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Ronin
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Oh yes, I was thinking that about FFU
Its kids stuff and so the critic didnt think much of it.
But people die, they betray each other, they suffer trauma (sometimes with long lasting effects) they get hurt, they pursue vendettas that put others in danger and forget the reason for, they react well to pathetic acts of kindness, they have petty fights, they chill out when in a safe enviroment (and have more petty fights) they get hurt when someone says something spiteful, they have big secrets, they puzzle over anothers conflicting actions, they love even someone who is unable to love in return.
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25-04-2006 06:08
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meridianday
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I think it's not just anime that sticks in the mind of us ex-kids. I think it's a show of almost any genre, that happens to catch you at the right age and has something that stands out about it.
For example, when I first saw BOTP it was replacing some other cartoon that was on at the same time of day called "lost valley of the dinosaurs" or something like that. There was also a Godzilla/Godzuki show on, and an awful lot of other badly drawn and badly animated shows, every one of which seemed to have its own Scrappy Doo, that I really didn't find very appealing
Then along came BOTP. It didn't look even remotely like any other cartoon that was on. The storylines didn't follow any other cartoon. After a few episodes I was hooked. When it went off air, I missed it horribly and because it had already made its way into my daydreams, it stayed in my head. For over 15 years after it vanished from the tv, I still thought about it and the characters every day because they had invaded my imagination. I have often wondered, if it had stayed on air and got repeated endlessly, whether I would have got bored with it and moved on.
But other people feel the same way about other shows. Look at all the trekkies out there. People remember the Muppets fondly. Dangermouse has been having quite a revival over here without there ever being any new episodes! Gerry Anderson shows caught many peoples' imaginations, and Thunderbirds toys still sell out every christmas despite the series being 40 years old! Captain Scarlet has been revived as a CGI series. There's a lot of retro stuff available, for those of us who want to revive our childhoods.
Anime has also been far more available over the last few years than during my childhood (I don't know how old the rest of you are but I'm assuming - except for young Elvin - there's only a few years between most of us). it's cheaper for companies to buy it in and dub it than it is for them to make a whole animated series themselves, and so there's a lot of it available - I think quite a large proportion of the anime that's currently getting broadcast is unremarkable, probably a similar proportion to the non-anime programs that are currently getting broadcast.
Has anyone seen a show called Dragon Booster? While I haven't seen many episodes of it, I can see a few adults in 15 - 25 years time harking back to the days when they saw that. Perhaps Lazytown as well, although I think its audience may be transient since a lot are over the show's target age and may eventually get bored and move on.
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This post has been edited 1 time(s), it was last edited by meridianday on 25-04-2006 at 08:18.
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