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- From: megazone@obsidian.WPI.EDU (MegaZone23)
- Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
- Subject: Re: why DOESNT carl macek care about us?
- Date: 22 Nov 1992 14:05:16 GMT
- Organization: WPI USAF -- United Society of Animation Fans
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- In article <kennehra.722378881@craft.camp.clarkson.edu> kennehra@craft.camp.clarkson.edu (Rich"TheMan"Kennehan) writes:
- >Hi. I was just wondering...why doesn't carl macek care about what the
- >anime fans on this newsgroup think? There have been several theories, but
- >what is the OFFICIAL answer? Can anyone quote some anime articles, etc?
-
- After reading some of his interviews and speaking with the man himself at AE92
- I think the real reason is he just wants to make a buck. He doesn't care about
- accurate translations, or furthering the medium, etc. He is appealing to the
- masses who don't know about the originals and whose former exposure is Sat AM
- cartoons. (Well, some Sat AM stuff is ok... I like Eeek the cat myself...) So
- they don't realise that they're being cheated by terrible translations. The
- voices aren't worse than they expect, and even hacked, the stories can be a
- bit better.
-
- I mean he sells them as "Video Comics", his prime outlet seems to be comic
- stores. He is hoping to appeal to the young comic collector, who is more likely
- to watch animation. (Yes, I know animation is not just for kids, I'm 21 myself,
- but the fact is most people I've known think it is...) He feels that making the
- story to involved, appealing to an older audience, will cut sales. Think on
- this... Compare the average american comic to the average manga. The comic has
- many more words and less emphasis on art, the manga is the opposite. Manga uses
- pictures to tell the story and words are at a minimum. Carl takes anime, which
- is more like manga and voices over everything, making it more like an American
- comic.
-
- Of course this is all just my observations....
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