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nobody1801
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"In order to be eligible, the anime had to be available on TV, in theaters, or on DVD during that period. Again, this method was chosen to make the process as open and inclusive as possible; rather than making an arbitrary distinction based on whether an anime was first seen during 2006, the nominators and voters will decide what's best from everything that was available last year."
Still makes no sense to have al these titles from different years. Akira came out in 1988! Yeah, it's available on DVD now. As it has been since '88! And will be forever! So if its available on DVD in the year 2457 AD, can I still vote for it then?!? What a bunch of corporate hokum. Next thing they'll tell us is everything is going smoothly in Iraq. Cripes. |
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LydiaDianne
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It was a good interview. The guy did come up with some fairly solid answers, some a little mealy-mouthed (IMO), but solid.
I did like the fact that, when asked about the typos, etc., he stepped up and said that it was "Our fault." Bravo! I still hope that after this first AAA is over, some of the rules will be revised (i.e. only NEW anime nominated) and logic will be used (Akira = Comedy   )
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Iritscen
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Maybe if I'd watched Akira as a comedy I would have actually enjoyed it.
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tekwych
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What award ceremony is not a popularity contest? You don't actually believe that the nominees for an Oscar or a Golden Globe really are the best of the best? The Oscar's are nothing but a bunch of Hollywood exec's giving awards to friends and family. All awards are popularity contests at some level. Few, if any, have any actual merit behind them in this day and age. |
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Keonyn
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I'd trust professional peers to hand out the right awards than a bunch of fans, at least with the Oscars and what not the judges are required to view all the shows and while there's likely some bias at play I think your tinfoil hat is seeing conspiracy to an extent that's unlikely.
In the event of these awards people will vote for what they've seen, take the rabid fanboys who devote themselves to the big mainstream titles and the fact that mainstream titles will see more viewers due to their status as more mainstream titles and you'll obviously just get which anime is more popular instead of which is truly the best. Sorry, the Oscars and Golden Globes may not be perfect and there's likely some backstage influence with some judges, it's still far more credible than this farce. |
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Iritscen
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I would actually be more interested in the choices that came from a panel composed of people like dubbing producers, well-known dub actors, established anime-related journalists, and hey, how about Alan Ladd jr. Even a Japanese judge-of-honor each year. I'm tired of fan-driven surveys, plus a select panel would lend prestige to the award.
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nobody1801
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Cutting and pasting from the other parallel thread...
This could have been a chance to recognize real artistic merit though. When Boys Don't Cry won all the accolades it did, it brought in a whole new audience that would never have seen it.. It did so well because it was good. Not because it was a blockbuster that had all the dollars behind it. If the Oscars were to parallel these awards, the best picture race would be between Mission Impossible 3 and the Over the Hedge movie. Popular doesn't mean great. Can a series be popular and good? Of course it can. But popularity shouldn't be the only criteria that this thing is judged by. Or by company submissions. I'm not so sure the company execs who run ADV and Bandai are the best judges of what should be heralded in this way. They know how to pick a hot show that will sell a butt load of copies, but should it be left up to them to pick the artisitic highlights of 2006? Which couldn't happen here anyway, because appanrently you can vote for anything that's ever come out ever. I'm putting my votes behind Astro Boy. Or maybe Steam Boat Willy. |
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RogueJedi86
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I wonder who the heck nominated Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children as an Anime Feature? It's a Realistic CG film based off a video game. Not really anime.
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LydiaDianne
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Not anime...the father of anime perhaps...but not anime. 
But your point IS understood. |
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MorwenLaicoriel
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I think it counts as anime...I mean, it's animated, and produced in Japan. I could see CG not counting though...(being based off of a video game really has nothing to do with it, though. Do you know how many different animes are based off video games, and vice versa? Gungrave, Pokemon, and the upcoming Devil May Cry series, to name a few.) |
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RogueJedi86
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Though quite a few American cartoons are animated in Japan, but they're not Anime. |
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Kouji
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RogueJedi86
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But of course there's a difference cg supporting existing inked animation, and a purely CG film. I guess you'd consider Toy Story to be an anime also, since it used CG? Square Enix isn't an anime company, in fact they got GONZO to animate their anime(Last Order). Advent Children features several anime VAs, but it's not really anime. Just because it's made in Japan, doesn't automatically mean it's Anime. |
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Kouji
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MorwenLaicoriel
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Most of our outsourced animation comes from Korea these days, anyway. Not Japan.
But, yeah, my point was it was *produced* in Japan, for Japanese people. Toy Story isn't anime, because it was made in America for Americans. Teen Titans isn't anime for the same reason. Fullmetal Alchemist is anime because it was produced in Japan for a Japanese audience. Final Fantasy: Advent Children is an animated feature, produced in Japan, for Japanese. The only way you'd be able to argue it wasn't made for Japan was if it came out here first...and it took quite a while to even come over here. It's animated. It's Japanese. It's anime. |
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