"AprilSeven" wrote:[QUOTE=Androids101;169129]I agree. Although we've kinda established that... in a lot of other threads.
You're correct, Andriods, this certainly is a reoccurring topic, but I believe it NEEDS to be restated, updated, and kept fresh in our thoughts as people who value the works Dr. Tezuka created.
One person who has inspired me of late is our fellow ABO member Ghost. He wrote a fanfiction, "Astro Boy 2085" and has actually been in communication with Tezuka Productions. A number of ABO members were working with him on the project in different ways, and it was really exciting to see for us to see Tezuka Pro RESPOND to his email. Not long before this, Atomars also contacted them and had a response.
The United States - for WHATEVER reason never gave the 80's or '03 anime enough time to BECOME successful, as the 60's version was (they kept moving networks, time slots - nothing can survive that). And the movie was dreadfully under-promoted. Dark Horse's manga of Astro Boy should NOT be out of print, but continually available to new generations of readers. And we shouldn't have to go to a Japanese website to purchase DVDs that need a special player to view them.
I still stand on my solid believe that Astro - and Tezuka as a storyteller and artist - was about a century ahead of his time. More people are yearning for what he champions in his works. All we have to do is tell other people about it - and - perhaps MORE important - contact Tezuka Productions, and let them know we are here, and we want to be able to read/watch all that is not readily available now! If we all take a minute to do this, and then keep in touch, every few months, they'll know we're here, and we might very well help make Astro/Tezuka STRONG in the USA and elsewhere.
One thing that might be helpful is a thread with dates/locations/websites for upcoming conventions so we can see what's happening and begin to make a presence in that area, too.

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https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Tezuka_ProductionsApparently Tezuka Pro. has done everything, more than we know . It's too funny as I don't even recall them doing Red Dragon or so many animated....
Screw it. Wikipedia sucks.
You are definitely right , but it seems like it would be difficult to do considering the language gap would make it hard to contact them.
I would love to do a serious reboot of the Kimba series and a spinoff of Astro Boy as a tie in to a reboot. I'll probably have to do a few comic series for experience before I would even get a slightest chance, but that's why I want to move to Japan and work under Tezuka's son .
"richardthebrave" wrote:it's weak maybe because the people bringing the anime to America's shore are just plainly catering to what people WANT and not what they actually NEED.
and what they want: too much violence, too much sex, too much beautiful animation but crappola story... basically what they see in other tv shows and the environment they wallow in.
and what they need: a major push by the media industry for a show with good values and a sense of morality like astroboy have. this is what the youth needs. not just in america but in the entire world.
Too much violence? It depends on the content and tone of the story, but if it's unneeded it gets quite annoying.
Also, add mindless fighting, entire seasons worth of filler, too dark and emo, effeminate metrosexual heroes who have no spine and look like hermaphrodites and ultimately trying to cater to society.
Basically anything that tries to be DBZ , which I HATED out of all anime series to date. It's predecessor was cool since it had a plot and had gripping characters , but DBZ fell off somewhere. I have a feeling Toriyama should have stopped.
Naruto on the other hand is much better, but falls with entire seasons of filler when you might as well just read the manga. It does what DBZ set to do but much better since it has a ton of work into it and kept consistent where Z just ruined what was good .
I want a story that actually does something with itself, builds a convincing world and has a beginning ,middle and end with room for spinoffs. I want stories that are like Tezuka's which shows the greys of the world and its complexity, not any black or white crap that most others do.