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Hey, Answerman! [2007-03-09]

Re: the price points of manga, try convincing book readers that $10 isn't expensive for a single piece of a story. I review manga for friends who mostly read books. They get whole in-depth stories for $7.99 in mass market paperbacks. And when I tell them to buy 9 volumes of Death Note for a total of $90 and that the story is basically the equivalent of one-two novels, oh and it's not quite all released yet but will be done in the next year, they just shake their heads.

Maybe manga prices are an easy sell to those used to comics (though this former comic buyer stopped buying American comics when the price went over 35 cents; yeah, I'm that old.). But if manga publishers ever want to bring in the other customers at bookstores, they might need to drop the prices a bit.

That's not a fair comparison between a literary novel and a graphic novel. If a literary novel's story, say like any one of the Harry Potter novels, was told in a manga style, then it too would take up a few volumes as well, and cost just as much, if not more, because of the added drawings and art.

So it's like comparing a feather pillow to a foam one.

Yeah, I did read your first post. Youre making something outta nothing. She brings up Akon, you assume its because of your race. You shoot her down, then youre mad when she stops talking. Like I said, unless you WANT to feel youve been discriminated against, maybe instead give them the benefit of the doubt.

I'm convinced the media wouldn't take notice of anime if someone dropped off a stack of loli hentai on Katie Couric's doorstep. Even if someone did notice, who can really say if the reaction would actually be that bad? A lot of people might start watching some anime just to see what the fuss was about.

The right to bear arms was enshrined in the American constitution at a time when the new nation faced constant threat of re-invasion by the British. But it has been 200 years, and what the NRA don't want you to know is that the British re-invasion plan... has been cancelled.

I just want to add one thing to the whole dub debate. I have found that Japanese made anime (obviously the only true kind of anime) is best done in the native language because only the original Japanese voice actors can understand the true emotion of the piece. Have you ever watched American soap operas in India, it's a very similar phenomenon? The Indians that do the voicing don't put emphasis in the right places, are over dramatic in others, and just change the whole tone of the piece because they unconscientiously add their Indian inflection. Its the same with anime, American voice actors, despite noble attempts, will add their cultural dispositions into the scenario.

YouTube: Love it.

I've found plenty of good-quality AMVs and fansubs over there. No joke. I've watched a few shows there, seen my fair share of AMVs--all fine quality. (It also helps that I've got a very high-resolution monitor.) So don't go knocking it.

All blondes are dumb
All Hispanic people are illegal aliens
People from the Middle East are terrorists
Only White people do crazy things like bungee jump and skydive
All Black people like hip-hop
All Japanesse people like anime

Now do you understand what I'm saying.
All forms of stereotypes.

Samurai Champloo is a good example. the English dub makes the characters, especially Fuu, too American-esque. And besides, its just weird that the ENGLISH speaking troupe is journeying around JAPAN. to me, watching the anime with its original voices preserves the cultural semantics.

JnxCsc wrote:

All blondes are dumb All Hispanic people are illegal aliens People from the Middle East are terrorists Only White people do crazy things like bungee jump and skydive All Black people like hip-hop All Japanesse people like anime Now do you understand what I'm saying. All forms of stereotypes.

You forgot a seventh stereotype. "All people who ask black people if they like hip-hop are automatically racist." (singing)Everyone's a little bit racist sometimes, doesn't mean we go around committing hate crimes...

You definitely lose a lot of Fuu's character without Ayako Kawasumi's performance

Mephistophilus, I'm sure you think your spreading your gospel of enlightenment across this vast space of numbers and zeros, but it really just sounds lame. Don't take it personally, though. I still think your cool.