Comments on: Dimensional Superiority Complex: Why society at large despises moe-bishoujo fare

By: Victo513orcd

Victo513orcd — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:24:48 +0000

Your story makes sense. Why American TV shows focused on shonen when shojo audience have not play on TV since Sailor Moon and Mew Mew Power?
Right now in the U.S. TV broadcast only the FUNIMATION CHANNEL and ANIME NETWORK VOD.

By: dKiWi

dKiWi — Fri, 09 May 2008 22:12:28 +0000

You mean you have not purchased Lucky Star vol. 1? Its already sitting on my shelf.

And I don’t really think I have to be “careful of my words” since most of the world think anime is freaking Japanese cartoons. I do admit that if I’m a political blogger commenting on the situation in Malaysia now, I’ll probably be in jail already (a Malaysian political was jailed recently, a world first). But the fact is that I’m an anime blogger. We are immune to such things actually.

Since subcultures form a naturally barrier against outsiders, the average Senior Police Officer (inspector rank and above, the degree holders) or sociologist will have to actually start from the base up in terms of Otaku knowledge in other to form an informed opinion to take action. And I doubt any police officer is so free nowadays.

And this is exactly why moe-otakuism is infiltrating America much faster than most of us think. I doubt anything will stop it. True, these shows might not sell well, but then why the hell are the licenses for such shows picking up? I myself didn’t believe Lucky Star would ever sell in America, but thanks to the success of R1 Suzumiya Haruhi I believe things are changing rapidly. Exactly the direction that I am, and I do believe many others, are hoping for.

By: moetaku

moetaku — Fri, 09 May 2008 20:06:43 +0000

>In fact, I suspect many of these shows sell poorly in the North American market – and will continue to do so.

You better be careful with your words, man, that’s gonna make me get my credit card out and preorder the Lucky Star R1 dvd’s for PATRIOTIC reasons.

By: Jeff Lawson

Jeff Lawson — Fri, 09 May 2008 19:49:49 +0000

To clarify, in my post that you referenced, I simply commented that moe anime and bishoujo game adaptations have grown in popularity over time, both in Japan and abroad. I didn’t address the subject of the American DVD market. I agree that there has been an increase in the number of R1 licenses for these sort of shows in recent years, but I don’t believe the market is “shifting” in any particular direction at all. In fact, I suspect many of these shows sell poorly in the North American market – and will continue to do so.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 09 May 2008 18:43:17 +0000

I can’t wait till Americans start actually producing moe products, rather than just consuming Japanese ones.