Any anime fans?

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I'll send you a PM.

I work at the public library in my city and we actually have some anime box sets available for checkout. Today someone turned in the first box set of Dragon Ball and left a note that says:

This Cartoon Shows Genitalia. Not Proper!

Only in the Bible Belt...

With all the peer pressure encouragement going on, I wish many people would know they way you do, Miss Kuraudo.

^Well, thank you for saying that.

You have a right to your opinion of profanity, Uncanny-D. I tried to answer your question about the market choices made by licensees.

Sometimes, interest in fansubs can lead to licensing, so people who don't buy manga may influence that market. The publishers may also take some cues from the tone of fansubs, but their translators have their own professional pride.

I guess scanalations would be the correct word.

Every sub-culture has some sort of a-hole and elitist side, and the expectation that those within it have faced ridicule and should be more aware of it is not going to change that. Sometimes those mature, or sometimes they just get ingrained in a sense of self worth. I had a sort of epiphany a while back that this can show in the anime sub-culture by some having a blanket hate for all dubs. And really the healthier mindset is to also have an idea of what those on the outside might think, and how you might portray how you feel. Truth is though that many an anime do have a sort of anime referential culture that makes it hard for a lot of newcomers to find appealing, which is why at least the circle I am in online will have special interest in stuff considered entry titles, anime that those on the outside might be able to get into with few references of standard anime needed.

Little Witch Academia is hopefully a recent addition, that I think fans of things like Harry Potter, has nothing really too anime about it, is filled with references to bits of western culture (including like the Twilight phenomena).

An animated Metroid series could be interesting...wait, no, nevermind.

Watching XXXHolic a second time. That opening theme is one of the greats. Watanuki's outbursts don't annoy me as much as the first time.

^I have the complete manga series.

Me too. I lack the latest volumes of the reboot.

^I made a promise to myself. I'm not going to buy XXXholic Rei until/unless it gives TRC, TWC, and XXXholic itself the happy ending they all need, and Cardcaptor Sakura has [what is to me] a great ending already, so I'm not going to bother with Clear Card.

I've come up with a way to end both series in just three pages each, thus removing any need for World Chronicle, Rei, or even Clear Card. Are you interested? I can pm you the details.

Just so long as you don't expect an eloquent reply. I haven't read CC Sakura yet, and the Clow family still confuses me.

Yet for some reason I understand the plot of Tsubasa perfectly. I guess watching Doctor Who is good for something. Or maybe it's just that I'm so open-minded that I'm never one to say 'that's impossible'.

I'm watching Black Butler season one as I type this post.

Out of all of the anime series I've watched Black Butler and Sword Art Online are my favorites.

This discussion has me wondering if X will also get an ending. Some of those characters appear in one part of TRC, and it extends the plot of X without resolving anything.

I finished watching the anime, X/1999, not too long ago. I may go back and watch the dub, in order to appreciate the amazing artwork. It must have been a perfect storm of artistic talent and low enough cost to spend the time to create such detailed scenes of swirling magical forces. Plot-wise, it doesn't so much end as stop.

^I know of Kenichi Suzumura [Kamui] from FFVII [Zack] and Digimon Frontier [Kouichi], so that's kind of neat.