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Iwatch2muchanime
Joined: 19 Dec 2006
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 6:32 pm
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That's kind of funny and useful to votes.
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minakichan
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 6:50 pm
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Oh, Royal.
Isn't France chock full of manga anyway? Much, much more so that the States? Well, I guess it's not as mainstream as it is in Asia, but still.
Well, good luck with that. *shrug*
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Samurai Drifter
Joined: 19 Nov 2005
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 6:55 pm
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minakichan wrote: | Isn't France chock full of manga anyway? Much, much more so that the States? |
Yes.
I've heard that something like 50% of French people read manga, but that might be wrong. But it's much bigger there than here in the US.
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GATSU
Joined: 03 Jan 2002
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 7:09 pm
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Quote: | criticized Japanese society for what she perceived to be a high degree of tolerance for expressions of violence and pornography in popular culture. |
Says the country which gave us Luc Besson films and "Irreversible".
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LydiaDianne
Joined: 28 Jan 2006
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Location: Southern California
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 7:16 pm
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Obviously she, or her handlers, have no clue as to what she (they) are talking about.
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God Gundam
Joined: 05 Jul 2006
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 7:31 pm
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Anyone who stereotypes a nation like that doesn't deserve to be president. I hope this French bitch gets what's coming to her. She obviously saw some little kid reading an h-doujin and is all up in arms against Japan. Huh, kinda like the soccer moms and fanatical Christians we have here.
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smoochy
Joined: 30 Oct 2005
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Location: Texas
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 7:39 pm
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Someone needs to do a rant (not myself) on people categorizing manga as a genre, not a medium.
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Riyousha
Joined: 19 Mar 2006
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 7:52 pm
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I find issues and debates regarding bad material in medias to be pretty interesting. Don't ask me why though. But I never realize that other countries would criticize this stuff for being inappropiate. But they also criticized games depending on their content. Now what shocked me was that Greece banned every video-game, appropiate and inappropiate, and gamers, too. And violent and sexual games were banned from Austarlia because of no 18+ rating. Also, when I llok at these debates, I eat a certain type of food. Here's a list.
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Richard J.
Joined: 11 Aug 2006
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Location: Sic Semper Tyrannis.
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 8:18 pm
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God Gundam wrote: | Huh, kinda like the soccer moms and fanatical Christians we have here. |
Please provide some examples of actual incidents. I keep hearing about all these "soccer moms" and "fanatical Christians" causing problems here in the US over anime and manga. Provide me with a clear example, not some Viz press statement going "we don't want to offend anyone" or whatever. I want to hear about a protest rally or something serious.
So far, not a single person who has made some snide or sarcastic comment about these groups has provided a single clear example that I've seen.
On French politics, strangely, I've actually been following this election over there. Nicolas Sarkozy would get my vote over any of the other candidates. He actually seems to have a grasp of France's problems and at least some sort of idea how to deal with them that's realistic.
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BelYaun
Joined: 12 Aug 2006
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Location: Phoenix, AZ
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 9:01 pm
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You know that you're selling well when government officials say that your product is bad for society.
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Kouji
Joined: 01 Oct 2005
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 10:14 pm
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Richard J. wrote: |
God Gundam wrote: | Huh, kinda like the soccer moms and fanatical Christians we have here. |
Please provide some examples of actual incidents. I keep hearing about all these "soccer moms" and "fanatical Christians" causing problems here in the US over anime and manga. Provide me with a clear example, not some Viz press statement going "we don't want to offend anyone" or whatever. I want to hear about a protest rally or something serious. |
One word: Pokemon.
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Ohoni
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 10:16 pm
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Wow, I hope she wins. Maybe then she could reign in some of that crap French "franime".
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apocalypticPOTATO
Joined: 17 Jan 2005
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 10:17 pm
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yah but i'd much rather have royal in charge, sarkozy is freaking crazy
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fighterholic
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 11:25 pm
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LydiaDianne wrote: | Obviously she, or her handlers, have no clue as to what she (they) are talking about. |
Couldn't have been put better when in her book she is criticizing the Japanese media for having a high tolerance of sex and violence. I agree with Aso, she needs to read more manga to see what kind of stories are truly out there, most notably, things like shonen or shojo titles. I'm sure she would find them very interesting. The Japanese have also been cracking down lately on what they are showing on television. Granted, they were showing a lot more nudity seven to eight years ago than they are now.
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Spotlesseden
Joined: 09 Sep 2004
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 11:36 pm
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Quote: | I've heard that something like 50% of French people read manga, but that might be wrong. But it's much bigger there than here in the US. |
Japan and French are the only two countries where comics(manga) sale > book sale
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