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From: pearl@remus.rutgers.edu (Starbuck)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Re: Lip-sync (Was Re: Carl's theatrical "subtitling")
Date: 23 Jul 92 13:00:54 GMT
Organization: the Worlds Welfare Work Association, Rutgers Anime division

In article <1452@tnc.UUCP> m0336@tnc.UUCP (RALPH JENKINS) writes:

>Most anime isn't even in sync in Japanese, so why worry
> over it?
>  
> -RJ

The problem is- Although the Japanese don't worry about it, Americans
do.  How many times have you seen a commedian poke fun at the lip
syncing of the old Japanese monster movies.  (One of the few types of
Japanese live action movies to become popular in America).  Now,
granted it is harder to lip sync live action then animation, but most
Americans really get bothered when lip syncing isn't done well.

Of course, subtitled anime has none of those problems.

Steve
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Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
From: ayang@cayley.waterloo.edu (Andy Yang)
Subject: AnimEigo Slogan Contest
Summary: my two bits
Keywords: AnimEigo Slogan for UY
Organization: University of Waterloo
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 13:55:15 GMT



 Captioning a picture of Lum zapping Ataru:

 " A different kind of girl trouble....."


Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
From: trebor@foretune.co.jp (Robert J Woodhead)
Subject: Re: VP Miyu LD
Organization: Foretune Co., Ltd.
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 02:28:45 GMT

mm@wind.brl.mil (Mike Markowski) writes:

>But now I've got a question.  My audio from the ld player is routed through
>some Adcom gear, and I notice more hiss than most other disks.  Anybody
>know why?  I don't know the history of the series (made for TV and not as
>much attention paid to the audio tracks maybe?).

For some reason, the original Miyu masters were not dolby-encoded.  So
there is more hiss on them than on a modern, dolby-encoded disc.

>The disk is great though!!  I hope to see more ld's from AnimEigo soon!  :-)

I do too.
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From: U19807@uicvm.uic.edu
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Re: Why I don't want anime pushed to the mainstream
Date: 22 Jul 92 16:42:51 GMT
 <1992Jul15.061833.19088@usenet.ins.cwru.edu>
 <1992Jul17.055829.13816@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> <1992Jul18.193819.21213@sura.net>
Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago

In article <1992Jul18.193819.21213@sura.net>, wbarnes@sura.net (Bill Barnes)
says:
>
>In article <1992Jul17.055829.13816@usenet.ins.cwru.edu>
>bn981@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Ryan Mathews) writes:
>>My worry deals with American companies doing "what is necessary" to make
>>anime palatable to the American couch potatos, as well as studios trying to
>>"tailor" features for the American market.  I doubt any of them would be any
>>good.
>
>They already have, multiple times: see Astro Boy, Gigantor, Robotech, Star
>Blazers, Speed Racer, Kimba, Voltron, etc.  Judge for yourself whether
>or not any of them are worthwhile.

Whoa. This list is almost a recitation of the Anime Chop-Shop Horrors List
I've been meaning to write for a few years! >:)

>>Well, I would hazard a guess that the Japanese mainstream has slightly
>>better taste in animation than the American mainstream.
>
>Actually, IMHO, it's more that the Japanese show a greater variety of
>animation: it isn't locked into the "animation is for kids" mentality
>we have here.

Don't forget another cardinal rule: according to most film critics,if it
ain't Disney,it ain't animation. This has less to do with Disney's quality
than some weird penchant that film crits have for ignoring anything animated
that doesn't meet their rather narrow guidelines.

      ** Chris Krolczyk,esq.  * DISCLAIMER: My opinions are in **
      ** Maniac-at-Large      * no way endorsed by the Univer- **
      ** U19807@UICVM.BITNET  * sity of Illinois at Chicago.   **
      ** u19807@uicvm.uic.edu * So there. Nyaah.               **
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From: wyvern@agora.rain.com (Fu Barr)
Subject: Re: BGC FAQ?
Organization: Tomobiki High School Debate Team
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 12:38:35 GMT

>In article <foo>, sstai@ocf.berkeley.edu (Samuel S. Tai) writes:
>What exactly does the term "Boomer" stand for?  Is it a phonetic
>reading of an acronym?

