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walw6pK4Alo
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MLP is one of the few western properties I've seen with any kind penetration, but its appeal is still mostly based around the cuteness aspect of cute ponies doing cute things, and furrydom liking it for being animals. It has quite a growing doujinshi presence.
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Shiroi Hane
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There's been a huge growth. They now have a Sam :p Previously a lot of the few anime releases with English subtitles were re-releases with subs taken from the western discs. Exceptions that I own are Brave Story (which had oddly liberal subtitles which are totally different to those on the later UK DVD) and Haruhi (which, well...) I assume the newer breed of mainly Aniplex shows with subtitles are based on the simulcast scripts. |
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Shiroi Hane
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What's anti-Christian about Hellsing? Anti-Catholic maybe - the "good" guys are Protestants trying to keep both vampires and the Vatican out of the UK. |
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Mister Ryan Andrews
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@samuelp
That's no different than America to be honest. Everyone loves the superhero movies, but they couldn't give a darn about the comics or cartoons. I can totally seeing that being a case in Japan. Well, sometimes. Some movies bomb there like Thor. Mainly like Spider-Man and Avengers pretty much Though you're the first person I've seen to try to say Ben 10 is popular in Japan. It's not even really popular here to be honest, heh. |
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belvadeer
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I never take RT seriously. A lot of the kook reviewers on there are just bitter folks with zero imagination and no inner child anymore. They always seem to have some bone to pick with animated movies, saying outdated nonsense like, "This really isn't the era for cartoon movies or cute cuddly characters anymore." I'm pretty sure they'll bag on the upcoming Mr. Peabody movie as well and unreasonably accuse it of doing something wrong.
Really? Because I see an awful lot of youngsters around my town and the next few towns over wearing Ben 10 shirts and holding action figures of the toys in their hands constantly. Of course, the whole point to the show is to sell toys, since you can see that it's changed too much from its original incarnation and I don't think kids care about the look of the show. Personally, I liked the first Ben 10 series the best if I had to compare seasons. Last edited by belvadeer on Sat Feb 01, 2014 8:45 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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TarsTarkas
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The problem with mainstream superhero comics nowadays is the lack of stability. A creative team does a story arc, and then another creative team does another story arc. In the manga realm it would be like Yotsuba&! changing mangaka each time a new volume comes out. I am sorry, but that would just suck. Except for Kamandi, I have never liked any DC titles, and I have dropped most Marvel titles over the years, except the Fantastic Four, mainly because of stubbornness. It was the constant creative team changes that did me in. Some were okay, but usually they are just a jarring event. Always pissed me off, when an artist/writer would create a new comic, and then a year later passed it on to someone else. Why bother creating something if all you are going to do is throw it away. That's why I like Fred Perry and Erik Larson. They have a commitment to their characters. Everyone has their own favorite writers and artists, but they do their comics and characters no favors by making short term commitments to their projects. Just imagine if Caravan Kidd or Gunsmith Cats changed mangaka's several chapters into the story. |
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PurpleWarrior13
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Most US cartoons for TV are still done in the traditional style, with a few exceptions (TMNT). I don't think it's "dead" at all. We just need the right movie done in the style. In 2003, CG animation was so new and cool, anything done in 2D just seemed flat. Now with the market being over-saturated with all kinds of 3D CGI films, you never know. At least we have the Family Guy movie supposedly in development... |
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America's industry is too far down the slippery slope to climb back up it. People need to understand the American industry is dead and isn't coming back. It's unrealistic to still have hope.  |
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