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 I'm sure everyone remembers when the scientists cloned that sheep from one cell. But I've got real news — that isn't the first case of cloning. In fact, it's going on right now, under our very noses, and it's using "cels" of a different sort. Every ten minutes it seems that
another fighting game, each more obscure than the last, is being
turned into an anime series. I have no qualms with the genre
per se; in fact, I enjoy STREET FIGHTER
II V. What I object to is the idea of cranking out an
ill-conceived, low quality title that seems designed only to
cash in on the game's name recognition.And it's the same people doing it
over and over, too! For example, FATAL
FURY, TOSHINDEN, and GOWCAISER were all done by the same guy. Which
kind of explains why they all seem like clones of one another, I
guess. The contents are usually pretty boys with rugged good
looks and something to prove or a score to settle, big-chested
women who live in a world where underwear is a rarity, and just
enough plot to string the fights together.As if it wasn't bad enough that
Japanese companies keep cranking out this pablum, on this side
of the Pacific, some US companies seem all too eager to gobble
them up in the hopes of a fast buck. If they truly want to
mainstream anime, they need to offer a variety of programming,
not just the latest fighting game thing. And while we're on the
subject, stop marketing crap to us like we don't know any
better, because if we didn't, we'd all be watching the American
cartoon version of MORTAL KOMBAT.Let's be honest, shall we? Not
all games make good candidates for OVAs or movies or TV series.
I mean, would you stand in line to see PONG: THE
MOTION PICTURE? Or how about the DIG DUG
OVA? They couldn't be any worse than some of what I've
seen lately.If people want to turn fighting
games into anime, that's fine. But make it worth watching or
don't waste everyone's time and talent. As Roseanne
Roseannadanna would say, "Stop it! You're makin' me sick!"
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  Charles McCarter
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