2004-04-26, 09:58 | Link #22 | |
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There got to be a reason why a show can last that long and I'm very interested in seeing it. ^^ |
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2004-04-26, 12:22 | Link #23 | |
冤枉的小狗
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: South East Asia
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2004-04-26, 13:00 | Link #25 | |
Gomen asobase desuwa!
Join Date: Nov 2003
Age: 43
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In actuality, Sazae-san is just a cynical and funny view of everyday normal life in a normal Japanese household. Although the family system is now more likely to be nuclear, this keeps the original extended family system intact where you have: Isono Namihei - the father Isono Funa - the mother Isono Wakame - the youngest daughter Isono Katsuo - the eldest son Fuguta (nee:Isono) Sazae - the eldest daughter Fuguta Masuo - married to Sazae Fuguta Tara - child to Sazae and Masuo Tama - the household cat all living in one house. The OP sequence changes every month or so. The song remains the same for the past 35 years, but the sequence is usually a scenery of Sazae-san touring a certain place in Japan. Due to the anime being a national icon, cities and towns that wishes to have their spot in the OP as a PR (tourism ad) for their locale can pay 7,000,000 yen to the Sazae-san Foundation. I don't think this anime will appeal to people outside of Japan. It is an anime about everyday life in Japan from the perspective of a school child (Katsuo & Wakame), as a spouse (Sazae & Funa), as a parent (Funa & Namihei), as a corporate worker (Namihei & Masuo), and as a young child (Tara). Perhaps, this would be a good anime to watch to get a better understanding on Japanese life. But as for entertainment for foreigners, no. Its entertainment for us, because it depicts what we live through everyday - cynically. For someone that hasn't lived here, it would be rather boring - just as "The Simpsons" was boring for us but very entertaining to you. |
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2004-04-26, 13:18 | Link #26 | |
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Join Date: Nov 2003
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http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=sazae-san |
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2004-04-26, 13:40 | Link #27 | |
nya`
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Join Date: Feb 2004
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Everyday life in Japan, something like shown in Rumiko Gekijou? Neighbours gossiping, getting along with parents, kids pulling pranks, etc?
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2004-04-26, 13:41 | Link #28 |
Tsukimori
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anyone know japanese well enough to translate
i did most of the translating of the anime titles on the chart but i didn't know some of the special's name.. so can someone help me?
cindia.topcities.com/need.doc just reply by the number that you translated and the translation.. thanks or msg privately if you want.
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2004-04-28, 15:15 | Link #30 |
Tsukimori
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Last Week's Ratings
1 Sazaesan サザエさん
2 Doraemon ドラえもん 3 Atashi'n Chi あたしンち 4 Chibi Maruko-chan ちびまる子ちゃん 5 Inuyasha Special 犬夜叉スペシャル 6 Naruto NARUTO 7 One Piece アニメ7 8 Gold Gashu's Bell 金色のガッシュベル! 9 Bird of Fire NHKアニメ劇場・火の鳥 10 Selfish Fairy Mirumo de Pon! わがままフェアリーミルモでポン!わんだほう 10 Pretty Cure ふたりはプリキュア hope I correctly translated it..
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2004-04-28, 19:13 | Link #31 | |
Gomen asobase desuwa!
Join Date: Nov 2003
Age: 43
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"Kochira~" or known in Japan simply as "Kochikame" is the longest running comic in Shonen Jump - since 1976. It manga tankoubons spans 138 volumes, and counting. Its basically about a policeman named Ryotsu Kankichi. What happens? Anything - from Ryotsu going to hell, Ryotsu buying and explaing the latest air guns, to Ryotsu making sushi on an American aircraft carrier. Anything goes in this manga. |
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2004-04-30, 01:36 | Link #32 |
パンツ。。。好き
Join Date: Apr 2004
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I want to know why most of these shows don't have better animation if they are in the top 10 and making more money than a well-drawn show like Chrno Crusade, Paranoia Agent, or Last Exile. Heck, if I had to pick the worst looking anime that I watch I think PoT, Gash, and Naruto would on the list.
I understand that casual viewers don't care as much about animation quality and some of the top 10 shows by nature don't need good animation (Maruko, Doraemon, Sazae). But some of these shows do need good animation. If Naruto were consistently well animated instead of one out of twenty-six epsidoes, how awesome would that be? |
2004-04-30, 01:52 | Link #33 | |
nya`
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And there is the deadline vs quality problem, if they have more time, I'm sure they will make a better quality animation, but a TV show must be on schedule, so they have to sacrifice some quality in order to stay on schedule. |
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2004-04-30, 02:08 | Link #34 | |
Gomen asobase desuwa!
Join Date: Nov 2003
Age: 43
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While not entirely always, it is generally accepted that the number of episodes is inversely proportional to the quality of the animation. Say for instance a typical anime costs around...oh let's just say 10,000,000 yen per episode. At 13 episodes, that would cost 130,000,000 yen At 26 episodes, that would cost 260,000,000 yen Those numbers are feasible enough for several anime-related companies to get together to sponsor the costs. But let's say you have an anime that is so popular that it is obviously going to easily be over 100+ episodes. Even if such popular anime has multinational corporations as sponsors, they are not going to be making an anime with the normal rate of 10,000,000 yen per episode. At 100 episodes, that would mean they would be spending a total of 1,000,000,000 yen. Instead, they would be making two, even three animes per 10,000,000 yen to save costs. As always, a bad analogy would be: A mass-produced consumer vehicle would be much cheaper than a Enzo Ferrari. |
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2004-05-23, 11:50 | Link #37 |
Fushigi Mystery!! @_@
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Canada, eh?
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Week of May 10-16
1. Sazae-san 2. Chibi-Maruko-chan 3. Meitantei Conan 4. Inu-Yasha 5. Atashi'n Chi 6. Doraemon 7. Futari wa Pretty Cure 8. Konjiki no Gash Bell!! 9. Crayon Shin-chan 10. Naruto Nope, this time One Piece didn't even show up in the top 10. Nothing can beat the power houses of Sazae-san and Chibi Maruko-chan. |
2004-05-24, 04:34 | Link #38 | |
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2004-05-24, 05:00 | Link #40 |
Translator, Producer
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Age: 44
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Wouldn't a better measure of a series popularity in Japan than ratings be something like the gross sales of related merchandise/DVD's? Though that might skew the results towards shows with a greater merchandising machine. Since most anime makes its profits off DVD sales and merchandising, it would be those figures that define whether or not a show is a big success instead of ratings...
I suppose Gundam would win hands down in that category, but maybe I'm wrong...
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