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I don't think a cosplay-themed wedding is a necessarily bad idea, although I probably wouldn't have one like in the pic (I personally think that's a bit too much). Maybe a little inspiration from anime/video games (I've seen some nice dresses in CLAMP series I've watched) wouldn't be so bad.

I've seen a lot of kids cosplay in cons before, but I rarely see one having fun. There's this kid who I always see, she usually goes as some mahou shoujo character, and she's usually a hit with the con goers, but she always looks so sad and tired. I'm not sure, but I think that her parents are not even anime fans at all, and that they're just making her cosplay so they could join her in the competitions and get the cash prizes (yes, we have cosplay competitions here). I certainly hope that's not the case.

I like how some people think a "good" anime should cost less to buy than a "bad" one, somehow. Saying you'd pay more for an anime you like is the same as saying that you can already tell every time whether you're going to like it or not. That isn't how capitalism works. Whether you'd rather pay more for a title you enjoy, as far as the market's concerned, all titles can, will, and should be treated as though they're equally as good. Because there are those things called "opinions" by which some folk might value The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya more than Death Note or perhaps Shin Chan more than Strawberry Panic. As much as I'd enjoy a market that revolved around my personal tastes, I'd much rather have a fair one. (Well, fairer than one ruled by my tastes, anyway.)

On the subject of raising kids in fandom, I'd rather people not drag their children into their hobbies and tastes. If the child enjoys it, fine, but it really seems unnecessary. Let them develop their own tastes. Also, as soon as you have a child, you no longer get to be one.

I honestly don't see what the big deal about this Zelda wedding is. Considering how popular Renaissance Weddings are where the Bride and Groom dress up in costume what is the difference?

They are just doing something they both enjoy and it's their wedding day. I don't think they should be judged for that. It wouldn't be my first choice for my wedding but the point is it is not my wedding.

I also don't see how there is anything wrong with sharing your fandom with your kid. When a child is young they usually do take from their parents likes and dislikes. I ended up loving the Beatles because of my dad and musicals because of my mom. As kids get older they are more influenced by their peers. This is all very natural. But a parent being enthusiastic about anime in front of their kids is not going to ruin them.

Well, for that person interested in Harlock, the 1984, Arcadia of My Youth TV Series was released on DVD in French in Canada by Imavision.

Zelda shmelda as far as I am concerned all traditional weddings are cosplay events. Who wears those outfits in real life? How many women wear their wedding dress again after the wedding? And what about those bride’s maids’ outfits? At least the guys, if they didn’t rent them may someday wear the suite/Tux somewhere.

Detail on the US porn industry.

It is not only almost all in California but almost all in that conservative stronghold the San Fernando Valley. The trade journals cite figures of over 10,000 videos a year made in that area alone. Must be alot of low budget garbage.

Whenever anyone talks about anime being porn I cite that stat.

Personally I don't know why most porn operations are not shut down by anti-prostitution law, after all people are getting pad to do stuff that would be illegal without a camera involved.

To me, Zelda is as real as any religion, so what's the difference. At least they probably consciously chose to love Zelda instead of going along with it because they were raised to like it. Sorry, had to give the bitter anti-religious response. I personally would never cosplay at a wedding (it would be a surreal experience for a lot of your guests), but whatever. Maybe their love of Zelda was what brought them together originally, and I wish more people got together out of similar interests instead of the host of stupid reasons people often get married for.

As for getting your kids into anime, I think Answerman attacked this from the wrong angle. His answer about Spongebob, High School Musical 3, and Haruhi presupposes that American kids shows and all anime are pretty much interchangeable. Well, they aren't. Instead of Haruhi, howabout we pick an anime that has a more involved or deep storyline. Assuming it is age appropriate, I'd rather have my child watching a meaningful anime, than an American kids show, because there really aren't that many meaningful American kids shows. It's the same reason I'd rather have my kids reading good books. If my children are consuming fiction that makes them think, they are more likely to be thoughtful people. Now, I know there is a ton of crap anime, but the gems of anime (I'm not naming any specifics because I don't want to turn this into a debate about whether you love the same shows as me) don't really have many American kid show equivalents.

However, there is a danger to this. We have to be realistic. If you raise a kid on good anime, he likes it, and starts not watching American stuff, he runs the risk of becoming alienated from most of his pee
rs. I have some personal experience with this. I got into epic fantasy around 6th grade. My parents, salt of the earth folk not geeks, let me have whatever hobbies I wanted. Finding fantasy and books in
general a lot more interesting than any of the TV, movies, or music my peers were enjoying, I suddenly found it hard to have conversations with people about the things I loved as most kids weren't reading the (at the time) 5,000 page Wheel of Time series. I STILL find it incredibly frustrating to this day (23 now) as I still don't like most of pop culture, as it just seems inferior to all the good quality TV, movies, books, and music I know about now. If you raise your kid on non-mainstream stuff, they may not have a frame of reference with which to talk to their peers. Of course, it also lets you stand outside the norm and see people's bullshit more easily. End of anecdotal evidence.

Yaoi is popular?

It is true that a lot of older anime will never get released here in the USA. I believe that the anime companies think that there is not really a big enough audience for it. They probably base this off that the majority of your anime fans nowdays are more into the newer anime shows and/or know more about the newer anime shows.

I've been watching anime now for over 30 years, and collecting it (on and off) since I was in High school. I've been a huge Captain Harlock fan since I was a child. I own a fan sub of it that I got from another person who copied it from vhs to dvd-r. I myself would not want to pay a high price for a R2 dvd set.

If the older shows don't get released here I'll either wait for a raw, or a fansubbed version to be released on the internet(watch it on the computer), or either go visit my local Japanese video store and ask them to get it. Or if they already have it, then rent it.

I do prefer though to own a show on R1 dvd, since this does support our anime companies.

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