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I heard the promo for this on my way to school yesterday, but didn't actually catch the story. I suppose the hardcore folks won't be learning so much here, but it's kind of interesting to see how these bizarre trends are presented to a high-brow crowd....

http://www.npr.org/rundowns/segment.php?wfId=3188015

 

[Subitai]

I heard it.

Once again it's a huge generation gap thing. People older than 40 just don't get it. They still think anything with animation is just for kids.

Anyway, they did point out some stuff about how Anime/Manga is influencing not just cartoons like the Power Puff Girls, but movies like the Matrix, and Kill Bill.

Still, most of it was about how anime has grown from a hobby of importers into a multibillion industry in the US, and is continueing to grow.

 

[Hitokage]

Heh, nice touch with "Watashi Rashiku" at the end.

 

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Just listened for the first time...

....I don't care for anime much at all and it still seemed like a bit of a fluff piece, and a wasted opportunity. It doesn't really help put the hobby's best foot forward when they play are some lame dubbed voice clips and incoherent cosplayers talking about a bunch of crap that makes no sense to the average viewer. When I caught the promo I thought that this was going to be a much longer story.....given 4 1/2 minutes I suppose that there's not much you can do.

 

[Hitokage]

Well, anime fandob IS full of nutjobs and anime dubs DO sound lame...