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HitokiriShadow
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Part of the whole problem with the moe debate is that people don't even have a common definition. One person says "moe" and means one thing, someone else says "moe" and means something else. "Loli" can be the same way. One person refers to to Strawberry Marshmallow as loli because of the character designs and someone else suddenly thinks its pornographic (it's not). |
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Zac
ANN Executive Editor
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Twice on the same page I said to knock it off with the loli conversation. Twice. |
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Ai no Kareshi
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Seriously, though, you should have seen this coming, Mr Zac. Asking a question about moe and expecting people not to debate lolicon - and correct me if I'm wrong about this - seems a lot like asking a question about Iraq and expecting people not to debate war. I'm not promoting the debate, just reflecting on it.
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Zac
ANN Executive Editor
Posts: 7912 Location: Anime News Network Technodrome |
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I let it go for like 3 pages. I said "stop". It isn't some kind of failure on my part that I said "stop" twice and people decided to ignore it. Unless I'm wrong and it is a failure that I didn't get severely draconian and say "stop or I'll ban you", which I could say and also follow through with if y'all wanna keep pushing me on this. |
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Ramadahl
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Saying it, but not saying it at the same time. I like it .
On the oft-repeated subject of live-action films or series being made into anime, it always leaves me kinda nonplussed. It's not as if anime's intrinsically the better medium, so if it's available in one, why bother making the transition to another? In the case of books to video I can see some advantages, but not when it's live-action to anime, or vice versa. While I'm sure that the discontinuity of anime:manga sales is at least in part due to manga being a lot more enjoyable to read as a tankoubon than on a screen (much though I love the YKK scanlations, I'd love the series to be translated and released over here more), I'd also like to think that manga being cheaper than dvds, and often being better, as having an impact. Laugh at my naivete if you will  .
I'm pretty much with Zac on the next question - I'm fine with either the directors sticking religiously to the source or striking out on their own, but cases where a director has managed to produce something superior or even equal to the source after doing their own thing are few and far between. I'd say that Utena and Kare Kano (at least the part Anno directed) were better in the anime than the original manga, and FMA was hardly a bad ending (although I haven't read the manga to compare). On the other hand, we have things like Fruits Basket, RuroKen, Hellsing, Bokurano... I didn't submit a response to last weeks moe question... I'm not especially enthralled with it, nor do I hate it, and such a neutral view seemed a little to lacklauster to send in. I'm fine with people carrying it on if that's their thing though. It doesn't hurt anyone, I don't have to have anything to do with it... and variety is the spice of life .
Edit: - Ooops, forgot to say how action-packed and hot-blooded the article was. Row row fight da power, etc... ^^ |
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Tyrenol
Posts: 398 Location: Northern California |
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With all due respect to hot chix 'n' explozionz:
I don't want my hobby of watching anime to suddenly become a niche market. Niether do I want companies like 4Kids to ruin the whole anime-viewing experience. Give me a show where everybody and their pet dog aren't huddled in some fetal position when it's time to fight or flee. Give me something that won't have someone from across the street call me a "pedophile." Give me what Michael Bay gave me when he released the live-action Transformers movie. 'sides; if I had a choice, I'd take hot chix anyday. |
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tkwelge
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This is exactly how I feel. The fact that Manga is cheap and widly available (you can go into your local barnes&nobles or waldenbooks and be treated to an array of different manga series usually priced around 9 dollars a volume) makes it almost illogical to read scanalations unless you are just dirt poor. My theory is that people tend to live their lives based on budgets. I can afford to spend about 30 dollars a month on anime, for example. 16 dollars a month goes to my netflix account, and I spend an additional 14 dollars a month (approximately) on dvds and merchandise. Then I make use of fansubs to fill in the gaps and help me keep up with "what's new" (once again, that's an availability issue, and not related to price). Now, if fansubs weren't available, I would probably still only spend 30 dollars a month on anime related goods, so it's not like the anime production companies are making less money off of me than they would be making anyway. I still agree that fansubbing is stealing. I don't try to weasle myself into believing that I have a "right" to fansubs. I just think that the overall effect of fansubbing won't necessarily cripple the anime industry, but it will probably force them to charge less or find other sources of revenue to make up for any losses. Therefore, I would say that I have a fairly neutral opinion of fansubbing. It won't destroy anime, but I refuse to believe that fansubbing is an entitlement to anime fans or that fansubbing helps the anime industry. |
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Levitz9
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Um...I know this is kinda late but...
...where was my Answerman last week? I logged in on Friday, as usual, and I didn't see my weekly dose of questions, answeres, Flakes, or cute kitten photos, as per usual.... ....must I get the switch? 
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Mindless Watcher
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I find these attempts to racially classify an otherworldly being quite amusing. Especially considering that all the humans in the anime in question are undeniable of Japanese descent, a fact which would hardly be respected in a (highly improbable) Hollywood life action movie. |
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Foaming Foamer
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Yeah i'm wondering too 
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