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- | Japanese animation that is known for its large eyes, spiky hair, and tendency to drag on in sagas that never end. Some take the hint and actually end. Others, however, do not. | + | Japanese animation that, to Western audiences, |
- | Some anime can be classified as ' | + | Some anime can be classified as ' |
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+ | Although Japanese animated series and feature-length movies are older, they first came to the attention of Western audiences in the late 1970s and early 1980s, when various children' | ||
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+ | Anime is loved and hated in roughly equal measures, as the gushing (and often shallow) enthusiasm of its fan base tends to result in an opposite reaction in other people. Let us just say that much of it is indeed crap, but then much of anything is crap, and the trick is to tell the worthwhile shows from the bad ones (which is a very personal matter, as things that will lead one person to reach for the forks will give others ceaseless joy.) | ||
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+ | On this board, anime has traditionally been the focus of two groups in particular, the [[Royal and Imperial Society for the Promotion of Nipponoscepticism]] and the [[Royal and Imperial Society for the Appreciation of Asian Culture & History]]. Contrary to what one might think, their perspectives are largely complementary, |
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