The Edit List
* Jikoshoukai (self-introduction)
by Kyle Pope,
Well it seems I've managed to attract some attention. I have been asked to make some contributions to this fine website as a result of the edits lists I've posted for Tenchi Muyou. As I am not one who is shy about my opinions, why not?
Jikoshoukai (self-introduction). My name is Speed Racer and Starblazers would pop up and fill the gaps.
Now we're approaching the point where there'll be as much anime available to us as there is to the Japanese. And if you're into Region 2 DVDs that is already the case. So much anime is available to the American market that fans are now in a quandry as to where to spend their money next. I hope what perspective I can offer on anime might help guide some decisions on what has become a singularly expansive and expensive hobby.
As I supplied a list of the edits made to Toonami's run of Outlaw Star I have been asked to provide a summary opinion of Toonami's efforts on anime's behalf. So here goes. To date the best thing to happen to anime in the US has been Cartoon Network's Toonami. What the future holds with a new man and company at the helm remains to be seen but Toonami has earned an historic place in the annals of anime fandom. For the first time in anime history a complete anime series was aired in the US completely unaltered from its Japanese original with the exception of an English language track. And that track was far from the abysmal dubs that marked the beginning of the anime market in the US. Toonami demonstrated that there was a market for this material on TV and other networks from broadcast to cable followed suit. American animators were not unaffected by the phenomenon as clearly shown by the anime stylings finding their way into American animation.
Now Toonami is far from perfect. It is still guided by the needs of American television programming. The one complaint drawn from myself and many others was an inconsistent pattern of editing. I'm not referring to shows like Sailor Moon or Mobile Suit Gundam.
So thanks to Toonami things are looking bright for anime in the US. More anime companies are licensing more titles and the scramble for new material might mean that obscure little series or shoujo are still largely ignored by the anime companies, but that will change too.
So this is who I am and some of what I think. I hope as this progresses I might be able to entertain, inform and maybe even piss a few people off.
-- Kyle Pope
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