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| Editorial: Naruto and The Future of the UK Anime Industry | Sat, 22 Jul 2006 |
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"Today sees probably the most important event the UK anime community has seen for many, many years; Naruto is launching on Jetix at 8pm. The glorious success or shameful failure of Naruto on UK TV will shape the future of the UK community- success means more anime on TV, more DVDs, more magazines, more fans, more everything; the unthinkable prospect of Naruto's failure will mark the end of the so-called "glory days" and see the UK community slump back into a decadent, poor-to-mediocre existence; an industry that scratches its living off of the hardcore DVD buyers. If Naruto fails to bring in the viewers for Jetix, you can forget about seeing anime on a high profile TV channel for a long time." [Read the full editorial] |
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I'll say at the start of this blog that I'm not the most knowledgeable anime fan around. I like what I like, but I don't have an exhaustive knowledge of series, directors,..
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I opened my eyes, soaking wet and staring at the clearest blue sky I had ever seen in my life. The sound of the sea all around me and sand creeping it's way into my boxers. I..
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One thing that's caught my attention lately is how, in terms of genre and target audience, categorising an anime or manga series is surprisingly complicated. Many titles are..
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