AFP article on Japanese culture and US Teens

dokool · Post by **dokool** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 10:27 pm

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u ... 0219223657

Front-page on Yahoo, too. Looks like the media's finally reached 2003 or so. Gotta love how they made a decent attempt to name some cosplay characters that not everyone would no, but misspelled Nadesico in the process...

Malificus · Post by **Malificus** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 10:34 pm

What they don't know:

Anime other than DBZ, YuGiOh, and Pokemon

People liked anime before pokemon

"Nordic yodelling" is already here to stay

Rurounikeitaro · Post by **Rurounikeitaro** » Sun Feb 20, 2005 2:44 am

Did they say anime art styles feature big eyes small noses and less detail then Western animation. The person who made that article must have been watching too much Pokemon/Beyblade type of shows.