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Most of us here are discussing about Dubbing. I've watched anime dubbed in chinese and cantonese. i can't say they are from china? I think we should all focus on Pure american / Japanese productions. Like the "teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" or "spawn". Its when the original is in that original language where the emotions comes out completely. cos the show is catered to that language. i can't really expect too much from spongebob speaking Japanese. .

Nope

retardation

did this show make money/get good ratings?

my first thought is ... Have you ever seen Tmos ?
if you dont i can understand why you would ask such questions

just bringing some facts
the anime ranked at the 7th place of the best anime in Anime News Network
the anime and the main charas got high places in the polls of Newtype magazine

well from my point of view
i think there will be a sequel, according to the novels there are enough materials to support a new sequel
any Haruhiist would like to see Haruhi in anime .. i definifetly do

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well honestly i think no. NO! Yes true that MANGA in fact had their origins in Comic Novels of the west. But really what is Anime to us all? Its the Japanese qualities of thinking and manners that defines anime from cartoons. i mean take western " cartoons" like Spawn and Spiderman. What differences do they have with or beloved anime? well, i feel they do not have the traditional cultures within them. take a certain parrell series like Ghost In a Shell. It is modern but it holds the japanese culture within and not taking that culture like some sort of "Arty Farty" kind of gimmick. In The Matrix(which has mixes of western and japanese stylising) the Oracle's Body Guard is a stereotyped chinese man in chinese clothes with chinese Gung Fu. it felt somewhat uncalled for. Chinese guards aren't all like in Hong Kong Movies...Speaking Funnily accented english.

western style stories are very much different. i find western shows very one tracked. yes, in both generes, the good guy always wins. but, western "cartoons" are very much have a feeling of being seperate from emotion. Almost all japanese anime have emotion in them, (i'm taking the mature anime) no matter how comical or bloody it is, there are always the japanese qualities within. Feelings of responsibility, deep friendship, love. devotion, prosmucuity, pride, manners, social service... Anime mostly make a good balance of it all. Take Elfen Lied, its bloody, lots of topless scenes... but ultimately what is it in the story? about guilt, friendship, family and devotion. not many western "cartoons" have this quality. look at "the nightmare before christmas", "Sin City", Superman. They probably just skim these qualities on the surface. and not as deep as anime has. they try to stir feelings but always fall far far short. unlike how shows like "mai-Hime" and "Fullmetal Alchemist" have given.

Recently, There have been more mainstream "cartoons: which try to take on the name of Anime. Yup, teen titans for on. Even Totally Spies! or Samurai Jack. but they fail in terms of the story presented. The episodes are so segmented of sorts. You might say "Samurai Champloo" is just as such. but that series is connected with the three characters' emotions for each other. How their feelings for each other grows in each and every episode. though Disney's " Aang" (about a boy with special powers trying to stop a war) might come close.