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littlegreenwolf
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Yeah, I'm wondering about the dates too. Diary of a Wimpy Kid was published in 2007. The 3rd book just came out too. It's been on the New York Time's Best Selling Children's Books List for years now, and is licensed for a movie. I'm looking at the magazine now and I see they have a special feature on the author who wrote up a special for them. I'm thinking they just picked it since they could get him for some sort of publicity gimmick. But... WTF is with this magazine? Here in some section called "Toon Weekly Exclusive" ... Bart Simpson and Sakura Haruno are apparently dating.
First off, who buys their kids this sort of craptacular kid parody of a tabloid magazine, and 2nd... how the hell are these people getting paid for coming up with and publishing this crap. Gotta admit though, the picture of Bart and Sakura is pretty funny (heck, there's even a Death Note and Fruits Basket comic in the bg). ... is it legal to use licensed cartoon characters like this? ... *Ripps out the Where the Wild Things Are poster and puts the poor excuse for a kids magazine back on the shelf* Last edited by littlegreenwolf on Fri Mar 27, 2009 7:17 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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penguintruth
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The Pokemon manga is fairly decent compared to the series. Especially the Yellow saga.
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braves
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As mentioned in that article you quoted, they also "reported" that Naruto and Lisa were dating. When I saw that a while back I was amused, but now I'm just sad. >.> |
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Ari-chan
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Yeah, that toon weekly exclusive thing is just ridiculus, but I have a feeling that it's supposed to be. Anyway I'm very happy to hear Pokemon Adventures winning in the best manga catagory. That is a really good manga that I wish would come out properly already (I can't wait for the viz re-release).
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doctordoom85
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That doesn't even add up. I guess I could stretch my belief that Sakura would date someone like Bart (assuming Bart started liking girls), but Lisa dating Naruto? No, they'd have nothing in common and the relationship could never work. Lisa needs to be with someone who can talk about the issues she's interested in (which, although I sympathize with Milhouse, leaves him with no chance). |
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Asrialys
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If you don't know, VIZ will start releasing them again in June. |
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Chibitoon
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I used to get the Nick magazine when I was little and I remember it being OK. (Early Disney Adventure mags from the '90s were the best and my favorite, IMO.) Now whenever I get curious enough to browse through one, I have to shudder at all the nonsense and the badly-BADLY-drawn versions of the Nicktoon characters.
Actually I was a big Nickelodeon fan growing up, but now..... ugh.... I pretty much stopped watching that network after the cancellation of Invader Zim. And don't be surprised by their award nominations... Nickelodeon has been the worse when it came to any kind of award thing.... (This is coming from a girl who has hated the Kids Choice Awards since she was 10....XP ) CT |
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alexcampos
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Nick Magazine, do everyone a favor, don't even mention manga, or for that fact even graphic novels, honestly who cares what a bunch of 8 year olds have to say.
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Kimyo
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I enjoyed what I read of Pokemon Adventures, but I was deeply disappointed to find out that Yellow is a girl. I'm not sure if I'll be able to keep reading it...
... Uh, maybe to see Gary. I wonder if Harley ever shows up??? |
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NimbusRain
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Pokemon? Over Fruits Basket, Naruto, and One Piece!? Kids these days...
Ehehe, I'm just kidding.  The Pokemon manga really is pretty good. If anything, it's at least a lot better than the anime!
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Teriyaki Terrier
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Wow, what can I even say about that. Bart and Sakura dating is like a cross over fanfiction that is completly bizaree. I can't even imagine Naruto and Lisa dating. I remember way back in the early 90's when the content was actually funny and the articles weren't too outragious. Heck I even remember that old commerial for Nick Magazine (even though its probably been over a decade or more). I shutter to think what the magazine is like today. |
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enurtsol
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Other 8-yr-olds?
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Ari-chan
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You forget that Pokemon Adventures is not at all related to the Pokemon anime. Harley, being anime specific, doesn't even exist in that world. Gary exists only as Green (or Blue if your reading the Viz version). If you're only reading it for boys, then there are plenty more guys in this manga, so don't worry. |
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Yorozuya
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But Kakashi's hair is spoiler[was] amazing!
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Altorrin
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(... What the frak? Diary of a Wimpy Kid is NOT a graphic novel. Does Nickledoen know what a graphic novel is? I have to really wonder, because Diary of a Wimpy Kid is a YA chapter book series. Sure, it has a little stickfigure drawing on every page, but it's a BOOK. So in Nicklodeon's eyes now, any chapter book with illustrations is a graphic novel?)
Agreed. Most definitely not a graphic novel. Just a novel...with graphics. Although, I don't get how Pokemon Adventures managed to get any sort of award. I read the first three issues and all I saw was terrible puns and mixed up names. I looked for scanlations online but for the first dozen volumes, it was just Viz translations, but inserted onto the original unflipped manga. And of course, I cannot speak Japanese (yet) to read it. Why does Nickelodeon even know what manga is? I thought I could count on them to be totally American. Of course the two anime that came on CN would be up there. It's okay when CN talked about anime, because CN was with it. Or at least more with it than anyone else. Until Toonami was canceled. T  T
(First off, who buys their kids this sort of craptacular kid parody of a tabloid magazine, and 2nd... how the hell are these people getting paid for coming up with and publishing this crap. Gotta admit though, the picture of Bart and Sakura is pretty funny (heck, there's even a Death Note and Fruits Basket comic in the bg). ... is it legal to use licensed cartoon characters like this? ) I believe it would fall under Parody, so yeah, it's legal, in the U.S., at least. Now if this was all totally serious crossover save-the-world fanfiction, then yes, it would be illegal. Ick, what's Death Note doing in the background? Why are kids watching Death Note again? Why are the kids who are reading Nick Magazine watching Death Note? Can they follow the plot? Did you notice it came on Adult Swim? Man, I miss the days where people would give me weird looks for watching Adult Swim, or at the very least, for staying up till 1:00 AM to watch anime. I just realized...everyone's doing that now? I feel like a whiny brat for wishing anime wasn't as mainstream but... |
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