On May 11, 11:46 pm, "The Eternal Lost Lurker"
<kuraebakayarou.lurkerdr...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 3. I hate to say it, but...
>
> Most of the anime coming out of Japan lately just...isn't that good.
More
> and more, the shows being run are highly derivative, repetitive crap.
The
> few genuinely likeable, fresh, original shows don't fit the target
> demographic for the TV networks, or are iffy, risky propositions that
tend
> to discourage active investment. Plus, a lot of the better stuff would
only
> appeal to the hardcore otaku audience--viewers who already understand a
> significant amount of Japanese culture, and thus would actually "get
it".
Sadly true.
> There's an unfortunate tendency to avoid shoujo titles like the
plague--and
> the few times one DOES manage to show up over here, it gets butchered.
Then
> you get the weird, artistic shows like Paranoia Agent--they're very good
> shows, but they're so offbeat that a lot of people don't quite get them,
so
> they stop watching.
What gives people the wrong impression of anime in general if that's
all they see on the tube.
> I can think of several series which I'd personally love to see turn up
on
> Adult Swim or SciFi, but which aren't likely to make it for various
reasons:
>
> - Full Metal Panic: If this weren't an ADV title, it'd probably BE on
Adult
> Swim. Unfortunately, ADV is holding their titles close to the heart,
because
> of their joke of an anime network that NOBODY EVEN GETS.
Course they also wanted to get Sgt. Frog on CN as well but that isn't
happening anytime sooner or later.
> - Last Exile: I fail to understand how this has never turned up on TV.
It
> seems to me it'd be perfect fodder for Adult Swim.
>
> - Kamichu!: Entirely too Japanese and too cute-shoujo. Which is a shame;
I
> think people would enjoy it.
>
> - Kino's Journey: Another ADV title, which is probably why nobody even
> attempted it; also, it's a VERY cerebral and artistic series, along the
same
> vein as Paranoia Agent, so people might not "get" it.
>
> - Haruhi: The FLCL fans would LOVE this.
A sure-fire hit that may never happen.
> Sadly, Adult Swim has its head too far up its own ass to consider trying
to
> revive anime...
When they can make more money on Squidbillies and other original
materials.
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