  "Boomer" is current US Navy slang for a ballistic missile submarine.  What
connection this could have to BGC is questionable.

"So, I was right.  You ARE a sex fiend..."      wyvern@agora.rain.com
  "That's not fair!  I just--"                  Phone: (503) 231-2512
"--took off all my clothes, right?"
  "Ah, yeah, that..."
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
From: thao@bnr.ca (Anthony Murtagh)
Subject: Re: AnimeCon v. AnimeExpo - Why not have them both?
Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Richardson, Tx.
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 17:04:56 GMT

In article <5014@vtserf.cc.vt.edu> ST102272@BROWNVM.brown.edu (Young Su) writes:
>Why schedule the two within one month of each other so that fans
>and anime companies are forced to take sides?
>
>Why not schedule them 6 months apart so that anime companies have time to
>restock their products and anime fans have time to restock their wallets?
>
>This would benefit both anime fans and companies greatly.
>
>- Y.E.S. (ST102272@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU)
>-----------------------
>"Just waiting for a nearby East Coast Anime Convention"

now, there's a novel idea!!  two great cons (maybe three if a-kon is still alive)
a year for all the anime-deprived/starved/delinquents/nuts/fanatics out there.

have a big bash, let everyone recoup, then hit'em again...maximum enjoyment 
factor for fans...probable stress overdose for those setting up the cons
but you guys live for that anyway, right?  :-)

laly thao

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From: ken@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu (Ken Primer)
Subject: Re: Otakus, fanboys, and psychos (was Re: KOR Questions.)
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 03:12:29 GMT

Hiroshi Haga <hh0u+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:

>Beside there is a feminish quality in a word, 'Otaku.'
   Aha! thank you for the imformation, that explains it better than anything else I've heard.

-- 
  RUMORS OF MY DEMISE ARE IN FACT...
ARE NOT EXAGGERATED! I AM IN FACT DEAD.        ken@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu

                        <<FNORD>>
From: meg5184@hertz.njit.edu (Starman)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: * Who distributed VPM?
Date: 27 Jul 92 16:26:19 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

Can someone tell me who distributed VPM? Image? Pioneer? I need to know
so that my local video store can get it. Someone from Animeigo was
supposed to call them for distribution and never did. Thanx.

=============================== Mike Gaines ============================
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= WHAT is your quest?.............................I seek the Holy Grail=
= WHAT is the average velocity of a Bird of Prey?...Romulan or Klingon?=
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========================== meg5184@hertz.njit.edu ======================
From: okamoto@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Jeff Okamoto)
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 21:53:04 GMT
Subject: Re: The Gundam in F91
Organization: An-Pan Man Headquarters
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime

dcm@sactoh0.sac.ca.us (D. Chris Miller) wonders:

> Is it just me, or does the Gundam in F91 really have a giant radiator
> mounted in its chest?

No, not necessarily, but it *does* have bad breath !-)

Sorry, couldn't resist.
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From: noelg@pnet01.cts.com (Noel Gamboa)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Re: Gundam F91
Date: 27 Jul 92 05:16:02 GMT
Organization: People-Net [pnet01], El Cajon CA


chiu@ucsee.berkeley.edu writes:
>>BTW, models from this series look VERY UGLY.
>
>It look like a plastic toy, and it is. (At least  in earlier ser
>tried to incorporate some logic into designs)

What makes it sad is that the designs are by Kunio Okawara himself.
Okawara is doing a bad rip-off of his own F-91 designs (which aren't
that great to start with, in my opinion, with the exception of Secily's
MS).  


