| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
|
|
E-Arkham
Joined: 31 May 2004
Posts: 53
|
 Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 10:39 pm
|
 |
|
| ACDragonMaster wrote: | | That does nothing to show that the average, uninvolved in geek subculture person would have any idea what an "esper" is. |
...because the average, uninvolved-in-geek-subculture person is the one who's going to be buying anime in the first place...? Or are you saying that non-geeks haven't heard of Asimov or Final Fantasy? 
To satisfy my own curiousity, I found "esper" used by Alfred Bester in the 1958 sci-fi short story "Oddy and Id" and later in "The Demolished Man." In fact, I found a lot of fascinating reading on the subject of old sci-fi and its influence on modern writing, but that's way beyond the scope of this thread (read: it's stuff that most other people might find jaw-grindingly boring).
I suspect that Bandai and/or Kadokawa will make the terribly minor decision of "psychic" or "esper" for us, and it will likely make no impact on how quickly I or the rest of us pull out our respective wallets when the series hits the shelves. <chortles>
Kep
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
ACDragonMaster
Joined: 23 Aug 2004
Posts: 405
|
|
Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 11:20 pm
|
|
|
|
I'd argue that at least half if not more like three fourths of the people who watch, for example, Adult Swim regularly, are not very well-read in a lot of science fiction and related concepts. Yes, all the preexisting fans and much of the online anime fandom will know, but a lot of the people who watch that stuff pay no attention to fansubs (or often any subtitles) and simply watch whatever's aired dubbed. So no, most people wouldn't be so likely to know terms like "esper" other than maybe thinking "hey, didn't they use that in some old videogame or something?" and such.
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
zalas
Joined: 26 Jul 2006
Posts: 100
|
|
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 7:38 am
|
|
|
Haha, now the ASOS people are just toying with us, highlighting subtitles of "esper" in the subtitled promo video...
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
omnistry
Joined: 03 Mar 2005
Posts: 1015
|
|
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 12:55 pm
|
|
|
| zalas wrote: | Haha, now the ASOS people are just toying with us, highlighting subtitles of "esper" in the subtitled promo video... |
Hehe. They're listening to us. This is just too cool. It's like we're in control of the US fate of Haruhi; or maybe that's what she wants us to do  .
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
