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Japanese Animation Catching on in U.S.
AP via Yahoo ^
| Thu Dec 9, 3:30 PM ET
| By YURI KAGEYAMA, AP Business Writer
Posted on 12/09/2004 10:24:12 PM PST by Simmy2.5
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To: GunnyHartman
Obviously you have not been seeing much anime to have a basis to compare. Some anime is not as good as that but not much of it. I could name 100 shows off the top of my head (no, really) that have better animation. You probably have only seen that butchered crud they show on cartoonetwork. The dubbing is so bad it makes you forget the art is quite good.
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posted on
12/10/2004 9:38:56 AM PST
by
TalonDJ
(FR really needs a singles thread....)
To: JenB
Geek is cool. We rule the world.This calls for a "Mwuahahahahaha! Fools! I'll destroy them all!"
;-)
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posted on
12/10/2004 9:42:27 AM PST
by
Chemist_Geek
("Drill, R&D, and conserve" should be our watchwords! Energy independence for America!)
To: Chemist_Geek
But we rule it mostly benevolently...
I mean, what would happen if one day, every geek decided to stay home from work?
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posted on
12/10/2004 9:44:37 AM PST
by
JenB
(I will not turn into a snake. It doesn't help.)
To: TalonDJ
You should post some anime shots for reference... I think a lot of people probably still think "Speed Racer".
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posted on
12/10/2004 9:47:19 AM PST
by
JenB
(I will not turn into a snake. It doesn't help.)
To: TalonDJ
"Obviously you have not been seeing much anime to have a basis to compare"
Maybe I did jump the gun a little. All that I have seen is bits and pieces of the butchered crud on the cartoon network.
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posted on
12/10/2004 9:49:35 AM PST
by
GunnyHartman
(Allah is allah outta virgins.)
To: JenB
"I think a lot of people probably still think "Speed Racer"."
That's exactly what I was thinking.
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posted on
12/10/2004 9:50:56 AM PST
by
GunnyHartman
(Allah is allah outta virgins.)
To: JenB
I like New Future, too. I think that's the one? The one she sings at the audition.
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posted on
12/10/2004 9:51:16 AM PST
by
RosieCotton
(He is a very shallow critic who cannot see an eternal rebel in the heart of a conservative. - GKC)
To: GunnyHartman
Speed Racer is so old, it's not even a valid comparison.
I'd post some shots from modern anime if I weren't at work. It's so far from Speed Racer... to me, Speed Racer barely looks like anime.
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posted on
12/10/2004 9:55:31 AM PST
by
JenB
(I will not turn into a snake. It doesn't help.)
To: RosieCotton
Yeah, that's New Future.
Can't remember the name of the first opener, that perky chipper one. The second opener, with the really interesting Engrish, was "Rock and Roll Princess". Also catchy, but I have to sing the English the way they do...
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posted on
12/10/2004 9:56:31 AM PST
by
JenB
(I will not turn into a snake. It doesn't help.)
To: Simmy2.5; RosieCotton; JenB
Ledford hasn't done badly for a college dropout! ;o)
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posted on
12/10/2004 9:56:49 AM PST
by
SuziQ
(W STILL the President)
To: baseballfanjm
Spirited Away is an excellent, excellent movie. It did win an Academy Award last year, didn't it?
My kids are also so into anime. They started with Pokemon, which really is far more than the TV show; the Pokemon fantasy world of the Game Boy games is complex and involves math and logic skills, implores kindness and consideration, and is so multifaceted that if your seven year old does not have one of those games, you should run to buy one for him.
Anime is THE big thing for smart kids, usually males, to enjoy these days, and as long as it's G-rated, it celebrates intelligence, is creative, and is not as formulaic in plot as the boring American fare like Scooby Doo.
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posted on
12/10/2004 10:00:20 AM PST
by
Yaelle
To: JenB
I mean, what would happen if one day, every geek decided to stay home from work?Well, the cable modems and DSL lines would be tied up to a fare-thee-well...
