Why?? Whyyyyyyyyyyy??!!!

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2004-02-04 01:35am

Shinova wrote:*dons sailor-fuku and magic wand*

Disappear, minions of the evil stupidity!!!

Good Lord, man! At least pour the water of the nannichuan on yourself before you do that!

Shaidar Haran · Post by **Shaidar Haran** » 2004-02-04 11:33am

I'm just wondering: How many of you frothing at the mouth fanatics have watched or were planning on watching this thing?

Shaidar Haran · Post by **Shaidar Haran** » 2004-02-04 11:35am

I'm just wondering: How many of you frothing at the mouth fanatics have watched or were planning on watching this thing? I ask because it seems to be utterly pointless to get worked about something you would not otherwise have cared about. It's a freaking kiddy show after all.

Shaidar Haran · Post by **Shaidar Haran** » 2004-02-04 11:37am

Pablo Sanchez wrote:
Spanky The Dolphin wrote:They do have a dedicated anime channel. It's called the Anime Channel.
Do you get it? What's their program like?

We've got it here in Detroit but so far it's a premium channel like HBO, at least on standard cable.

Sharp-kun · Post by **Sharp-kun** » 2004-02-04 11:39am

Shaidar Haran wrote:I'm just wondering: How many of you frothing at the mouth fanatics have watched or were planning on watching this thing? I ask because it seems to be utterly pointless to get worked about something you would not otherwise have cared about. It's a freaking kiddy show after all.

Seen it, and enjoyed it. Was hoping for a nice DVD release.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-02-04 12:32pm

Shaidar Haran wrote:I'm just wondering: How many of you frothing at the mouth fanatics have watched or were planning on watching this thing? I ask because it seems to be utterly pointless to get worked about something you would not otherwise have cared about. It's a freaking kiddy show after all.

Because what 4Kids is doing is called disrespect. Even what appears to be the most totally pointless children's anime deserves at least to be released in a format that preserves how it was originally presented. And 4Kids is denying Tokyo Mew Mew that, all for marketing and what they perceive as the best for their own interests, not those of their customers.

So you see, it's not nessesarily that all of us care about the series in question, but that we care about the standard they're maintaining.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-02-04 04:51pm

And to help exposure, here's a link to a web campaign aiming to pressure 4Kids in releasing a suitable version of Tokyo Mew Mew:
http://www.hollywoodmewmew.com/

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2004-02-04 07:01pm

Anyway this Hollywoodization thing is stupid. It's like trying to drill into their young audiences' heads that America is the entire world or something.

Darth Yoshi · Post by **Darth Yoshi** » 2004-02-04 09:30pm

Geez. How the hell are those fools going to pull that off? The scenery should still be distinctly Tokyo-ish, not Hollywood-ish.

Sharp-kun · Post by **Sharp-kun** » 2004-02-04 09:51pm

Darth Yoshi wrote:Geez. How the hell are those fools going to pull that off? The scenery should still be distinctly Tokyo-ish, not Hollywood-ish.

Didn't stop Dic with Sailor Moon, though there they just left the city unnamed, despite the ever prevailant Tokyo Tower

AnimeJet · Post by **AnimeJet** » 2004-02-05 01:19am

Its just like CCS, they refused to call the Tokyo tower anything but ".. that tower..."

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-02-07 04:08am

Not to drag this thread back up, but...

After just viewing the first episode, I must say that it is indeed extremely tragic that such a wonderful and darling series will only be availible in the US as a basterdised form.

I guarentee that as soon as I have the free time, I will send my own letter of protest as part of the campaign against 4Kids decision.