[JAWs]

          The phrase, 'coddling fans' is especially telling. The lamestream media entertainment industry goes out of its way to insult thier audience. They seek to destroy the file swappers, instead of co-opting them, which is what they should do.
          Of course ADV has a few advantages over the mainstrea: pre-existing word of mouth and they don't bear the costs of creation, nor the initial risks the animators overseas need worry about.

[z3n]

I didn't read the article, but I wanted to respond to your comment about how they operate. Specifically, how they embrace file-sharers. This is the basic difference in philosophy between artists and entertainers. (I know the comparisons to capitalism / communism are tempting, but lets avoid that). Artists want to share first, and profit second. Entertainers want to package something that sells. Modern entertainment industry exploits intellectual property rights that go way beyond protecting artists, and instead, attempt to control access to increase profits.

[TOWER]

Now, if they could just get Adult Swim to air 24/7...

[atomicpossum]

True, it's a rather, shall we say, "elite" subset of fans who'll dress up in public as the miniskirted title character from Sailor Moon,

[DTogo]

Japanese anime making inroads in America, already very popular for years in my house.

Japan * ping * (kono risuto ni hairitai ka detai wo shirasete kudasai let me know if you want on or off this list)

[Joe Brower]

Ping.

[Eepsy]

I'm already indoctrinating the next generation. My daughter can't get enough of Panda Go Panda and Totoro. My son loves God Mars, Robotech, and the old Gigantor. Everything on his Christmas list this year was a variation on the giant robot theme.

As for my husband and I, we got hooked on fansubbed downloads of Samurai 7, and are now in the process of going through the DVDs that are now being released since its licencing. We highly reccommend it:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0009I7NFI/qid=1133450912/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/104-4035660-6059141?s=dvd&v=glance&n=130

[Joe Brower]

Eva Unit 1 from Evangelion. While anime like this looks (and is) very appealing to boys from about 3rd grade on up (not to mention some grownups!), some of the subject matter is definitely not for kids.

[LouD]

I love Initial D - I wish they'd release them all in U.S. versions...

[shield]

bttt

[Pyro7480]

One of the best anime fight scenes of all time