The PHBs would be left to try to accomplish something... Considering that the money people would (mostly) also be there, it'll chug along on momentum for a while.
To truly prove your point, us geeks would need to all take a simultaneous fortnight's leave, I think. Besides, I could use a fortnight off... ;-)
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posted on
12/10/2004 10:00:50 AM PST
by
Chemist_Geek
("Drill, R&D, and conserve" should be our watchwords! Energy independence for America!)
To: AZLiberty
Both my kids (14 and 17) are now in taking third-year college Japanese, thanks to an interest in anime. My kids want to as well, and will be able to once they master Hebrew first. ;)
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posted on
12/10/2004 10:01:47 AM PST
by
Yaelle
To: Simmy2.5
I do, in fact, have to catch them all.
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posted on
12/10/2004 10:02:39 AM PST
by
melbell
(groovy)
To: Simmy2.5
Interesting information.
I thought Pixar split with Disney earlier this year.
I love Pixar. Hope they keep on the track they've set for themselves.
Have been looking forward to "Cars."
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posted on
12/10/2004 10:03:13 AM PST
by
GretchenM
(Because the wicked never stop, the righteous must work even harder.)
To: Yaelle
Spirited Away is lovely. I cannot wait to see Miyazaki's latest, "Howl's Moving Castle", which is based on a novel by Dianna Wynn Jones, an English fantasist.
How old are your kids? Are they ready to move on from Pokemon? I "induct" my younger siblings into anime as they enter their teens. Usually start them with something fun, but meaningful and telling, like "Rurouni Kenshin".
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posted on
12/10/2004 10:03:26 AM PST
by
JenB
(I will not turn into a snake. It doesn't help.)
To: KneelBeforeZod
Mr. Parker, time for your closeup!
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posted on
12/10/2004 10:04:59 AM PST
by
Petronski
(Sleepin' on the interstate, ah whoa-o, Gettin' wild, wild life.)
To: Simmy2.5
I think Vash the Stampede is cute.
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posted on
12/10/2004 10:09:06 AM PST
by
melbell
(groovy)
To: kuma
I'm frustrated when it comes to dubbed animation.
The actors who dubbed Speed Racer still get work and I liked their work back then. The voices are so closely tied to those characters.
Now days, these anime companies seem to employee too many of their friends than actual voice talent.
I've heard 3 dubbed versions of Lupin the Third's Mystery Of Mamo and only the one did back in the 1970s holds up for me. The very first translation is better (Macek's version actually changed jokes, replacing President Carter's with Reagan's voice even though it was released to America FAR outside of his administration; there was also a "eat more bran" joke that was completely out of character for the story).
If anyone here has played Cliff Hanger (the laserdisc based arcade game that cobbled bits from several Lupin films to make a "Dragon's Lair" type game), then they have heard excerpts of the original dubbed film. I'm still WAITING to find this one on home video (outside of my off-air tape), if not soon I will need to transfer just the audio to a backup source so I can dub from my own LD image source.
In Japan, voice dubbing has elevated somewhat. Actors who dub are commonly associated with the foreign actors that they overdub. I think that some of the Japanese cast for Lupin III include the voice dub actor for Clint Eastwood.
It has been so long since I have heard a good dub that I will generally stick to subtitles (although I am not a snob in that regard; in Japan the lips of cartoon characters NEVER match the actors anyway - they draw it and THEN record sound). Sad thing is that I've seen some lousy translated subtitles as well.
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posted on
12/10/2004 10:09:39 AM PST
by
weegee
(WE FOUGHT ZOGBYISM November 2, 2004 - 60 Million Voters versus 60 Minutes - BUSH WINS!!!)
To: melbell
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posted on
12/10/2004 10:10:36 AM PST
by
JenB
(I will not turn into a snake. It doesn't help.)
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