Re: [werewolf] Proposed theme

[Ian Cyr <toreigninhell@gmail.com>]

Can I chime in here?

Animenfo is a good site, but if you don't know WHAT you're looking for 
there, it sorta doesnt' do all that much good.  The one place I would 
recommend going on that page is:

http://www.animenfo.com/statistic/top.php?type=anime

There should be SOME series on there that people MIGHT have heard of, 
even if they don't watch anime - like Cowboy Bebop, Trigun, Dragonball 
Z, and such.  Otherwise that at least gives a nice listing of some of 
the top anime (and might actually get people interested in seeing a few 
of them.)

Robert Barrell wrote:

> Thanks, Flig.  I was aware of that, but didn't want to offend or 
> confuse anyone if there were any unwritten protocol or de facto 
> moderators.
>
> That said, for those who are not familiar, "anime" is the Japanese 
> equivalent of "cartoons" (and "manga" is their equivalent of "comic 
> books").  Even so, it is quite a different art form, and can often be 
> much more violent and/or more "mature" (some even to to the point of 
> "hentai" or pornography, which I would NOT recommend).
>
> Americans who remember the "Speed Racer" cartoon of the late '60s or 
> early '70s have seen anime (now you know why the lip-sync was always 
> so bad for the show: it was originally in Japanese, but dubbed into 
> English for American TV).  Also, more recently, anyone who has seen 
> the movies "Princess Mononoke" or "Spirited Away" were actually 
> watching anime.  Likewise, those who got involved in the "Pokemon" or 
> "Yu Gi Oh" crazes had exposure to anime and manga.  Finally, the 
> Cartoon Network has been airing anime, as well.
>
> For more information, try http://www.animenfo.com for character ideas 
> (should enough people be interested in this as a game theme),
>
> Oh, yeah.  One more thing: "Initial D" is MUCH better than "Speed 
> Racer" ever was, and also has an incredible soundtrack!