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R.G.
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 Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2005 2:22 am
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This ought to be good.
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Steventheeunuch
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Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2005 2:59 am
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| R.G. wrote: | | This ought to be good. |
Where good, means really, really good!
or bad... really, really bad
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Juniper
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Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2005 3:09 am
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| R.G. wrote: | | This ought to be good. |
You're basing this off what? The fact that a cuddly anime company is making an "anime" based off a book that was penned by their CEO? Or are you just in the camp of believers that anything made by an Almighty Anime Company will be good?
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Haiseikoh 1973
Joined: 24 Apr 2004
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Location: Waiting for the Japanese 1000 Gunieas.
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Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2005 4:05 am
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| Juniper wrote: |
| R.G. wrote: | | This ought to be good. |
You're basing this off what? The fact that a cuddly anime company is making an "anime" based off a book that was penned by their CEO? Or are you just in the camp of believers that anything made by an Almighty Anime Company will be good? |
It was penned by the CEO of Tokyopop?
Huh, figures.
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Requiem
Joined: 03 Jul 2004
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Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2005 10:52 am
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| Haiseikoh 1973 wrote: |
| Juniper wrote: |
| R.G. wrote: | | This ought to be good. |
You're basing this off what? The fact that a cuddly anime company is making an "anime" based off a book that was penned by their CEO? Or are you just in the camp of believers that anything made by an Almighty Anime Company will be good? |
It was penned by the CEO of Tokyopop?
Huh, figures. |
I believe Levy also wrote the Sailor Moon novels way back so it's not his only push into that part of Tokyopop. Either way, I read one chapter of Karma Club that was in a Tokyopop preview once... it wasn't a plesant read and I'm not really looking forward to seeing it animated. Ugh.
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quincyarcher
Joined: 13 Oct 2004
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Location: Age of Paranoia
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Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2005 11:45 am
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| Requiem wrote: | | I believe Levy also wrote the Sailor Moon novels way back so it's not his only push into that part of Tokyopop. Either way, I read one chapter of Karma Club that was in a Tokyopop preview once... it wasn't a plesant read and I'm not really looking forward to seeing it animated. Ugh. |
Yeah, I read Karma Club in one of the sneak-peek books, too.  Needless to say, it wasn't too impressive. I truly wish Tokyopop would push for something a little more interesting to be animated...
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Schunoko
Joined: 06 Aug 2003
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Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2005 1:47 pm
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| Juniper wrote: |
| R.G. wrote: | | This ought to be good. |
You're basing this off what? The fact that a cuddly anime company is making an "anime" based off a book that was penned by their CEO? Or are you just in the camp of believers that anything made by an Almighty Anime Company will be good? |
Sarcasm. It's a tool some people use. They say one thing and mean another. Tricksy, they are.
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ANN_Bamboo
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Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2005 5:44 pm
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| Schunoko wrote: |
| Juniper wrote: |
| R.G. wrote: | | This ought to be good. |
You're basing this off what? The fact that a cuddly anime company is making an "anime" based off a book that was penned by their CEO? Or are you just in the camp of believers that anything made by an Almighty Anime Company will be good? |
Sarcasm. It's a tool some people use. They say one thing and mean another. Tricksy, they are. |
It's impossible to tell online. Who knows. R.G. could have been a die-hard Karma Club fan.
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midori kou
Joined: 22 Oct 2004
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Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2005 12:24 am
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Then again, how many American "manga" had Tokyopop published that are good? I think this is a bad move on their part since they really haven't established anything except importing Japanese and Korean comics. They are quite weak on the American comic book market versus with what series they have brought over for the anime/manga fan community. =\
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R.G.
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Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2005 2:08 am
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What I meant was,just producing animation for their own properties is a nice achievement.I'll reserve judgement on quality until I see it.
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Haru to Ashura
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Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2005 2:38 am
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Remember a few years back, and you'll recall that Tokyopop helped create the ugly, stinky animation project "Reign: The Conqueror." Needless to say, I'm not thrilled with the thought of Tokyopop animating, and I'm betting that their animation will turn out disgustingly low-quality.
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Steventheeunuch
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Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2005 2:46 am
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| Haru to Ashura wrote: | | Remember a few years back, and you'll recall that Tokyopop helped create the ugly, stinky animation project "Reign: The Conqueror." Needless to say, I'm not thrilled with the thought of Tokyopop animating, and I'm betting that their animation will turn out disgustingly low-quality. |
They didn't help create it, they simply bought the rights for the series from Madhouse/whoever. The series had character designs from Peter Chueng, who is Korean, and in general has fairly ugly designs, so thats why it didn't seem so "Japanese".
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GATSU
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Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2005 3:53 am
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The way they should do it is test out how well those comics would do as merchandise, and then do animated spin-offs Because if they're not popular enough to sell toys, then TP's gonna be short a half a mil or more.
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Steventheeunuch
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Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2005 4:33 am
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| GATSU wrote: | | The way they should do it is test out how well those comics would do as merchandise, and then do animated spin-offs Because if they're not popular enough to sell toys, then TP's gonna be short a half a mil or more. |
Hey, if this screws up, I'm not gonna complain 
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Haiseikoh 1973
Joined: 24 Apr 2004
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Location: Waiting for the Japanese 1000 Gunieas.
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Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2005 4:58 am
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| Steventheeunuch wrote: |
| GATSU wrote: | | The way they should do it is test out how well those comics would do as merchandise, and then do animated spin-offs Because if they're not popular enough to sell toys, then TP's gonna be short a half a mil or more. |
Hey, if this screws up, I'm not gonna complain |
Dibs on the Initial D property.
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