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By: yamiangie

yamiangie — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:42:02 +0000

Besides the PR guy they send out to conventions calling my beloved Gundam Wing emo, I can ever find fault with what Funimation does. People tend to wine a lot after they get called on doing something wrong.

I should pm my boyfriend and tell him to be careful of shelving while he’s in Japan.

By: Matt Ampersand

Matt Ampersand — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:40:40 +0000

Kevin: You are always welcome to write an addendum about what I was missing on the original article. A guest post perhaps ?

By: Kevin Melrose

Kevin Melrose — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:10:30 +0000

I don't see that it's redundant. If we're to exclude Shonen Jump from the discussion simply because the stories appeared previously in another country, then we get into a very narrow definition of what qualifies as an anthology. (Should we then exclude MySpace Dark Horse Presents because it appears, at least initially, online?)

By: Flip The Page

Flip The Page — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:04:07 +0000

wouldn’t it be redundant to talk about the success of the American Shonen Jump when it’s just reprinting material that’s already been published and made money in other countries. it’s not exactly the same deal.

By: Kevin Melrose

Kevin Melrose — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:53:10 +0000

Matt: I understand, but I think leaving out what’s easily the most popular comics anthology in North America leaves a gaping hole in your article.

By: Matt Ampersand

Matt Ampersand — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:41:14 +0000

Thanks for mentioning my article.

I did not mention manga anthology titles because I personally don’t read any of them, making my knowledge of them extremely basic, so I decided against writing about something that is not within my expertise (if you can call amateur blogging an expertise). It was more of a decided omission rather than a neglect.

By: lead sharp

lead sharp — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:01:47 +0000

The AnimesFree thing is beyond a joke, an illegal site winging about getting caught? Go away. Though I agree why post on their site to rub it in? Astrix (comics) is damn funny by the way.

By: Andrew Collins

Andrew Collins — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:38:20 +0000

I agree with the first comment made in the AnimesFree link, that site admin needs to really get over his self-righteousness. Calling the legally entitled copyright owner a “bully” undercuts ANY kind of argument he could make in his favor…

By: Vinnie Bartilucci

Vinnie Bartilucci — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:23:57 +0000

>>>how did Gérard Depardieu ever live his turn as Obelix down?

He didn’t – Asterix is like the national cartoon character of France. Getting to play Obelix is like playing Batman or Superman here. He’s done three so far – hardly something one is ashamed of. Plus, he was _awesome_.

One of the reasons Asterix is such a hit all over the world is the quality of the translations. It’s functionally impossible to translate puns verbatim, so the books get “re-humored”. From the character names down to the smallest joke, the translators have on hell of a job before them.

By: SageShini

SageShini — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:15:07 +0000

LOL. Who’s the admin of AnimesFree keeping that site up for? All the people responding were a bunch of tools that condemned him and what he was doing. (Note: I did NOT say which side I was on. I just noted that if you’re supposedly a fan of a site, the least you could do is not storm in and call the owner of said site a whiny jerk or whatever.) Why even keep up the server fees? Doesn’t seem worth it.