Anime Unleashed on TechTV

da3dAlus writes "Beginning December 30, the first series of a new anime block will start on TechTV's new "Anime Unleashed" program. As billed by TechTV, "Anime Unleashed focuses on the science-fiction elements of anime--titles that imagine what our near or far future will be like, investigate the relationship between humans and machines, dream of what alien civilizations could be like, and more." The block will premiere with single half-hour episodes airing Monday through Thursday at 1am EST, followed by a two-hour block of anime on Friday from 11pm to 2am EST. Some of the series slated to be shown include Crest of the Stars, Serial Experiment Lain, Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure, Betterman, and Silent Mobius. Additionally, a contest is being held until the first of January 2003 by TechTV to create a new logo for the program."

Comments

Oh great more children's programming

[flopsy mopsalon]

This is depressing. The western tradition of science fiction has given us such meditations on human knowledge, technology, and man's place in the universe as "The Martian Chronicles", "Foundation", "Ender's Game", "E.T., The Extra Terrestrial", "2001: A Space Oddysey", "Star Trek", "Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep", "Neuromancer", "Snow Crash", and "Solaris", to name but a very few.

By contrast, the Hello Kittly-loving, schoolgirl-obssessed, infantilized Japanese pop culture machine gives us comic books and cartoons, conisiting of rape scenes, panty shots, giant robot fights, and "nekomimi", along with the occasional destruction of a city. Puerile entertainment that hardly bears mentioning in comparion to real works of science fiction. When the Japanese cartooning industry produces its own "I, Robot", its own "Ringworld", its own "Demon With A Glass Hand and other stories", then I will be impressed. Until then, this whole anime business is just a bunch of sexed up, gory "Transformers" episodes.

Sorry to sound like flamebait, but this is a matter I feel strongly about.

Re:Lain

[Golias]

Well, any sci-fi anime feature is a meaningless excercise if it fails to include Nadesico anyway.

And yes, as an American, I've found Lain to be rather dull. I may change my tune after enduring a few more episodes, but how long can you look at drawings of empty streets without wanting to reach for the "faster" button on your DVD remote?

(And I'm one of those Americans that actually likes Wim Wenders movies! I can't imagine what a typical American "Friends" fan would think of it.)

Re:Language

[freeweed]

If you prefer, we could always dub it in Klingon.