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Hey, Answerman! [2006-11-10]

The question about non-anime cosplaying was a little heartwarming since so far the only cosplay I've done is Claire Redfield (Code Veronica (X) version) at A-Kon and Oni-Con. I think anime and video games are quite similar and people tend to enjoy both at the same time, so I felt in place. Plus I've seen a couple of Weskers and seen other character cosplay pics, so I'm not alone. ^-^

As are disney cosplays I bet. We need more disney characters. They are excusable since they are in KH aswell. Nect year at AX i demand to see a little mermaid!

daxomni wrote:

What's your problem, man? How many foreign countries have you visited anyway? Ever been to Japan or read about their culture? Maybe you need to go see it for yourself. Actually, scratch that, we probably don't need any more ambadassadors like you.

This is my problem: Yes, I visited Japan once, the least friendly people there are actually anime fans, they see me as "who is this guy doing here, is'nt DBZ being shown outside? why he want to be here?" asides smiles and small chat, they don't want to do nothing with you, ever try to make "real" japanese friends, not acquaintances but people with real substance? no you don't because is in their culture, they are anti-social from the start, the culture is opressed and don't tell me it isn't because my best japanese friend (just one) is a girl that feels liberated with all that bullcrap that he culture makes her feel, with me she doesnt have to act, or react, or keep a pose to fit in, she can be herself without fear of rejection, we discussed the flaws of Japan culture so many times that I can tell you for sure because I experience it, they smile at you, they are polite but you can see deep inside that they don't wanna socialize with you 'cause you are not japanese, this is the truth, go ahead and experience it first hand.

-Because rumors that americans bite?

-Because we are trying to steal their precious anime culture and make it our own?

-Because we are trying to act like them?

Mohawk52 wrote:

Sure what happened to the latter two was as bad to even worse, but back then it was "the Toonami version" that had ruffled feathers before them. :

Huh? What about Sailor Moon, DBZ, Robotech, Voltron, and Battle Of The Planets? Those were all heavily edited dubs that were aired on American TV long before an edited version of Tenchi Muyo had even been considered and even had very large fanbases with American audiences. Tenchi Muyo was hardly the dub that "ruffled feathers" before Cardcaptors and One Piece. Maybe you should actually try watching some edited dubs besides those dubs that were aired on Toonami after 2000 before you try to act like you know what you're talking about.

I think the absolute worst are the F_cking Jedi. The anime industry may be bigger than ever, but it's still only makes as much in a year as the Star Wars Mega Franchise makes in 10 seconds.

Trekkies were attending cons, dressing in weird costumes, writting fan fiction, watching illegally obtained videos and lining up for autographs from obscure actors since the 70's. They know what it's like to love a show that nobody else watches. Even though Star Trek is now almost as huge a Star Wars, they should be tollerated, because they are our forebearers.

Is it really editing that makes DVD sales higher or is it the fact that it is on television? I'm sure if they they aired shows on television completely uncut people will still buy the DVDs. The more advertising a company uses the more money they will get in return. The most popular anime shows are the ones on television. The reason why they edit is because they are afraid parents are going to sue them for exposing it to their children, even though they warned them ahead of time by showing a viewer discrestion advised sign.

If a parent ignores a rating -- that is the fault of the parent. They have no reason to complain if they choose to be ignorant of ratings which are clearly printed on the outside of the package/ item. There are ratings on video games and CDs, but I haven't heard of parents complaining about their little kids being exposed to something they think they shouldn't have been exposed to for those media. Why is manga different?

Lanisatu wrote:

If a parent ignores a rating -- that is the fault of the parent. They have no reason to complain if they choose to be ignorant of ratings which are clearly printed on the outside of the package/ item. There are ratings on video games and CDs, but I haven't heard of parents complaining about their little kids being exposed to something they think they shouldn't have been exposed to for those media. Why is manga different?

Are you kidding? Have you missed all of the controversy surrounding Grand Theft Auto? That was clearly labeled M for SEXUAL CONTENT, yet something of a slightly higher rating is revealed by a mod, then...you have parents saying "NOOO PROTECT MY CHILDREN"! Seriously.

that being said, I DO think parents really don't have much of a right to complain when something is clearly labeled.

I honestly don't understand the editing of manga. It's not like anime, where we can easily choose edited versus unedited. Buying Japanese language comics is not that simple. And scanlations or text translations are not always available. I haven't noticed Japanese language manga outside of cons. Chinese language is reasonably easy to find though.

Are you kidding? Have you missed all of the controversy surrounding Grand Theft Auto? That was clearly labeled M for SEXUAL CONTENT, yet something of a slightly higher rating is revealed by a mod, then...you have parents saying "NOOO PROTECT MY CHILDREN"! Seriously.

that being said, I DO think parents really don't have much of a right to complain when something is clearly labeled.

There WAS a big controversy despite the points mentioned (politicians and outraged parents don't care for details like that since it takes steam out of their Righteous Rage), and the point was about the fact that there was a contoversy not that it was the same situation or that it was even valid.

Regardless, nobody said that the video game should be edited (correct me if I'm wrong). The "controversy" seemed to be about whether or not it had an appropriate rating.

It was edited though, as the ESRB re-rated the game as AO-Adults Only, and since Major Retail Chains don't sell AO titles, RockStar edited it out. The first Edited Version would replace all Unedited Copies as a Special Edition with a Bonus DVD. This version of the game would later be used for "Greatest Hits/Platinuim Hits/etc." re-releases.