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Japan Expo 2012 - JX Awards

There was a rude surprise after Dengeki Daisy bested Skip Beat! and Princess Jellyfish for Best Shoujo Manga when Kaze's president announced that Americans are idiots. He had previously worked at Viz, Kaze's American counterpart, and said that Americans did not appreciate manga and that he was pleased no longer to be working with "baka" Americans. Presumably he was unaware of journalists from ANN, Destructoid, and Japanator sitting front and center in the audience.

No, I'm pretty sure that he knew perfectly well what he was saying and who was going to hear it... He just didn't care what the reactions would be. He had something to say, and nothing was going to stop him from saying it.

His argument was that working at Viz was annoyingly tough for him, since he apparently wanted to do titles that he had to push insanely hard for, and there were probably titles he wanted to bring over here but his higher-ups at Viz never gave the "OK" to them. Now he's at Kaze & he's getting much less denial... Naturally, he's going to feel that something is "wrong" with Americans in this case. I will say that he had a point in what he said, but he definitely went about it in the worst way possible.

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword for the PS3

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There was a rude surprise after Dengeki Daisy bested Skip Beat! and Princess Jellyfish for Best Shoujo Manga when Kaze's president announced that Americans are idiots. He had previously worked at Viz, Kaze's American counterpart, and said that Americans did not appreciate manga and that he was pleased no longer to be working with "baka" Americans. Presumably he was unaware of journalists from ANN, Destructoid, and Japanator sitting front and center in the audience.

But, to be honest, he has a point, though he said it in the most scathing way possible. There are plenty of titles that North America doesn't get yet Europe, not just France, do get. Now some could just assume that national tastes are likely a part of it, but at the same time it does show that, while we do get a fair amount of stuff over here, we still can pale in comparison to the apparent openness & acceptance anime & manga have over in Europe.

Kaze's president announced that Americans are idiots.

But, to be honest, he has a point, though he said it in the most scathing way possible. There are plenty of titles that North America doesn't get yet Europe, not just France, do get. Now some could just assume that national tastes are likely a part of it, but at the same time it does show that, while we do get a fair amount of stuff over here, we still can pale in comparison to the apparent openness & acceptance anime & manga have over in Europe.

Those baka visual novel producers don't take the overseas market seriously, it must mean they're baka.

France will be getting Legend of the Galactic Heroes across four DVD boxsets soon, yet we'll likely never get LOGH over here because of both its age & its subject matter.

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword for the PS3 taking the award for Best Home Console Game

Eden of the East beat out Durara for Best Original Anime

His argument was that working at Viz was annoyingly tough for him, since he apparently wanted to do titles that he had to push insanely hard for, and there were probably titles he wanted to bring over here but his higher-ups at Viz never gave the "OK" to them. Now he's at Kaze & he's getting much less denial.

No, I'm pretty sure that he knew perfectly well what he was saying and who was going to hear it... He just didn't care what the reactions would be. He had something to say, and nothing was going to stop him from saying it.

But, to be honest, he has a point, though he said it in the most scathing way possible. There are plenty of titles that North America doesn't get yet Europe, not just France, do get. Now some could just assume that national tastes are likely a part of it, but at the same time it does show that, while we do get a fair amount of stuff over here, we still can pale in comparison to the apparent openness & acceptance anime & manga have over in Europe.

For example, France will be getting Legend of the Galactic Heroes across four DVD boxsets soon, yet we'll likely never get LOGH over here because of both its age & its subject matter. Also, Kaze also felt that it was worth bringing over Gundoh Musashi, infamously known as one of the worst anime series of all time, while no company over here would ever attempt to bring over Musashi simply because of its lack of quality, even if it is so bad that it's worth watching (I like to call it the "anime equivalent of The Room"); hell, even Japan didn't get a complete release for Musashi. And these are just two examples, since I could easily bring up how sports titles tend to do better in Europe than in North America.

His argument was that working at Viz was annoyingly tough for him, since he apparently wanted to do titles that he had to push insanely hard for, and there were probably titles he wanted to bring over here but his higher-ups at Viz never gave the "OK" to them. Now he's at Kaze & he's getting much less denial... Naturally, he's going to feel that something is "wrong" with Americans in this case. I will say that he had a point in what he said, but he definitely went about it in the worst way possible.