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Posted by Caro on Wed Oct 28, 2009 at 07.44 pm

#1

Wow. My English teacher from high school wouldn’t let me write anything with that many sweeping generalizations. Not to mention the stereotypes. I can’t tell what is commentary and what is xenophobia.

Posted by Omar on Wed Nov 11, 2009 at 07.45 am

#2

How is it that you have a career as a writer? You clearly do no research into what you write. As Caro mentioned, this article is full of “sweeping generalizations,” “stereotypes,” and “xenophobia.” Have you ever watched any anime? Have you heard of the legends of anime such as Hayao Miyazaki, Mamoru Oshii, and thousands of others who produce incredible pieces of work in anime. Clearly not. And if you had done even a moment of research, you would have found out about them.

“Sailor Moon was an animated serial that was kind of like Eastwick-meets-Star Trek and it featured lesbians, transsexuals, gays, and some of the most sophisticated pontifications on classical mythology on network TV.”
Again, NO RESEARCH! Have you watched even a single episode of Sailor Moon?! “Eastwick-meets-Star Trek” is not even remotely an accurate description for the series.

It’s a shame that Black Book would let these types of articles see press. Clearly they don’t have any interest in truth or fact-checking. What a way to run a publication.

Posted by Foster Kamer on Wed Nov 11, 2009 at 02.38 pm

#3

Haha. You watch Anime.

Posted by Christina on Thu Nov 12, 2009 at 06.34 am

#4

If you are interested in enlightening your perception of Japanese animation I suggest you watch some films directed by Mamoru Oshii or Hayao Miyazaki.  Every cultural phenomenon can be denigrated with the proper lack of research and vast generalisations that you have presented.

Posted by Danmaku on Fri Nov 13, 2009 at 12.06 pm

#5

you either have no idea what you are talking about or you are paid to hate, personally i think it’s both, it’s clear you have never watched any kind of Japanese animation as you obviously think it’s all rubbish but using your stats, if it was that bad, why have some of them made close or more than $50 million.
and I’d like to hear you back up your claims of sailor moon with actual fact, because, other than the fact a few planets names are in it, it there isn’t a single element of star trek in there.

like the others have said, if you want to write an article do some kind of research into what you are writing about, not just stats as they just make it boring. and the fact that you were possibly paid to write this makes me sick, it’s completely biased, you have practically, for lack of a better description, kicked anime to the floor and stomped on it’s head.

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