Answerman
Night of a Thousand Ninjas
Okay, last week we were cooking with gas, the week before we tried electric, so this week, it's barbeque.
Right. Let's begin.
Answerman,
What's the difference between yaoi?
Love,
Murakilovestsuzuki
It's pretty simple. Shounen ai is exactly what the name says – “boy love”. Examples include Gravitation, Cool Devices. Yaoi is porn, Shounen Ai is relationship drama.
I have a friend who has the Jerry Chu over at Bandai for fielding this question. According to Mr. Chu, there were 15,000 Bebop box sets made, so your friend got one in the final third or so. Fakes are available on Ebay, although the genuine article goes for something like 500 dollars on occasion. Your friend has the genuine article, but fakes do exist, so if you're in the market for a box set, be careful.
Answerman,
I recently had the chance to watch the anime GTO, and that seemed to be ok...
Thanks,
K. Miyazaki
They occasionally censor strange things in Japan; witness what happened to Cowboy Bebop, which had several dub, which should be interesting to hear.
Answerman,
I've been a fan of the Berserk anime for a while now and shortly after watching the series all the way through, I began trying to get my hands on some of the manga. I've been able to find a few volumes in English, translated by fans, but most of it still seems to only be available in Japanese. Is there anywhere I can get my hands on the rest of the English-translation Berserk manga, even fan translations?
Thanks,
Justin
Unfortunately, I have to stop pointing people to fan translations. I've been informed that it's become as much a problem as fansubs, and since I don't tell people where to get fansubs, I can't tell you where to get the rest of Berserk translated. What I can tell you is that the manga doesn't have a US licensor yet, and we're all kinda waiting around for someone to pick it up. Yeah, it's violent, but Mirua is a total genius and Berserk is his magnum opus. It's brilliant, breathtaking and deserves a US release more than almost any other manga title I can think of (aside from Tenjou Tenge).
Do you Angel of Darkness, F3, and End of Summer to name a few? What happened to them? Are they still in business? Thanks.
Softcel spun off in to its own company a while back. ADV made the announcement at an AX a year or two ago. I'm not sure what the details behind the whole thing were, but I suspect it's because ADV wanted to distance itself from the adult titles and establish itself as a more “legit” purveyor of Japanese animation. Disney kinda does the same thing, actually. There are a large number of pornography distributors working under Disney, but they don't claim any affiliation so they don't stain the brand name. I'm not saying ADV has anything to do with Softcel anymore, but they could be sorta doing the same thing. It's all speculation. Officially, Softcel is its own company. They've recently been getting their act together, and are releasing F3 on DVD sometime soon.
And that's it for today. Seeya next week, folks.
Right. Let's begin.
Answerman,
What's the difference between yaoi?
Love,
Murakilovestsuzuki
It's pretty simple. Shounen ai is exactly what the name says – “boy love”. Examples include Gravitation, Cool Devices. Yaoi is porn, Shounen Ai is relationship drama.
I have a friend who has the Jerry Chu over at Bandai for fielding this question. According to Mr. Chu, there were 15,000 Bebop box sets made, so your friend got one in the final third or so. Fakes are available on Ebay, although the genuine article goes for something like 500 dollars on occasion. Your friend has the genuine article, but fakes do exist, so if you're in the market for a box set, be careful.
Answerman,
I recently had the chance to watch the anime GTO, and that seemed to be ok...
Thanks,
K. Miyazaki
They occasionally censor strange things in Japan; witness what happened to Cowboy Bebop, which had several dub, which should be interesting to hear.
Answerman,
I've been a fan of the Berserk anime for a while now and shortly after watching the series all the way through, I began trying to get my hands on some of the manga. I've been able to find a few volumes in English, translated by fans, but most of it still seems to only be available in Japanese. Is there anywhere I can get my hands on the rest of the English-translation Berserk manga, even fan translations?
Thanks,
Justin
Unfortunately, I have to stop pointing people to fan translations. I've been informed that it's become as much a problem as fansubs, and since I don't tell people where to get fansubs, I can't tell you where to get the rest of Berserk translated. What I can tell you is that the manga doesn't have a US licensor yet, and we're all kinda waiting around for someone to pick it up. Yeah, it's violent, but Mirua is a total genius and Berserk is his magnum opus. It's brilliant, breathtaking and deserves a US release more than almost any other manga title I can think of (aside from Tenjou Tenge).
Do you Angel of Darkness, F3, and End of Summer to name a few? What happened to them? Are they still in business? Thanks.
Softcel spun off in to its own company a while back. ADV made the announcement at an AX a year or two ago. I'm not sure what the details behind the whole thing were, but I suspect it's because ADV wanted to distance itself from the adult titles and establish itself as a more “legit” purveyor of Japanese animation. Disney kinda does the same thing, actually. There are a large number of pornography distributors working under Disney, but they don't claim any affiliation so they don't stain the brand name. I'm not saying ADV has anything to do with Softcel anymore, but they could be sorta doing the same thing. It's all speculation. Officially, Softcel is its own company. They've recently been getting their act together, and are releasing F3 on DVD sometime soon.
And that's it for today. Seeya next week, folks.
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