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 Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 11:09 pm
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Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 2:12 pm
Yeah, I heard that Anime wasn't all that big in Japan. Actually, I hear that Disney cartoons have a huge fanbase there.
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Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 9:24 am
Samurai-Katagi Yeah, I heard that Anime wasn't all that big in Japan. Actually, I hear that Disney cartoons have a huge fanbase there. It's funny, they have the reverse debates in Japan (at least when I went) They say that American Animation IS better than their animation. lol. But yeah, when I went out there I saw anime few and far between. Saw a volleyball one, and a soccer one...no big shows though.
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Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 10:08 am
There were a few anime airing during primetime hours, but a lot were shown in the late afternoon or very late in the evening. I did notice, however, that A LOT of people read manga. Every time I was on the train someone would be reading a GN or one of the weekly magazines. And while there were special stored that sold nothing but anime or manga, ANYWHERE you went you could find the weekly serializations. And there's a lot more manga mags than I thought there were.......
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Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2005 6:44 am
That was similiar to the impression I got of anime in Japan when I went there. After hanging around in numerous anime stores, I saw no more than two or three groups of fans that reminded me of American fans. To me, it seemed a very "you're in or you're out" situation, where there weren't a lot of viewers in between casual and obsessive.
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Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2005 9:51 am
Glass Moon There were a few anime airing during primetime hours, but a lot were shown in the late afternoon or very late in the evening. I did notice, however, that A LOT of people read manga. Every time I was on the train someone would be reading a GN or one of the weekly magazines. And while there were special stored that sold nothing but anime or manga, ANYWHERE you went you could find the weekly serializations. And there's a lot more manga mags than I thought there were....... I think alot of that has to do with prices and convenience. Manga is cheep... dirt cheep compared to DVDs and VHS in Japan. It is also extremely easy to wander with a manga or manga mag. A large percent of Japan uses public transportation and reading material is a good thing to have for thoses.
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Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2005 8:39 pm
Wyrn Glass Moon There were a few anime airing during primetime hours, but a lot were shown in the late afternoon or very late in the evening. I did notice, however, that A LOT of people read manga. Every time I was on the train someone would be reading a GN or one of the weekly magazines. And while there were special stored that sold nothing but anime or manga, ANYWHERE you went you could find the weekly serializations. And there's a lot more manga mags than I thought there were....... I think alot of that has to do with prices and convenience. Manga is cheep... dirt cheep compared to DVDs and VHS in Japan. It is also extremely easy to wander with a manga or manga mag. A large percent of Japan uses public transportation and reading material is a good thing to have for thoses. No kidding, DVDs run between $40 - $70 over there, weekly mags are usually between $2 and $5, and manga is usually no more than $10......
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Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2005 6:51 am
Wyrn Glass Moon There were a few anime airing during primetime hours, but a lot were shown in the late afternoon or very late in the evening. I did notice, however, that A LOT of people read manga. Every time I was on the train someone would be reading a GN or one of the weekly magazines. And while there were special stored that sold nothing but anime or manga, ANYWHERE you went you could find the weekly serializations. And there's a lot more manga mags than I thought there were....... I think alot of that has to do with prices and convenience. Manga is cheep... dirt cheep compared to DVDs and VHS in Japan. It is also extremely easy to wander with a manga or manga mag. A large percent of Japan uses public transportation and reading material is a good thing to have for thoses. Yeah, that makes sense. Manga would be like buying a regular magazine over here I would expect. I'm not surprised that anime's not a big deal over there. When something comes from your own country, you're usually not that amazed by it. The same is true for some vidoegames (like Final Fantasy). FFVII sold more in America than it did in Japan, believe it or not.
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