Noel Gamboa, Operation X (noelg@pnet01.cts.com)
Yoshiyuki Tomino: "Who's Charles Aznavour?"
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime,rec.arts.manga
From: brandon@aardvark.ucs.uoknor.edu (Garland Operator 7-G)
Subject: Re: Manga lagging!
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Keywords: WHAT THE HELL!!!!
Organization: The Anime Doujou
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 19:27:00 GMT

In article <la>, jwp@panix.com (JongWoo Park) writes...
>In <bleah> dscott@sactoh0.sac.ca.us (Danielle M. Scott) writes:
> 
>>Noticing recently that a lot of translated manga is starting to lag
>>in release dates. Is there a reason for this? A lot of people are 
>>waiting for Nausicaa, Ghost in the Shell, Caravan Kidd, Macross 2, 
>>Silent Mobilus pt. 3, ect. ect. to come out but nothing is out that
>>I have seen. Maybe I am getting really bored, but I wish there would
>>be something new (BTW I have seen Atalia (sp) from Viz).
> 
>People on this news group does not seem to notice that big USA is in
>RECESSION.  

BIG DEAL!

Oklahoma has been in a recession since 1982!  That hasn't stopped me from
buying manga.

Domo. Ja na.

Brandon Freels (Garland Operator 7-G)
brandon@aardvark.ucs.uoknor.edu  -or-  brandon@uokucsvx.bitnet
"I'm witty naturally, I don't need quotes."
Xref: sparky rec.arts.anime:15481 rec.arts.animation:3182 rec.arts.comics:20967
From: fafhrd@clubzen.fidonet.org (David Medinnus)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime,rec.arts.animation,rec.arts.comics
Subject: Re: *Rumor*
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 92 19:32:34 PST
Organization: Club Zen BBS - Fidonet/Internet - +1 408 734 2289

shogun@sutro.SFSU.EDU (Mike M. Tatsugawa) writes:

> For a change, no con politics involved in this rumor.  Actually, this
> isn't a rumor at all.
> 
> Weds before Anime Expo, Katsuhiro Otomo, the creator and director of
> Akira signed a contract with Bandai to make a new film.  His budget is
> to be as large as that of Akira, which would men that this would be
> the most expensive piece of anime in history.  After wowing a
> generation of fans with his Akira, I'm sure that all of fandom will be
> interested in seeing what Mr. Otomo has next up his sleeve.
> 
> Mike

Cool. Way cool. Way way cool!

(and no politics here, either......(g)

David Medinnus

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From: tkim@sdcc3.ucsd.edu (Tonghyun Kim)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Re: Otakus, fanboys, and psychos (was Re: KOR Questions.)
Date: 26 Jul 92 03:26:10 GMT
Organization: University of California, San Diego

In article <seQUiZa00WB9AvAnsz@andrew.cmu.edu> hh0u+@andrew.cmu.edu (Hiroshi Haga) writes:
>Well, if anyone seen Otaku no Video, you can understand how pathetic
>those otakus are in interview parts.  Sorry if you don't understand
>Japanese.  No offence intended.  Did I ever?  Heh heh heh

No offence taken, since the tone of your message isn't any different
from your previous postings.

No apologies neccessary since I understand Japanese. Yes, those
otakus in OnV are not the model citizens of Japan. Some of them
are "pathetic", some of them are not so pathetic. But I don't think any
of them deserve "DEATH". So are you trying to say that you're a cut
above everyone else so that you can judge other people and their
lifestyles? :)                                       


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From: michael@izumi.DIALix.oz.au (Michael Studte)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: This has gotta stop (was Re: AnimeWhateverCon '93)
Distribution: world
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 92 09:45:09 GMT
Organization: JAFWA, Cal-Animage Zeta, Perth, Western Australia


In article <83a0NB10w165w@clubzen.fidonet.org> fafhrd@clubzen.fidonet.org writes:
 > Enrique - 
 > I have already posted that I want to resolve the situation, in discussion 
 > with Mike Tatsugawa, in a public forum such as this, before the fans. No 
 > secrets, no hidden agendas, and y'all to tell us when our egos are 
 > getting too large. He has yet to respond to me directly, and his indirect 
 > response was to state that he plans to ignore all my postings. I am read, 
 > to discuss the subject. He won't talk to me.

