From: emru@CAM.ORG (Emru Townsend)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Re: What EAV said about # of anime fans & what is most popular anime ?
Date: 13 Nov 92 00:22:12 GMT
Organization: MegaCorp Central Complex

In article <lfula1INNcm3@ozona.cs.utexas.edu> andrean@cs.utexas.edu (Andre A. Nurwono) writes:
>Well, I just posted to know what people thought would popularize anime more,
>or what YOU think would popularize anime to get more fans, etc.
>
>What anime do YOU think has a substantial number of audience,
>or would attract much more people who don't know anime.
>
>What audience do YOU think could be targeted by these anime...
>
>What anime would YOU like to see in theatres ...
>
>What anime would YOU like to see as OAVs,
>
>What anime would YOU like to see replacing Tom & Jerry Kids on TV...
>
>What anime would YOU think could be as popular, supplement, or replace
>popular shows such as Ren & Stimpy and The Simpsons ??

Part of the problem with bringing anime over here is fighting a few 
biases.  To name a few: serious feature-length animated films may get
good critical reviews, but are poor box-office outside of the reps;
one of the legacies of ACT is that the people who count expect cartoons
to be aimed mainly at kids and/or message-oriented; some of the nudity
(non-sexual) you'd find in anime wouldn't fare too well here; some anime
are just too Japanese.

>* Ranma 1/2 nett.. is a great comedy show, which appeals much more to me
>  than would Tiny Toons Adventures. The slapstick is different, but
>  the stories make much more sense than I get from TTA.

Frontal nudity is a bit of a problem... and since this is a series, the
stories will make a bit more sense: they're not designed to be 7- or
30-minute one-shots.  TTA is like the old Warner shorts in that the
same characters can be placed in any time or place from episode to
episode.  In a series, you can't do that, but you can spend more time
building the characters and having them evolve.

>* Bubblegum Crisis is revolutionary ! I would give it a PG-13 or even
>  an R rating. It is one of the most popular anime I've ever seen
>  around here, I would think people age 13-20 would be attracted
>  to this OAV series.
>  How did my local anime club members respond ? They unanimously
>  agreed that this could appeal to a LOT of audience out there !

Too much hyper-violence for television.  Plus that good old frontal nudity...

>* Lupin III: Cagliostro's Castle is unbeleivably popular !
>  Tintin should have been animated and directed like the Lupin series !!
>  It should attract people age 7-13, 17-.... (all ages !)

Lupin's been translated into French, and shown on TV up here.  One of the
movies was also released on video, and occasionally plays on TV.

>* Miyazaki's Totoro, Kiki's ...
>  Would appeal to even those die-hard Disney watchers ! No ?

Didn't an issue of Viz-In say the movies were coming out, as well as the
books?

>* What do people think of Video Girl Ai ?
>  How about 3X3 eyes ?
>  Both would appeal to those who like unrestricted humour.

Never seen the anime to either, but from what I understand of VGA, there
are some sexual situations.  This just won't go over on North American TV
as it stands now.  (Actually, it might go over on CBC up here... hmmmn... :)

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