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Poll: Should ANN Report about Crass "Mangasploitation" ?

Well, I voted "yes" at first because I kinda wanted to make fun of the worst atempts to exploit anime. But after reading this thread I went back and changed my vote to "no". If ANN has to be objective and not label shameless promotion as such, then I don't want it appearing in the news and confusing me or anyone else about the matter.
Also I shudder to think how many hits that "Degrassi" thing got because of the news post. It did not desrve the popularity, even the negtive popularity. (I naively believe that if we just stop mentioning notoriously unpopular things, they'll wither from lack of attention and go away)

Named OEL manga something else?

Comic books. There. Discussion over.

Actually, the way most of it is published, I'd be more inclinded to call them 'Graphic Novels'. They are most all published as a full volume. That alone makes them unlike seriliazed collected manga. Call them manga influenced graphic novels if you must. Yet I still refuse to call them manga.

Manga = comics published in Japan.

Anime = animation produced in Japan.

Of course, there are a number of co-productions where both a US and Japanese company make a show. I'd say since a Japanese company is involved in production, you can call it anime.

Of course, I said 'Yes' to the vote if only for us to know that something with the word 'manga' in it is actually NOT Japanese. I'd rather be informed about it than have it go under the radar and onto the shelves.

I voted yes because I think that ANN has the discipline to report only the really bad incidents. (i.e. the Degrassi thing.) Also, I think the incidents themselves are newsworthy because they may affect how people view manga and, by extension, anime and we fans deserve to have some idea of what's happening on that front.

Well, I voted "yes" at first because I kinda wanted to make fun of the worst atempts to exploit anime.

That being the operative word.

ANN has a policy of not editorializing in the news. Obviously there are subjective decisions made when it comes to what to cover and how to cover it, but the words themselves have to be opinion free.

So we wouldn't be able to do this.

-t