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#27: Aug 4th 2011 at 12:37:32 AM

[up]I mean, what's the hottest form of media in the U.S.?

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#28: Aug 4th 2011 at 12:49:49 AM

American productions.

I have no clue what, specifically, because I don't give a shit. But expecting the majority of people in the US to give a damn about anime is pretty silly.

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#29: Aug 4th 2011 at 12:52:07 AM

Unless it's Shonen of course. Then it'll get noticeably more attention, and even then it depends on the series, and whatever shonen it is will never reach DBZ levels of popularity.

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#30: Aug 4th 2011 at 2:01:25 AM

Ok let's see Persona 3 the characters get "Evokers" gun like devices that you point at your head and pull the trigger and summon your Persona. In the FM Vs you see glass like shards fly out of the other side of your head....

Add to that the opening movie you see Yukari attempting to gather up the courage to do it, sitting on the floor in a bathroom with the sink running, crying with a gun to her head before she drops it on the floor... Yeah... All without any explanation of what she is doing.

No complaints.

edited 4th Aug '11 2:05:01 AM by Raso

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#31: Aug 4th 2011 at 2:16:54 AM

[up]Isn't that the reason they switched to cards in Persona4?

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#32: Aug 4th 2011 at 2:52:43 AM

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No, they switched to cards in P4 because there was not logical way for the P4 cast to have Evokers.

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#33: Aug 4th 2011 at 2:55:49 AM

No, it about as funny as all those "HURR HURR WHAT IF 4KIDS DUBBED <insert show 4kids would never even know existed>" Its not funny, its juvenile and all it does is allow people to make dumb jokes about how stupid something that would never even conceivably happen is. Which is just dumb. Its been done, and its not funny.

Is it just me, or did you copy paste this post from another thread?

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#34: Aug 4th 2011 at 3:06:34 AM

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I posted something similar a few weeks ago.

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#35: Aug 4th 2011 at 3:10:26 AM

P1 and P2 were cards as well P3 just tried to switch things up and go with a darker Emo type story, P4 went the entire other direction and was so happy it's motif is yellow! No seriously it's the happiest SMT game. (also Midnight channel and the Dark hour different things.)

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#36: Aug 4th 2011 at 5:37:42 PM

[up]Copied from the page eh? Yeah I know it's happy, so happy it's almost campy. Stylish and cool, like the 80's.

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#37: Aug 4th 2011 at 7:15:49 PM

????

Magical Girl genre not popular in America?

Hello.

Just because anime magical girls aren't as big in America doesn't mean Magical Girls as a whole aren't popular.

Not to mention Sailor Moon is still generally known even among boys in America. (Even if only as that one show their sisters watched).

Heck, the Japanese got the idea from America in the first place: see Bewitched.

I'd say the bigger aspect here is that there are already some well established Magical Girl traditions in American media, so there is not the need felt to fully borrow from a foreign medium.

edited 4th Aug '11 7:24:49 PM by Sackett

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#38: Aug 4th 2011 at 8:26:34 PM

[up]Yeah... but remember he's asking about anime magical girls. And it's in anime the genre was turned up to eleven.

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#39: Aug 4th 2011 at 10:31:14 PM

@Madoka dub: Sweeeeeet. Now let's hope they don't fuck it up.

And Sakurazaki, you have a lot of good points, but could we please simmer down a little? Skippy Granola's dreamcatcher is picking up some bummer vibes :P

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#40: Aug 4th 2011 at 10:47:41 PM

Also, the reason anime magical girls aren't that popular in america is because anime is not that popular in America.

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#41: Aug 4th 2011 at 11:04:38 PM

[up]More like anime is not as insanely popular outside Japan as it is inside. Demography, export and license cost are the main reasons. Only people who loves anime, manga and games to the core, would follow new anime.

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#42: Aug 5th 2011 at 3:44:53 AM

Actually, Anime is still pretty popular around Asia, and from what I hear, South America and some parts of Europe. We're importing and translating a bunch of shows from other countries for TV already after all.

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#43: Aug 5th 2011 at 6:17:38 AM

Actually, While anime isn't being shown on Tv here in the U.S. much anymore, the popularity actually is increasing. Anime Cons keep getting bigger every year, and some are already close to rivaling some of the Comic Cons. Anime on the internet has caused a surge in the Mediums popularity.

edited 5th Aug '11 6:17:52 AM by Demongodofchaos2

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#44: Aug 5th 2011 at 6:51:44 AM

@Sackett: I don't think Charmed counts as magical girl.

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#45: Aug 5th 2011 at 12:35:17 PM

[up][up]But you're talking about a larger 'hardcore' audience. The casual mainstream audience doesn't really care. What was the last major non-Miyazaki film to get some sort of theatrical release here, even if it was a limited engagement, Rebuild of Evangelion? I think a big reason is American distributors and broadcasters, rather than pay licensing for stuff they don't own, would rather create their own franchises to make money off of.

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#46: Aug 5th 2011 at 5:10:14 PM

[up]And that.. would be the end of anime in America... You guys MIGHT be the last generation of fans!

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#47: Aug 5th 2011 at 5:13:54 PM

As long as their is Internet, there will be fans, most likely.

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#48: Aug 5th 2011 at 6:58:36 PM

[up][up]Hey, there are still kids anime airing in the US. *

It all depends on whether those kids would find out more about anime as they grow up.

edited 5th Aug '11 6:58:47 PM by Pokénatic

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#49: Aug 5th 2011 at 7:09:14 PM

Well, the first time I saw pokemon years ago, I mistaken it for a western cartoon. And the following, except Dragonball, can be mistaken for western animation as well. I imagine Bleach, Naruto and One Piece not airing there anymore.

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#50: Aug 5th 2011 at 7:19:09 PM

[up]Naruto and Bleach are, but One Piece had its reputation slaughtered by 4Kids, IIRC.


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