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Path: newsstand.cit.cornell.edu!travelers.mail.cornell.edu!news.tc.cornell.edu!news.cac.psu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!uunet!news.delphi.com!usenet From: Charles Hagmaier Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime Subject: Re: [NOISE] REAL MEN DON'T WATCH ANIME Date: Thu, 6 Apr 95 23:09:58 -0500 Organization: Delphi (info@delphi.com email, 800-695-4005 voice) Lines: 100 Message-ID: References: <3lsajs$nff@delphinium.cig.mot.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: bos1f.delphi.com X-To: Enrique Conty Enrique Conty writes: >Opinions on Subbing vs. Dubbing Mechaboy is unconcerned with dialog. The design is all. H-Man has become deaf as a result of certain practices too embarrassing to relate. He favors closed captioning. The Brain was psychically scarred by bad dubbing at a tender age. He will collapse in spastic agony at the mere mention of dubbing. The Loon is enamoured of bad dubbing, and has been known to wax eloquent in favor of G-Force. The Fanboy thinks that anime should "stay in the original English" and can't fanthom why they're translating his favorite shows into Japanese only to subtitle them with distracting subtitles. >Favorite Comedy Mechaboy doesn't do comedy. He's thinking of becoming a con organizer. H-Man loves Minky Momo for reasons that would get him arrested in most southern states. The Brain loves his Tyler. The Loon finds Legend of Galactic Heroes hilarous. The Fanboy likes whatever makes him look knowledgable in front of his friends. >Favorite Mecha Mechaboy likes Armoured Hunter Votoms for the realism. H-Man likes Space Battleship Yamato for phallic symbolism. The Brain loves Patlabor the Movie for it's obscure symbolism. The Loon thinks Goldlightan represents the last great stand of Mecha. The Fanboy likes anything that will impress his friends with his superior knowledge. >Favorite Shoujo MechaBoy insists that he doesn't watch "gurl's stuff", but sneaks X manga and the Rose of Versailles when he thinks that no-one is watching. H-Man strongly approves of yaoi themes, and buys a lot of shoujo doujinshi. The Brain reads shoujo manga that neither you nor I recognize. The Loon is a raving Ribon no Hime-Chan fanatic, and has been known to sacrifice small animals to his goddess. The Fanboy watches Ah! My Goddess and Kimagure Orange Road, and is quite proud that he watches "shojo". > Love Triangles Mechaboy hates soap opera, and absolutely despises it when love interests take up screen time that could be better dedicated to highly animated fight scenes invving chopped mecha. H-Man approves of menage a' troi on general principles, but feels that most love triangles spend entirely too much time arguing and not enough time.... ahem. The Brain is vaguely suspicious of soap opera, but is generally a sucker for melodramatic character interaction of any type. The Loon liked the Camille-Char-Amuro triangle in Zeta. The Fanboy is still obsessing over Minmay. > Death Speeches Mechaboy thinks that they detract from on-screen combat time. H-Man is still trying to find something salacious about last words. The Brain complains about unrealistic, long, pedantic speeches, but has been caught on numerous occasions crying during Zeta Gundam. The Loon likes to play with dead things, and has been known to take giggly walks through graveyards, laughing at the inscriptions. The Fanboy thinks that death speeches are wonderful examples of characterization at it's best. Mitch Hagmaier Quest Labs _____________ [Some of my own--Lawrence] Favorite publication Mechaboy reads Hobbylink Japan. H-Man read Beppin School. The Brain reads everything and calls it research. The Loon reads old RAAM GRIT posts using Dejanews. The Fanboy reads Animerica for its advertisements. _________________________ Relationships ____________ Mechaboy Mechaboys gather and have long talks about the significance of GERWALK, and then have model BB gun fights in the park. H-Man wishes Mechaboy would concern himself with _real_ mecha concerns, like the number and significance of the prongs on Jet Alone. The Brain defers to Mechaboy whenever he needs mecha info, but secretly feels smug that he's the only one around who understands Minovski Particle theory. The Loon needs Mechaboy for help designing his next cosplay costume: Genom Tower. The Fanboy says "I'm a Mechaboy, too!" and when someone asks him what GERWALK stands for, he asks, "What's that?" __________ H-Man Mechaboy secretly goes to H-Man for info on original-Gundam doujinshi. H-Men gather and watch doujin videos of Ghibli stuff. The Brain secretly goes to H-Man for info on Five Star Stories and LoGH doujinshi. The Loon secretly goes to H-Man for info on Ponpoko doujinshi. The Fanboy secretly goes to H-Man for info on Gunsmith Cats. ___________ The Brain Mechaboy is impressed by the Brain's technical knowledge, but scoff's at his physique. H-Man doesn't understand why the Brain thinks H anime is considered non-elite. Brains gather and have long arguments about copyright issues and fan ethics. The Loon enjoys listening to the aforementioned long arguments about copyright issues and fan ethics and has been known to yell out: "Fair Use is our friend!" =) The Fanboy says "I'm a Brain, too!" and then stumbles when someone asks him what his favorite non-domestically released anime is. ____________ The Loon Mechaboy wishes the Loon would stop following him around and throwing "Minovski Particles" at him. H-Man is sometimes disgusted by the Loon's sick mind. The Brain appreciates the novelty of the Loon, and thinks of him as a "twisted mentat." Loons gather and play UNO while watching/listening to Tomomi Kahala's _I'm Proud_ video over and over again. The Fanboy tries to be funny by quoting dubbed Ranma. _________ The Fanboy Mechaboy likes to practice his submission holds on the Fanboy. H-Man refuses to send the Fanboy binaries over e-mail. The Brain actively tries to educate the Fanboy in an attempt to change the domestic anime industry for the better. Loons find the Fanboy extremely gullible and susceptible to pranks. Fanboys gather and discuss which Ranma character is the best. _________________ Cosplay Mechaboy goes as the SDF-1, transformable. H-Man goes as a giant tentacular plant. The Brain goes as Oberstein from LoGH. The Loon goes as Genom Tower. The Fanboy goes as Ryouga from Ranma 1/2. _______ J-Pop Mechaboy likes X-Japan, except for the ballads. H-Man loves Speed. The Brain listens to Tetsuya Komuro's solo works. The Loon is in love with Tomoe Shinohara. The Fanboy refuses to listen to anything other than anime music. ___________ Martial Arts Mechaboy practices Kickboxing and Submission Wrestling, and owns Kendo armor even though he doesn't like Kendo. H-Man doesn't do martial arts but likes to watch female Pro-Wrestling. The Brain does a little Kendo and Aikido. The Loon is trying to use Dim Mak on his hamster. The Fanboy studies nothing but pretends to do Jeet Kune Do. ___________ Favorite web-browser Mechaboy loves the simple functionality of Lynx. H-Man uses whatever works to view and download graphics. The Brain tends to prefer Netscape, but mostly because he hates Internet Explorer. The Loon uses Mosaic and wanders around old Gopher sites. The Fanboy uses AOL. ___________ Conventions Mechaboy would organize Mecha Expo. H-Man would organize Loli-Con. The Brain would organize Harloc-Kon: Arcadia of our Youth. The Loon would organize Ba-Con: Convention of the Porco Generation. The Fanboy would organize Rumi-Kon in honor of the only manga artist that matters. ____________ Character names for the Robotech RPG we played (in no particular order) Lawrence's character was Carlos "Joe" Hernandez. Matt's character was Sven "Mac" MacPhearson. James' character was Saevil Kanshe. Ray's character was Thor "the Chicken" Mac. Cedric's character was Phoenix Xavier. _____________