Re: CHAT: anime & manga (was Re: conlang greetings? (was Re: Let me introduce myself)

On Tue, 4 Dec 2001, J Y S Czhang wrote:

> In a message dated 04.12.2001 01:48:57 PM, cowan@MERCURY.CCIL.ORG writes:
>
> >Irina Rempt scripsit:
> >
> >> I'm beginning to feel that I'm the only person on the list - no, the
> >> only person in the *world* - who doesn't like manga and anime. What's
> >> wrong with me?
> >
> >Not a thing.  I don't care for it either.  Violent, sexist, and
> >artistically crude.
> >
>
>     ::nods head in agreement:: I agree to a degree. There is the occasional
> good piece here & there (_Akira_ is one that pops into me head right away &
> another is _Ghosts in the Machine_... but then again I prefer European sci-fi
> comix slightly better & I have seen some really intriguin' Russian sci-fi
> comix but have no clue what the heck they are about...)
>     oh, & I reaaally loved _Final Fantasy_ (& that was not terribly sexist or
> artistically crude at all...& the mild violence served the story-line & the
> storyline had a neat interpretation of the Gaia Theory).
Hmm? Story line in _Final Fantasy_? I can't remember such a thing...
However, I loved the graphics, all except the hair. The hair was _so_
unnatural... But no, I don't like anime and manga. Although I sometimes
feel the same (and with `Buffy the Vampire Slayer', too)...

Tristan

anstouh@yahoo.com.au

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