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Subject: Re: alt.anime
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Date: Mon, 21-Sep-87 10:06:55 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 21 10:06:55 1987
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In article <1606@aramis.rutgers.edu> webber@aramis.rutgers.edu (Bob Webber) writes:
>
>  1) when did mail.anime go defunct?  it still appears on the list of
>     valid mailing lists:
>       mail.anime
>          Contact: ihnp4!oliveb!long (Dave Long)
>   
>          Purpose: To provide information exchange for Japanese animation fen.
>
>  2) is there some reason to concentrate on japanese animation and
>     ignore all the other animation being done?  animation also gets
>     discused in groups such as comp.graphics, rec.video, and recently
>     a significant number of messages on comp.sys.amiga.
>
Mail.anime has not delivered so much as a nibble in over a year and a half.
I hear rumors that Dave Long was carried off by radioactive hamsters or 
something.  Anyway, the convenience of a newsgroup is to be able to sort 
through a host of topics, not all of which may interest you.  Mail groups
send you a long slogging file and are hardly interactive.

The reason to concentrate on Japanese Animation is primarily the media,
rather than the style or technique of animation (although they can also be 
discussed).  Over the past 7 years, the Japanese have been coming out with
some astonishing quality science-fiction series and movies directed towards
mature audiences (in Japan, live-action shows are for kids, animation for
teens to adults).  Unlike American drek (see: Heavy Metal, the movie) the 
plots are complex and involved with significant character development, graphic
violence, sex and stylism.  Of the few North Americans who get to see the 
original material, some (like myself) try to see more.  CFO chapters are 
busy trying to translate and subtitle the stuff but there is still much to
discuss. Primarily interpretations and questions about shows designed for 
the Japanese culture, plot synopses, new releases and so forth.

I think a seperate newsgroup would be great, but that's just my 
opinion.  So, if you'd like to support the United alt.anime fund, please
register your vote with me or E.J. (see <1289@thebes.swatsun.UUCP>)

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