Decrescent Daytripper wrote:

Something like Naruto is going to sell, well.  Those sorts of shows sell well.  For the same reason Dragon Ball Z could keep going forever.  For the same reason Days of Our Lives is going to outrun Boston Legal and more people in the States will see Family Guy than would see Utena even if it aired daily for half a year.  As television is primarily a commercial medium, these are the sort of things that have to be attended to.  There's no getting around it, aside from when somebody airs a loss-leader because they can get some hype or prestige out of it.

What I would like, is to pretend once in awhile, that people as a whole or in general, are smart enough to know what they're being sold hard is never the whole array of what's available.  I'd like to pretend people rent movies that didn't get theatrical releases, or listen to music that hasn't hit the top of any chart you'll see quoted in a glossy or run across the backpages of a newspaper.

I am COMPLETELY aware of all of this. I'm not totally against what's insanely successful. Money talks. I was only giving my personal opinions regarding certain shows. Let the Narutards ( to you newbies and others unfamiliar, that's actually what NTO fans call each other) and Bleach Boosters have their fill. but IMO, Ill pass.

Last edited by conner (04-23-2007 06:17:47 PM)

Decrescent Daytripper wrote:

Hiraku wrote:

Aw, don't be so negative about it. For the most case, people don't get info of new great stuff other than what the news tell them. Can't blame them for that.[/color]

No, see, that's optimism.  Because despite evidence I believe it's true.  Make myself believe it's true.  Everyone's got at least two things in their rotation-o-entertainment that isn't hypermarketed to death in their direction.  Whether that's a Sonny Chiba flick or a Barry Manilow album or the recent Canadian English-translation of the Tale of Genji is  a whole other kettle, but still, two fish minimum.

Actually, that's a GOOD thing!

Tamago wrote:

All I know is that the only few snippits of anime we Australians get to see on TV is either on Toasted TV in the mornings, on SBS at night (occassionally) and if you have pay-TV, CN.  I wish we had an anime channel like they do in the states.

I think people post quite a bit of anime on YouTube, I wouldn't put my money on definitely finding the anime you wanna watch.
Right now, my source for new anime are animeblogs online like Random Curiosity, Wrex, Memento. They're all good blogs for introducing anime.

Good long term, bad short term. Is it me or are you guys defending the status quo.
Is it wrong to reject the status regarding what’s popular such (like Naruto) just because everybody and their mama is into it. That’s why I got into anime in the first place. Just because something is popular does’nt neccesarily make It better than a  more niche property.
BTW, DBZ ended like 10 years ago.