From: bn981@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Ryan Mathews)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: We don't like BGC here?  (was Re: Anime, and He May Not)
Date: 7 Sep 1992 04:08:56 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: bn981@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Ryan Mathews)
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GEEZ!  Remind me never to make any more assumptions about the net!  How
silly of me to think that because the net almost ALWAYS has at least one
BGC thread on it, because people turn cartwheels at the thought of
AnimEigo releasing BGC on LD, that most of us actually LIKE BGC!  I guess
I'm wrong.  I guess people buy all that exploitative cliched trash from
AnimEigo to use as doorstops and coasters...

I am not a BGC nut.  I just like the series, and now I'm getting all
these posts saying that maybe I shouldn't!

This reminds me of the time I was practically crucified on this group
for admitting that I (gasp) like to trade original Japanese videos with
friends.  I guess I can't take support for granted no matter what I say.
I'd make a lousy politician.

Okay.  Steam let off.  Pressure equalized...

In a previous article, conty@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (OtakuRoach) says:
>> [Numerous example of "stereotypes" deleted]
>
>Not stereotypes.  Marc claimed he couldn't find one.  Zillions of bad
>cliches, though.

Um, he sure used the word "sterotype" an awful lot for someone that
couldn't find one...

ME> If there is anything I am sick of, it is this bit.  Where do people like
ME> the reviewer get the idea that anime is full of huge-breasted women?
>
>Madoka.  Ranma.  A-ko.  Lum-chan.  I don't know about you, but as far as I
>can tell, Jr. High students aren't THAT well-endowed.

I'll give you Madoka, but I don't think A-ko's all that large, and Ranma and
Lum are in high school, where I knew plenty of women who matched their
build.

ME> The anime business is not the motion-picture industry and I, and
ME> I think most of us, forgive them their formulae.
>WHY SHOULD WE?

DID I SAY YOU SHOULD????!!!!!

For cryin' out loud, chill out!  My point is that we DO!!  And there's no
denying that, if you check what's popular.  You can't use the tried and
tired argument that the ignorant masses are buying and trading all the
alleged crap, because anime hasn't gone mainstream yet.

If you don't like the formulae, vote your dollars elsewhere!  (Man, where
are all the people complaining about the wooden hammer cliche?)

>And quite frankly, I feel like that [exasperated] at times, because there
>could be so much more...

I'm pretty satisfied with anime as it is now.  A Really Good One comes out
every so often.  Can't wait to see PORCO ROSSO, for instance.

I will admit I'm worried a bit about the future.  Stuff like MACROSS II,
for example.  It's fun, and the character designs are nice, but the plot is
definitely unoriginal and the animation is below par for an OAV (it would
look good on TV).  I'm buying it, because it's holding my interest so far
and because I think Japanese studios should be encouraged to release their
stuff over here fast, but I'm afraid of what it means if it's a harbinger of
the quality of future releases.  (I.e. find something popular and make a
quick buck.)
			---------- Ryan Mathews
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