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Ghost In The Shell TV Series
Briareos writes: "Just found out over at animeondvd.com's forums (no link provided to protect the innocent...) that Production I.G. finally revealed quite some info about the GITS TV series they're currently working on. (I also thought it was a nice birthday present for me, by the way... :)"
Shut up troll boy.
Dimension Films here in the US will be premiering the Cowboy Bebop movie in a matter of weeks.
Then the R1 DVD release will be out.
Support the creators, we say here on Slashdot.
DON'T download vcds.
DON'T buy bootlegs.
SUPPORT the creators and buy a legit copy.
My 2 cents...
I do not buy DVD's, CD's, Games, etc without watching/trying it first. When I try to do it blind, I almost always end up disappointed. I'm not donating $20 to the new-jet-fund of some old corporate fat-boy with me ending up with what might as well be an ordinary chunk of plastic.
Yeah, I leech. I also have over 100 original DVDs(mostly anime), CDs, and tapes. Compare that to less than 10 CDs and a couple of tapes before I started leeching warez, moviez, and mp3z off the internet.
Its not like just because people can and do get it for free, that they will not pay for it.
As for purchasing bootlegs, I do not knowingly buy bootlegs. The one time I did end up with one, I got pissed because I purchased it thinking it was an original. (go ebay...)
P.S. Beware of anime DVD's sold on the net with both Chinesse and English subs.
Any sufficiently advanced influence is indistinguishable from control.
Before you ask - no, you can't just mirror the artwork. Right-handed characters would become left-handed, Japan would have people driving on the wrong side of the road, all signs and writing would be backwards, etc.
Hey now... they don't drive on the wrong side of the road if you use a mirror -- they are British.
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Many of us "nerds" also have interested in science fiction, sword & sorcery / dungeons and dragons, animation (computer and anime), electronic toys (gadgets and gizmos aplenty)... etc
It's all part of our shared, socially maladjusted heritage. While you may or may not share all of these interests, it shouldn't be too difficult to be able to understand why Slashdot covers them...
Evolution: love it or leave it
Anime is part of geekdom in general. Another reply pointed out that also part of this heritage is DnD-style medieval fantasy stuff and the like.
These things are part of geekdom. You're a geek for collecting hundreds of Magic:TG cards, or for camping out in wait of Star Wars, or going to a Comic-Book con, or watching anime.
We all have different interests, but one of the most popular right now is anime, which happens to be popular with my age group (15-20). My father also reads Slashdot. Does he give a hoot about anime? Of course not. He rarely even cares about "His Rights Online."
That's why the categories exist. For exmaple, I loathe Katz. I could complain about him until I'm blue in the face, or I could block him. Mind you, I don't, because once in a blue moon he'll have a good point and exposition often ends up funny as heck, but if I wanted to badly enough, I could.
Heck, up to about a year ago, I hated DnD and the like. Now my tastes have changed. Slashdot doesn't carry much on the subject, but maybe it did help show me a bit.