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NEWS: CTV Unveils Degrassi "Mangasodes"




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Tempest
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 2:11 pm Reply with quote
"Mangasode..."

I can't believe this shit. Dumb-ass marketing gimmick to feed off the popularity of manga without even making an effort to emulate manga (which I don't approve of either).

No anime/manga style-look, (poorly) written by a North American comic-book writer, animated by North American animation studio, and based on a North American teen-drama.

It's worse than that old Gen-13 manga, at least Image took some artistic cues from anime...

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 2:53 pm Reply with quote
I can't see it because it says i live outside of Canada. But I can see why you'd be upset tempest. it seems like a bad idea.

Plus the art (for the two scenes they have on the site) looks horrible.

I'm glad you put this ont he site though- its goes to show that anime/manga is really becoming a big thing and that compaines will do anything to cash in on it.
(I may have worded that wrong...hopefully the point got across)

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 2:55 pm Reply with quote
Degrassi. God help us all...
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 3:16 pm Reply with quote
britannicamoore wrote:
I can't see it because it saus i live outside of Canada.


You're better off not having seen it.

I watched the 2-minute episode and I was dumbfounded. I expected something half-way interesting when I found out that a professional comic-book writer was doing the script, but this was absolute and utter trash.

I'm pretty sure Degrassi fans will also find it to be absolute and utter trash.

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 6:43 pm Reply with quote
Wow This is awfull and coming from a Huge fan of Degrassi Could this get any worse I mean for god sake like the world is not filled with enough crap now Degrassi Manga ok jeez thanks for ruining a great franchise.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 6:45 pm Reply with quote
coolGAL wrote:
Wow This is awfull ... now Degrassi Manga

A Degrassi "manga" (OEL or whatever) I could live with... the only thing amnga related about this is the attempt to market it to Manga fans and/or impress journalists and investors by including the word "manga" in the title.

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 10:15 pm Reply with quote
Last year CTV also Released Degrassi TNG Graphic Novels, these however where in Anime/Manga styling, I wouldn't know if these are good as I have a problem finding any manga in a good driving distance.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 10:32 pm Reply with quote
So what happened to the poll? I went to vote but it didn't give me any options to vote on and then the link disappeared. Did you change your mind on running a poll on this issue?
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 11:30 pm Reply with quote
I finished watching "Mangasodes" episode one and my eyes are bleeding. It's awful.

The story is nothing more than ranting about boyfriend relationship.

The drawing style has nothing to do with manga or anime. Not enough close.

The limited animation reminds me of something you would find on Adult Swim but 10 times worst.
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