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Jay and Silent Bob Started conversation Apr 18, 2002
Right now i know his may sound sad but im addicted to a cool show called Dragonball Z/GT its amazing i can't get enough of the stuff im constantly talking about it and my friends are getting sick of it they say its sad pathetic and childish. Has anyone in the community got the same problem or am i alone in this universe?
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Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Apr 18, 2002
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You obviously missed the invite yesterday, in the thread about names.
Come and join the rest of us in The Anime and Manga Shack.
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Mauritania Posted Apr 18, 2002
Super Vegeta Prince Of All Saiyans is a great guy, believe everything he says, when he says that he gets treated badly for loving Dragonball Z, personnelly pokémon is pretty good!!!
By the way Blue Shark are you posted to all cnversations here (just asking)
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Just Bob aka Robert Thompson, plugging my film blog cinemainferno-blog.blogspot.co.uk Posted Apr 18, 2002
My sister has a similar problem. Her weaknesses are Cardcaptors, Sailor Moon, Gundam Wing and Tenchi. She is fortunate enough to have friends similarly afflicted. They are even talking about making their own Manga, with themselves as main characters. I partake occasionally, but I try not to take enough to spoil my dinner.
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Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Apr 18, 2002
I'm subscribed to ask H2G2. As the man who put the Anime and Manga Shack together, I tend to keep an eye out for people asking questions like this particularly;
or, alternatively;
Yeah, I like to display my ignorance on a wide range of topics to the maximum number of people...
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Mauritania Posted Apr 19, 2002
Thank you, before I launched a public enquiry!!!
Also do you think anime and manga has become popular due to the realise of pokémon and then people have enjoyed Japanesse stuff since then!!
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Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Apr 19, 2002
I was an active watcher of Anime and reader of manga long before Pokemon hit our shores-I was at one of the first showings of Akira at the ICA in London, which was about 8-10 months before it was released on video. I had been reading manga for about a year before that.
But we wre a small group, and hard core anime fans remain very rare-when asked 2 years ago, Manga reckoned that a succesful video release was one that sold 2,000 copies over two years.
Pokemon has been very succesful because of the merchandising angle-it's a goldmine for comic shop owners and tv schedulers alike. It has certainly helped to popularise anime in the west in a way that straight to video releases have not.
Because Pokemon was popular, we now get Sailor Moon, Tenchi, Gundam, Dragonball, Evangelion, Blue whatever its called and Nadesico on satellite tv.
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Mauritania Posted Apr 19, 2002
I think Battle of the Planets came over here before pokémon as well
(about 30 years before)
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Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Apr 19, 2002
Indeed, Super Science Ninja Team Gatchaman (to give it the full Japanese title) was an early import, as were Blue Water and Aztec Cities of Gold.
Of course, back then, no one knew what they were. 
Battle of the Planets is pretty buttchered as well...
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LokuZ Posted Apr 19, 2002
Pointedly doesn't mention Project X, which I assure you has absolutely nothing to do with anime, no, nothing whatsoever....*
*this is a complete lie, but please do not tell anyone. Watch out for more details soon.
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Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Apr 20, 2002
OK. 
as he wanders past Project X, trying hard not to look like he's interested...
Coming to the Shack then?
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Just Bob aka Robert Thompson, plugging my film blog cinemainferno-blog.blogspot.co.uk Posted Apr 20, 2002
Was Cities of Gold an Anime? We checked the credits at the end of our videos and they were all French. Maybe I'm thinking of a different Cities of Gold to you.
Wasn't Transformers an anime? I'm told that was the one that got them noticed outside Japan. Of course, they were still minority viewing and typecast as children's TV.
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Mauritania Posted Apr 23, 2002
Aztec city of gold was Japanesse, I thought is was Chinesse, well thanks for clearing up that misconception!!!
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Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Apr 23, 2002
I think the term is international co-production .
I'd guess the bits you think were Chinese were probably Korean, who were (and are) the masters of the cheap animation.
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Mauritania Posted Apr 24, 2002
I think Yu-gi-oh is pretty good, however it takes a while get going. BY the Doctor going to get the 810 to John Spence Community School at 15:27 on the 24rd of April 2002, hope you have a pleasent journey!
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F F Churchton Posted Apr 24, 2002
I'm hoopy today actually, Grand ADmiral's right Yu-gi-oh takes a extremly long time just to play one card. We don't care about emotions and feelings, just get on with it!!!
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Hooloovoo Posted Apr 24, 2002
Isn't anime and manga basically animated child porn?? Admittedly I've seen manga once or twice, but it was full of sex and the girls all looked about 12. Can't remember which movies they were.......
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Hooloovoo Posted Apr 24, 2002
Sorry that should have been: Admittedly I've ONLY seen manga once or twice.
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Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Apr 24, 2002
Had this argument in another thread so you'll forgive me if I just say;
NO.
If I watched 3 hours of British Tv I could easily come to the conclusion it was all cr*ppy quiz shows or about domestic violence.
I could watch two US movies and think they all had Ahnolhd in.
Get a grip, please.
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- 1: Jay and Silent Bob (Apr 18, 2002)
- 2: Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like (Apr 18, 2002)
- 3: Mauritania (Apr 18, 2002)
- 4: Just Bob aka Robert Thompson, plugging my film blog cinemainferno-blog.blogspot.co.uk (Apr 18, 2002)
- 5: Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like (Apr 18, 2002)
- 6: Mauritania (Apr 19, 2002)
- 7: Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like (Apr 19, 2002)
- 8: Mauritania (Apr 19, 2002)
- 9: Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like (Apr 19, 2002)
- 10: LokuZ (Apr 19, 2002)
- 11: Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like (Apr 20, 2002)
- 12: Just Bob aka Robert Thompson, plugging my film blog cinemainferno-blog.blogspot.co.uk (Apr 20, 2002)
- 13: Mauritania (Apr 23, 2002)
- 14: Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like (Apr 23, 2002)
- 15: Jay and Silent Bob (Apr 24, 2002)
- 16: Mauritania (Apr 24, 2002)
- 17: F F Churchton (Apr 24, 2002)
- 18: Hooloovoo (Apr 24, 2002)
- 19: Hooloovoo (Apr 24, 2002)
- 20: Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like (Apr 24, 2002)
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