Why in public? Believe me (from experience) these things are best
resolved by private, DIRECT communication (pick up the bloody phone,
man).

I'm not surprised Mike won't give in to your public pressuring to close
down Expo (which IS what you're proposing). You're not proposing a
cease-fire, you're proposing him laying down his arms completely while
you pick them up.

Just use the phone, he can't deny you then. THEN, if he is unwilling to
listen/reply (mind you, you'd better have a better offer than Expo
closing down) I'll agree that to be unfair.

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From: tkim@sdcc3.ucsd.edu (Tonghyun Kim)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Re: Gundam F91
Date: 25 Jul 92 22:08:39 GMT
Organization: University of California, San Diego

In article <2A71C57C.26855@noiro.acs.uci.edu> kchang@orion.oac.uci.edu (K_Shibuya) writes:
>
>=>Actually, there is gonna be a continuation of Gundam F-91 to explain the 
>movie (more like a continuation of the story, the story was compressed 
>and too quick in the movie, they may expand what happened in the new series of
>Gundam F-91).

I guess you're talking about Silhouette Formular 0123. It's another
abomination from Bandai to sell more models and toys. It's a
complete rip-off of 0083, F-91 & other Gundam series with everything
but kitchen sink (Neo-Jion, Anaheim, Corossbone Vanguard, Feddies).
Like F-90, there is no plan for animating this silly thing.   

BTW, models from this series look VERY UGLY.


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Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
From: ortega@cactus.org (Paul Ortega)
Subject: Miltary Otakus (was Re: Otakus, fanboys, and psychos)
Organization: Capital Area Central Texas UNIX Society, Austin, Tx
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 18:25:30 GMT

In article <rdlm7n=.genef@netcom.com> genef@netcom.com (Eugene Fornario) writes:
[other otakus deleted]
>
>Military Otaku:  Construct replica models of everything from F-15
>fighter planes to World War I British Infantry issue chipped-beef
>rations.  Special treat: surrounding themselves with plastic ship
>models and watching Tora! Tora! Tora! on video.

Now I know who keeps Hobby Japan and B-Club in business!  :)



-- 
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2015 Cedar Bend Dr., #1105      |   to fight now?" - Selina Kyle
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From: michael@izumi.DIALix.oz.au (Michael Studte)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: The Anime Disco Inferno
Distribution: world
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 92 11:18:58 GMT
Organization: JAFWA, Cal-Animage Zeta, Perth, Western Australia


In article <Brq6pr.K8L@news.cso.uiuc.edu> ken@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
 > 
 >     Anime fans dancing? GOD FORBID!!!!!
 > 

As if there weren't enough earthquakes in Ca recently. :)

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| 46 Hackbridge Way | CAL-ANIMAGE ZETA, Perth, Australia   +-------+
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| "GAINAX has been  |--------------------------------------+
| jiggling breasts  | Indiana Kou: "CARROTS!! Why did it   |
|   for 10 years."  |               have to be carrots??"  |
+-------------------+--------------------------------------+
From: dcb@wdl1.wdl.loral.com (David C Blume)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Re: COR?
Keywords: Nanmo
Date: 24 Jul 92 16:49:54 GMT
Organization: Loral Western Development Labs

m0336@tnc.UUCP (RALPH JENKINS) writes:
>
>Forget "Kimagure".  Someone asked me today what the title "Orange
>Road" meant.  Couldn't think of anything.  So, anyone know just where
>the "Orange Road" in "Kimagure Orange Road" is?
> 
>-RJ

It is my understanding that the Kasugas live in the Green House Apartments
on Orange Street at the top of a 99 1/2 stair staircase.

