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they have butchered now 6 anime series and have the nerve to claim that anime is a children's medium.

At the same time they work hard at trying to cover up as much of the Japanese culture that is reflected in these series. God forbid we allow anyone in the US to be introduced to another cultures ideas, values, and mythology.

Personally I am mad, actually pissed that another series I enjoyed, One Piece, which should be getting distributed by a real anime distribution company like ADV,

Viz,

or even Media Blasters

In the end I am ready to crucify 4kids, they are a sleazy company who are only putting a bad name on anime and adding to the already in place speculations the common public have on Japanese animation, such as it being violent, pornographic, and possibly immoral,

3. EVERYONE BUT OTAKU'S THINKS ANIME IS F*CKING PORN! (I.E. I had a graphic novel... i think it was uh.. Trigun... because the teacher thought it was porn... no wait, it was LH...)

First off, good. I am all for wishing that pokemon never got dubbed, the main stream we have gotten are a bunch of immature fools who don't even understand true anime and refuse to try and learn. They also refuse to try and understand the Japanese culture and go around making fools of themselves and other fans at cons and in public. Also what 4kids ahs done has not helped usher in anime, it has helped make the ignorant masses of our nation further believe that Japanese animation and anything from and of Japan is crap or trash.

So anyone who could even support 4kids and what they are doing is a fool and most likely new to the whole anime fandom. That or they are dumb or totally bought out by 4kids.

First off, good. I am all for wishing that pokemon never got dubbed, the main stream we have gotten are a bunch of immature fools who don't even understand true anime and refuse to try and learn. They also refuse to try and understand the Japanese culture and go around making fools of themselves and other fans at cons and in public. Also what 4kids ahs done has not helped usher in anime, it has helped make the ignorant masses of our nation further believe that Japanese animation and anything from and of Japan is crap or trash.

So anyone who could even support 4kids and what they are doing is a fool and most likely new to the whole anime fandom. That or they are dumb or totally bought out by 4kids.

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Good gravy. Poor F-Zero. It's getting slaughtered in the polls. =/ Am I the only person in existance who likes that series? =/

Not the only person, but one of the few. Most reviews I've seen of F-Zero have given it either an "F" or a "Zero".

Not that I'm saying you shouldn't like it. I just thought that line up in the shower and couldn't resist using it.

Also if you want to complain so much buy the unedited versions of Shaman King and Yu Gi Oh they are releasing. Complaining on here won't do a THING. Type until your fingers fall off if you like, but if you put money into there pockets and show them we WANT unedited anime guess what.... they will give it to us.

So I ask you this then, why the hell do we Americanize these shows, when the plots, characters, and values are no different from our own here in the USA or western world?

As for the Love Hina dude, ummmm, Bath house manga, which is soft fan services to a degree, in school. You got guts man, I admire that, but I think Trigun would have been the better choice or Evangelion, you could always say to the teacher, “I am studying here in this comic the meaning of human existences and how we affect one another in this world, while a God we put our faith in seems to turn a blind eye and allow both man and other images of man to destroy one another in hopes to purify this dieing corrupt world of ours. But still I think it was cool that a teacher would flip on Love Hina, if they only knew the story.

nice real nice, this is my proof, are you fans or what. "Don't pass judgment of 4kids", um hello they have screwed up at least 4 shows prior to the new set, I think their chances are done with, Judgment has been passed. They don't care, we got that, but to call yourself a fan and to go out and just let this happen, shame. Fans should be angry and demand at least a uncut version from these companies. If it went for us, they would never have seen this market that they now are trying to sell to children.

Yet don't forget Tech TV who have been doing an awesome job as well.

But still I feel the true Otaku is being ignored, specially in the case of One Piece and shows like it.

Second, the irony is that I assume, which may make an ass out of me, that many of you are 2 or 3 year fan.

(NOTE: If I am wrong and you are fans of close to 12 or more years or have grown up among this stuff since you were a baby, I apologies for being rude.)

Now I myself, have been around the stuff for 12 years, plus have an interest in the filed, i.e. I want to be a manga artist and I am studying the filed along side theater,

but aside form that Pokemon would never have come if their wasn't already people like you or me already buying the early stuff like Ranma 1/2, Battle Angle, BGC original, or a few 100 other titles prior to Pokemon’s début in the states, both licensed and/ or fansubed.

Oh my god I buy Taiwanese fan subs, cause our own damn country can't release a show fast enough as some of you have stated, and I agree, ADV and Viz are morons in that department,

or because people like 4Kids tie up the copyrights so the older fans who have been dedicated to this art form can't get a uncut version of the shows.

I mean how longs has it been till they finally could release the original Macross, Southern Cross, and Megalopidia (sp?) with out getting sued by Harmony Gold?

Third, I seem to have proven to myself a point, no one cares, you rather mouth off some ones else opinions, a newbie, and tell them their a retard for having opinions. For venting their emotions about the situation. Rather then look at the words spoken, think and maturely discuses why I have these reasons, instead of pulling out what may not sound right or take things out of contexts and use them against me to try and discredit what I have said.

Yes I hate 4Kids and am discussed, yet amused, by the people who still rally around them and call themselves anime fans.

or Evangelion, you could always say to the teacher, “I am studying here in this comic the meaning of human existences and how we affect one another in this world, while a God we put our faith in seems to turn a blind eye and allow both man and other images of man to destroy one another in hopes to purify this dieing corrupt world of ours.

American animation studios just don't want to provide content anymore, unless it's in cg, and there's a fast-food tie-in. Why don't you complain about them, when you b*tch about the bottom dollar being more important than art?

My suggestion: stick to theatre, as breaking into the Japanese comic or animation industries is excrutiatingly difficult for foreigners. But then, if you've really been around anime for over a decade, I guess you already know that

I'd rather ADV license twenty titles and prioritise the release of ten (with the ten their sitting on usually being short OVAs nobody really gives a damn about anyway), than have them try to rush out all twenty and get burned both in money and overexertion. Same with Viz, though their catalogue doesn't seem as expansive (or full of...worthless crap OVAs that are being sat on).

To be honest, most of the titles 4Kids nabs are commercial whore kiddie fests that really have little to no artistic merit. It's really hard to say - without keeling over in sidesplitting laughter - that Yu-Gi-Oh! is an artistic masterpiece on par with Jin-Roh or Millnnium Actress. It's not, and neither are Pokemon, Sonic X, Shaman King, etc.

It's Mospaeda (beginning to doubt your twelve-year credentials, I'm sorry), and I think this was one of those special cases where genuine legal SNAFU ensued. It wasn't just a company holding off one little niche series to go ahead and crank out something else with more buzz behind it.

While that may be a theme one can easily derive from the series, I highly doubt reading a comic book counts as studying philosophy. 'Sides, the Eva manga is much more a telling of the "giant robot beat'em up" portion of the series than the psychological probing seen in the anime.

I think One Piece will no doubt be a sure hit, hell, with Shonen Jump's name slapped on it, why wouldnt it be? Although, the real cake is going to be Naruto, which I am sure 4Kids will go for. Comon, they are loaded, no doubt in my mind that is next on their list, unless Funimation pulls something out of their sleeve.