 6:48 pm
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This is Great News. Samuel L. Jackon is my f-ing hero dude. I love everything that he is in.
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GATSU
Joined: 03 Jan 2002
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Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 11:08 pm
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Anyway, anime broadcast which should've won that award aside [*cough* Paranoia Agent and/or Eva *cough*], at least it's nice to see the genre finally represented on prime-time network tv.
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Hon'ya-chan
Joined: 31 Jul 2007
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Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2009 5:13 am
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And I thought the Family Guy nod was a low for the Emmy's. This blows it slightly out of the water.
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