--David ^_^
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| David Blume            | Minami: "Yeah.  Always, always, always!"         |
| dcb@wdl1.wdl.loral.com | Kazuya: "Yeah..."   --"Touch" in the KOR Movie   |
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From: michael@izumi.DIALix.oz.au (Michael Studte)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: ANIMEIGO : Slogan contest over -- thanks!
Distribution: world
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 14:07:53 GMT
Organization: JAFWA, Cal-Animage Zeta, Perth, Western Australia


In article <539@nsg.nsg.com.au> michaele@nsg.nsg.com.au writes:
 > > Current "internal" AnimEigo slogan (which may appear on our "staff"
 > > T-Shirts)
 > >
 > >       A N I M E I G O
 > >
 > >           The Few
 > >          The Proud
 > >        The Exhausted
 > 
 > Staff only?  How about a fan version? Could be a big seller!

Like:
                The Many
             The Otakunized
              The Worn-Out

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Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
From: mm@wind.brl.mil (Mike Markowski)
Subject: Re: VP Miyu LD
Reply-To: mm@brl.mil
Organization: US Army Ballistic Research Laboratory
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 18:20:27 GMT

In article <jfritz.04qy@amiganet.chi.il.us>, jfritz@amiganet.chi.il.us (John Fritz) writes:
[...]
|> 1. (very minor point) Why didn't the disc have a Table of Contents? I like
|> knowing the number of chapters and how long the side is when the disc
|> spins up.  Is it much more expensive to add a TOC?

Don't know about that, but...

|> 2. (major point) On my equipment at least, the subtitles came out with a
|> slight 'ghost' to the right of the subtitle characters of almost a full
|> character. 

[...]

|> (My setup: Pioneer Elite CLD-92 LD player feeding into JVC SVHS 6600
|> then via

[...]

I've got the same ld player and the subtitles look fine.  It's probably
the rf converter that's causing your problem.

But now I've got a question.  My audio from the ld player is routed through
some Adcom gear, and I notice more hiss than most other disks.  Anybody
know why?  I don't know the history of the series (made for TV and not as
much attention paid to the audio tracks maybe?).

The disk is great though!!  I hope to see more ld's from AnimEigo soon!  :-)

-- 
Mike Markowski
mm@brl.mil (Internet)
(410)278-6674
From: tkim@sdcc3.ucsd.edu (Tonghyun Kim)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Re: Otakus, fanboys, and psychos (was Re: KOR Questions.)
Date: 26 Jul 92 08:39:24 GMT
Organization: University of California, San Diego

In article <weQXSmW00WB94wI25k@andrew.cmu.edu> hh0u+@andrew.cmu.edu (Hiroshi Haga) writes:
>
>Ah, but no one said, as far as I know, it's not okay to love anime &
>sci-fi.  I love them both personally.

But if it's OK to love anime & sci-fi, why people call anime fans
"otakus" which is by your definition, "psychos" and "losers"? Didn't
you mention in your posting that people will call you otaku if you
like anime?

>Again, it seems that you don't really know what you're talking about.
>It's becuase 40% of printed matters in Japan is manga.  Manga in Japan
>is considered a new form of book more or less...nothing like in the
>US.  Everyone reads manga in Japan, you know (well, maybe not all, but
>most of them) whereas, in the case of Anime, not everyone watches it
>in Japan.  

So what you're saying is that it's ok if majority of the society
likes it but NOT if only a fraction of people likes it? I don't see
that much difference in manga and anime in terms of content. 

>Now, you might want to ask "So Japanese considers it bad when it's
>unique??"  Yes, more or less.  ^_^  We're really prejudiced in those
>stuff.  It's kinda funny, makes me laugh.  Really.

Glad to hear that you laugh at such prejudices. As long as "akarui"
manga/anime fans like you exist, the "kurai" image of anime fans
will slowly vanish. :)


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*                       Tonghyun "Vajra" Kim                    *
*                           Operation X                         *
*                                                               *
*               I'll OTAKUNIZE the entire human race...         *
*                  <Kubo from Otaku no Video 1985>              *
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