So Apparently
Gurren Lagann is overly sexualized and compared to Hentai
But sexually-suggestive and explicit anime like "Gurren Lagann" and "Legend of the Overfiend," is finding an eager audience of adult Americans who are drawn to the post-modern, almost post-human mash-up of playful, blurry morality found in the genre.
Way to go MSNBC for your brilliant research D:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26639577/
I also love this quote
“The appeal of Japanese pop culture [to Americans] is that it is a moral-free zone
Yeah that is exactly the appeal of anime to me LOL
“When you see a kid sitting in Borders reading a manga, he’s not just reading a comic book,” Macias said. “There is something really powerful going on there.”
How profound but no I am pretty sure in most cases he is just reading a comic book. ;)
IMPORTANT EDIT So I don't spam my Friend List
OMG Roy Tachi YES!
Ha they "kidnapped" the wife :D
Oh Fuck Pride
Woah Gluttony didn't last long
HOHO PAPA entrance=EPIC
Okay and now I really need to read the English translations of these chapters
But sexually-suggestive and explicit anime like "Gurren Lagann" and "Legend of the Overfiend," is finding an eager audience of adult Americans who are drawn to the post-modern, almost post-human mash-up of playful, blurry morality found in the genre.
Way to go MSNBC for your brilliant research D:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26639577/
I also love this quote
“The appeal of Japanese pop culture [to Americans] is that it is a moral-free zone
Yeah that is exactly the appeal of anime to me LOL
“When you see a kid sitting in Borders reading a manga, he’s not just reading a comic book,” Macias said. “There is something really powerful going on there.”
How profound but no I am pretty sure in most cases he is just reading a comic book. ;)
IMPORTANT EDIT So I don't spam my Friend List
OMG Roy Tachi YES!
Ha they "kidnapped" the wife :D
Oh Fuck Pride
Woah Gluttony didn't last long
HOHO PAPA entrance=EPIC
Okay and now I really need to read the English translations of these chapters