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NEWS: New York Times on TV Anime

I just read the Sunday NYT's article and found it confusing. Was the article about Cartoon Network or anime on American TV in general? It seemed to me that the writer failed on the latter since he doesn't mention anime on other nets such as G4, The Anime Network (VOD), Anime Selects (VOD), Starz and Showtime Extreme.
I'm sorry, but mentioning FLCL and Paranoia Agent is like saying that the Longhorns had just won the Rose Bowl -- last week.

Dark Chi wrote:

I just read the Sunday NYT's article and found it confusing. Was the article about Cartoon Network or anime on American TV in general? It seemed to me that the writer failed on the latter since he doesn't mention anime on other nets such as G4, The Anime Network (VOD), Anime Selects (VOD), Starz and Showtime Extreme. I'm sorry, but mentioning FLCL and Paranoia Agent is like saying that the Longhorns had just won the Rose Bowl -- last week.

But whereas tens of millions of people follow college football, only a few hundred thousand are watching Adult Swim. So FLCL and PARANOIA AGENT will be new to most NYT readers, and both are quite different but excellent introductions to anime beyond Miyazaki. Furthermore, it's not like anime gives us something like these two works every week. I'm not saying all anime has to be groundbreaking—that's not a fair burden to put on it, as no one demands that of TV and movies in general—but FLCL and PARANOIA AGENT remind fans most of all the difference between what can be done, and what we usually settle for.

—C.

Kagura: "Oh! It's a hibiscus!"
Sakaki: "Pomegranate."
—AZUMANGA DAIOH