you know, I hear a lot of people who try to defend 4kids claim that if it wasn't for them licensing Pokemon, anime would've never caught on as much as it did in the US. While I wouldn't deny that that's technically true, the fact of the matter is that Pokemon could've gone to ANYBODY and it could've done well enough. I'd really be more grateful to Nintendo of America for bothering to localize the series in the first place (the first games had been released in Japan a good two years prior and NoA initially contemplated redesigning the monsters to resemble humans so as to not be so cute) AND for trying to promote their new franchise with a localization of the anime series (had they wanted to, they could've just made an original cartoon series, like the DiC-produced Mario and Zelda shows
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Yamato is right. Also, what I can say is that he ran his mouth too much. People wouldn't hate him so much if he wouldn't have said everything he said.
Saying kids don't read when Harry Potter was so popular. That's the sign of a old white man out of place. You all know what I mean. So that's the nicest thing I can say.
Let's hope they hire a better person for the position.
I agree with Yamato. Having grown up in the convention circuit starting with my first in 1983, I know for a fact that anime was growing in popularity years before Pokemon came out. It was harder to get because everything had to be imported, then fansubbers had to make a master tape (OMG back before digital) for distribution for those who didn't speak Japanese. Then you could only get those through conventions, specific chains, or groups/friends.
4Kids may have helped "mainstream" anime but even without them Pokemon and anime as a genre would still be popular, especially with the take-off of digital media.
(I also saw Pokemon fansub episodes before 4Kids bought it, bought several of the plushies like all of the other 13-year-olds at the convention who saw them and squealed KAWAII!, and people were already collecting the Japanese cards. It would have caught on anyhow.) >^_^< MEOW!
as I said, credit mainly belongs to Nintendo of America. Though I should point out that just because it was popular amongst a group of convention-going nerds doesn't guarantee it would have caught on enough for a localization... remember how long it took Fire Emblem to get here (hell, we still might not have it were it not for certain decisions being made in Melee's development)? And the less said about Mother 3, the better
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Seeing as I go to some of the largest conventions in the world I would hardly just call it "a group of convention-going nerds." XD These cons have 50,000+ attendees each day. It also sounds like a very narrow statement. I know several lawyers, doctors, scientists, teachers, playboy bunnies, firemen, police officers, and pretty much any occupation you can think of who go to these conventions
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Saying kids don't read when Harry Potter was so popular. That's the sign of a old white man out of place. You all know what I mean. So that's the nicest thing I can say.
Let's hope they hire a better person for the position.
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KAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHN!!!!!!!!
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4Kids may have helped "mainstream" anime but even without them Pokemon and anime as a genre would still be popular, especially with the take-off of digital media.
(I also saw Pokemon fansub episodes before 4Kids bought it, bought several of the plushies like all of the other 13-year-olds at the convention who saw them and squealed KAWAII!, and people were already collecting the Japanese cards. It would have caught on anyhow.)
>^_^<
MEOW!
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