1 May 2006, 9:34 PM
the differences in style reflect a fair amount of the difference in culture and who the different genres are marketed too as well. i recently bought something from rightstuf and in their catalogue they have a whole 'live action' section, which i supposed answered part of the question. there's an obvious market for it in japan then, but in america? that's the kicker. again, i'm wondering if the gap between audiences/expectations/cultures will be crossed without losing the uniqueness of the show, especially considering that we look to manga and anime because of how different they are to american entertainment. i'm not thinking "oh, it's japanese it must be great", but how the art and the stories and the characters draw us to them more than the standard american comic. i have to think that this is in part due to how comics/manga and cartoons/anime are regarded within each society as well. the fact that manga/anime are actually a decently respected genres would definitely have an impact.