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Hey, Answerman! - But is it Art?

It's been interesting to watch McCartney's identity evolve across the generations. Twenty years ago, it was "Paul McCartney was in a band before Wings?"

At the moment, I'm waxing nostalgic for carbon paper and mimeograph machines. Remember the smell of mimeographed copies? Mmmmm. I can only imagine how many brain cells perished.

Onto the Major Kusanagi.. one of my friends has proposed the idea that the Major is male.. and one could question it with episode 1 from the first series and episode 13 from the 2nd Gig... of course memories could throw wrinkles or not... assuming that they are accurate we know that the Major had to get a replacement body fairly young... and in an emergency kind of situation one could imagine a doctor trying to save the life of a person with a prosthetic body but perhaps not having the right one on hand and the need is immediate, so they use what is on hand to save the life. Thus a situation like a male mind going into a female prosthetic body is possible.. one would wonder about how they as a person could develop... which could also lead to a immoral thought experiment (in my mind at least) is that say the doctor instead of desperately trying to save a life wants to study exactly that idea.. and has a captive and unwilling volunteer to force the experiment...

Am I the only one who just assumed Mr. Popo was some kind of outer space potato man or something? Not saying he is, I just didn't actually pick up on it when I first watched DBZ since he doesn't actually look out of place next to the likes of Piccolo, Freeza, etc.

Or she could just be transgender, I'd imagine in Ghost in the Shell verse prosthetic bodies might have replaced gender reassignment surgery for those who can afford them.

Thanks to Wyvern for that One Piece info.

Africa is a continent, so there is not just one type of people living there, not just a single stereotype that could define it.


I didn't percieve Mr. Popo as a black stereotype, even though his face undoubtedly resembles blackface. He looks more alien or elflike than anything.

Not that it matters, because of course no reasonable person would judge Brook by the color of his skin. Oh wait...he doesn't have skin! Yohohohohoho!

Really the episode 13 of the 2nd Gig really makes you question.. much like judging gender based on online avatars in an MMO or forum.. what is seen may not necessarily be the case. (Although in My DM experience most of the time players tend to choose their own gender when imagining a character, but that's not always the case from game system to game system. I know my brother played a female avatar on WoW, because as he put it "I play this game for hours, might as well have something good to look at while doing so." which personally makes me go "Sigh" but is interesting...)

its funny that you mention this because, as an avid world of Warcraft player i know a lot of people who use avatars of the opposite gender. I never really understood it, I don't even do the traditional Role playing and i always choose a male character.

Anyone who doesn't understand that 1) art is subjective and 2) Japanese animation is a form of art should either complete the 8th grade or die in a campfire.

Kyogissun wrote:

Greed1914 wrote: InnocentSorrow59 wrote: Is it just me or did his answers seem more...aggressive this week? I don't really care much (Aggressive Answerman owns all?) but it kinda felt that way... I liked it. To the point answers are my favorite. I liked them too. Not to say Brian beats around the bush, I just think that it's nice to see... well, 'lively' answers.

Agreed. The "kick him in the throat" bit made my day~