OFF: Anime

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In a message dated 5/24/99 10:41:56 AM, abrevard at SHL.COM writes:

<< Whats wrong with Voltron?>>

well, um, got no beef w/VOLTRON; saw it intermittently in the '80s...ditto
CAPT. HARLOCK... ditto ROBOTECH...all in terms of US TV, though...guess i'm
speaking in terms of shows i'd "make a project of"  (i.e. collect 'em all)
that wouldnt be seen on US TV


==
>but beginning w/ SAILOR MOON (says he who owns all 200 episodes), the
superhero variation shows aimed at girls are great stuff! great characters,
more involving stories, wider range of emotional possibilities...shoujo
anime!
==
<<Sat thru a couple of episodes on a Cartoon Network marathon yesterday.
Easily one of the worst series I have ever seen.  I'm probably just weird
but Sailor Moon is just awful.  Give me Ghost in the Shell, Vampire Hunter
D, heck I could even sit thru Violence Jack (again) anything but Sailor
Moon.>>
==
...the cartoon network marathon was gonna feature the 17 episodes that
completed japanese season 2 (SAILOR MOON R) which US fans waited almost 2
years for, until last year (canadian TV got it first, fall '97)

but, see, the english version of SAILOR MOON was severely hacked up, compared
to the japanese version...some pretty freaky scheiss takes place in japanese
seasons 3 and 5...

when i first started following SM it was in part because it was totally
absurd: purty li'l gals in tiny skirts saving the world...and after 23 years
of involvement in US superhero comics as a fan/collector/retailer/editor (and
to a lesser xtent creator) this was glorious absurdity!

and then one finds out there's an entire GENRE of stuff like this! NURSE
ANGEL RIRIKA SOS, WEDDING PEACH, ST. TAIL, etc. and a whole gang of lesser
girls-w/wands type stuff...i'm gonna try to draw the line w/REVOLUTIONARY
GIRL UTENA, a far cry from SAILOR MOON...
==

<<Since you like the female persepctive how are you for the Project A-ko
series?>>

i know a little about it, not very much(a-ko, b-ko, c-ko, etc); did i see  a
dubbed-in-english portion on the sci-fi channel? i may be wrong about what it
is, but it might have more to do w/the babes/bikinis/guns/ DIRTY PAIR type
shows than the shows i've been perusing...and possibly has less to do
w/"female perspective" than blokes who dig babes and bikinis packing
hardware...but i've decided i dont necessarily  care for anime dubbed in
english, RANMA 1/2 notwithstanding...

i guess i could add that while the original manga for these shows tended to
be originated by women, for the publications aimed at girls, the anime
versions are overseen if not dominated by men...SAILOR MOON creator naoko
takeuchi was irked more than once by certain liberties taken w/the anime
SAILOR MOON, though in her case she could be irked all the way to the bank
^_~


but i've got an art print by ms. takeuchi of all 10 of the sailor senshi,
framed and on my wall...

sometimes, when and if everything else seems to suck,
absurdity is a good thing...
"<>"
larry b