Sinister: cartoon city

[Katy Stevens]

Well with all this talk about cartoons and the remembrance of, i thought 
i'd pipe up for the first time ever -- gee, is everyone sick of the whole 
"look at me! i'm a new poster! oh, i'm so great!" thing yet or has it 
become necessary??

anyways i was sitting here reading all the stuff being thrashed about in 
this cartoon thread and i began to wonder why anime was so poorly 
represented amongst the mentioned series - i mean apart from Pokemon and 
G-Force which don't count cause like EVERYONE on the planet talks about if 
not the crazy exploits of G-Force then at least the bratty and insane ones 
of POKEMON...

Is it total geek and passe of me to fervently endorse the potentially 
enlightening possibilities of japanese animation, not solely of the kiddie 
kind?? Stuff like Urusei Yatsura and Ranma 1/2 (obvious choices, but for a 
reason...they ROCK!. Takahashi is a goddess - she's my pop culture 
idol!!!!) are top-dog for all out wierdness. Kids can watch em of course 
but the whole *wink wink* *nudge nudge* bawdy humour of it all is a special 
treat for us big kids -- both series' are just plain WIERD and consequently 
quite glorious. Ah! Megami-sama (Oh My Goddess is quite fab and fun -- 
comedy and romance and more wierdness); Kiki's Delivery Service is quite 
cute and wonderful... These are all things which kids could get into 
without feeling alienated and confused (even more that the grown ups 
anyway). There are THOUSANDS of interesting titles, most of which i've only 
heard about but the few dozen i've managed to see myself have been largely 
impressive -- check em out at your groovy asian (or if you're lucky, your 
groovy LOCAL) vid store!!

gosh there are so many fab title to mention but you're all probably bored 
stiff right?? sorry, i'll try and jazz myself up for future posts.

I love PPG too!! so cute and so naughty and grrly that i could just about 
burst! and Bis doing theme song = YAY!

i'm really enjoying this cartoon thread - the insight into our collective 
childhood warms my dear little girl heart...

thanks kids

xkaty


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