From: miyuki@spam-no-way.invalid   
      
   In article , Captain Nerd   
    wrote:   
   > In article <1176589965.235102.209480@w1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>,   
   >  "mangaKITTY"  wrote:   
      
   > > Well what I was talking about is the Japanese style comic known as   
   > > manga but created by american authors.  Not like superman or bad man,   
   > > But like Yoko Molitov's NecrOphilia.  Or Kaite Bear's Ninja High   
   > > School.   
      
   >    There are certain purists which would say those are not manga, and   
   >    further they would claim there is no such thing as "manga style".  I   
   >    believe these same people have no problem calling dishes which   
   >    originated in Japan but are prepared in the US by their original   
   >    names, in other words, they don't expect "raw sliced fish" instead   
   >    of "sashimi", or "buckwheat noodles" instead of "soba", or "thin   
   >    noodles in various broths, loaded with mono- sodium glutamate"   
   >    instead of "ramen", but for some reason, "manga" and "anime" are to   
   >    be treated differently.   
      
   >    Go figure.   
      
   I'm not totally convinced that this is the problem. This use of the phrase   
   "manga style" is merely misleading as there is more than one specific   
   style used in the Japanese product, not to mention that some manga apes   
   styles seen in some older product from outside Japan anyway. At best,   
   "manga style" is a marketing phrase, easier to say than something like   
   "style that is similar to what some folk do in Japan which appears to be   
   in favour with the great unwashed, especially after years of exposure to   
   indigenous styles which have become ever increasingly repulsive". Of   
   course, that does oversimplify some folk's reasons for ditching the Merkan   
   product, but I have sleep to catch up on!   
      
   Cynical? Me? Nah!!!   
      
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