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...well, if the aliens don't make these guys disappear,/. certainly will!
As much as I love anime, I have to admit that it's not for everyone, or even most people (although I secretly cling to the idea that if they just saw enough anime, they would find something they'd like). The majority of people either don't know what it is, or have some preconceived notions that keep them away (e.g. it's just kid's stuff, or it's bizarre tentacle-demon cartoons for adolescent boys).
For these reasons, anime on American television already has to contend with a diminished potential audience, right from the start, but then comes the real kicker: a large chunk of the people who actually like to watch anime, still won't watch it on TV because of the dubs/editing!
Considering the difficulties, dubbed/edited anime probably won't be taking over prime-time in the forseeable future, although the market for anime on DVD will continue to grow rapidly. As far as replacing Cowboy Bebop--yeah, it's a great show, but you can't expect even CN to air the same 26 episodes forever. Gundam is pretty much guaranteed to be licensed, if it hasn't already, so you can always rent/buy/borrow/steal the episodes from somewhere.
When they replace Adult Swim with a Scooby-Doo/Captain Planet marathon, then I'll panic.
The technology is just too varied. How many folks here can speak on Nuclear facilities, chemical enginerring processes, and medical tools and be able to say which is good and which is bad?
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As much as I love anime, I have to admit that it's not for everyone, or even most people (although I secretly cling to the idea that if they just saw enough anime, they would find something they'd like). The majority of people either don't know what it is, or have some preconceived notions that keep them away (e.g. it's just kid's stuff, or it's bizarre tentacle-demon cartoons for adolescent boys).
For these reasons, anime on American television already has to contend with a diminished potential audience, right from the start, but then comes the real kicker: a large chunk of the people who actually like to watch anime, still won't watch it on TV because of the dubs/editing!
Considering the difficulties, dubbed/edited anime probably won't be taking over prime-time in the forseeable future, although the market for anime on DVD will continue to grow rapidly. As far as replacing Cowboy Bebop--yeah, it's a great show, but you can't expect even CN to air the same 26 episodes forever. Gundam is pretty much guaranteed to be licensed, if it hasn't already, so you can always rent/buy/borrow/steal the episodes from somewhere.
When they replace Adult Swim with a Scooby-Doo/Captain Planet marathon, then I'll panic.