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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chain Lightning" data-source="post: 1962197" data-attributes="member: 6791">Oh okay. Yeah, I hate people like that too. I have a friend that was like that with music. He hated to see his special underground band get more recognition and hit top 40. Heh heh. Well, its hard to like it over the years because (in my opinion) it has gotten worse/less reliable over the years. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />   So by trying to 'get into it' ...you're chances of actually turning into a fan become less and less.But I think the best way to get into anime is to ....well, not feel a need to get into it.Let me explain. Don't think of anime as anime anymore. Just have a goal. The goal is: I like watching a good animation story. Now, if it comes from the U.S. , France, Korean, or Japan....is beside the point. Just watch what you like. If so happens that the only stuff you like is American...that's cool.   Hmm.....I'm trying to imagine that. Yah...maybe. But truthfully...heh heh.....if a D&D cartoon is made, I'd rather not see it be Eberron. Nothing against Eberron, but I think the worlds of Greyhawk and Forgotten Realms should be up first. I worked on "Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles" and Foundation did most of the animation for the show. A company called Mainframe as well. It was very costly and time consuming. But man, those guys and gals worked hard. I think for a straight to video limited series it would be fine. But to do a whole show and keep it consistantly looking good....its a bit of a headache and too expensive. Unless you want it to look kinda cheap ...like "Transformers:Beast Wars" or something. Heh heh...funny. Speaking of bad dubs....how about bad subtitles? Some of the Hong Kong bundled full season of whatever on DVD get really bad. I was watching "Gundam Seed" and the characters were talking about the "Coordinators"....but instead of the subtitles saying "coordinator" , it would say "saucerman". Sweet jeebus.If a fan is afraid of his friend watching a bad U.S. dub....he's also afraid of his friend watching a Hong Kong subtitled copy too.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />  Yeah, I don't know what's going on over in Japan...but they shows are getting whackier and whackier. I have to wait a long time between good ones before I see another good one appear somewhere. And most seem to not ever get released in the states. Getting the liscense must be too expensive. I heard they're having trouble negotiating for "Naruto" to be brought over stateside.But anyways, I know what you mean. I walk into Best Buy or Suncoast and stare at the animation section. I stare....and stare.....and stare......and it all seems to look like brightly colored 13 year old anime girls in skimpy outfits fighting something. Its like the companies that bought the rights to distribute anime here only bought crap like "Burn Up W" and stuff like that. I guess because its cheap to acquire. *Shrug* whatever....But...as disappointed as I am with the lack of imaginative stuff coming from Japan, I find the U.S. market just as stagnant. In my opinion, I think both the Japanese and the U.S. need to re-do how things get done. It would be great to see the Japanese get some of the sensibilities of U.S. creators, while the U.S. gets some of the Japanese freedom of expression.</blockquote>

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