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   bobbie sellers to Invid Fan   
   Re: ADV Cost-Cutting #3: Anime ADVocates   
   22 Jan 08 13:53:40   
   
   XPost: rec.arts.anime.misc   
   From: bliss@california.com   
      
   Invid Fan wrote:   
   > In article , Ken Arromdee   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> In article <4793825a.3351453@news.individual.net>,   
   >> Rob Kelk  wrote:   
   >>> Are you taking into account the recent economic downturn, or the   
   >>> HD-DVD/Blu-Ray format competition that's making some people decide to   
   >>> avoid buying *any* discs out of fear of them becoming obsolescent?   
   >>>   
   >>> (Most of the folks I've spoken with don't take those two phenomona into   
   >>> account, which is why I'm asking.)   
   >> More interesting to note: Manga sales have gone *up*.  And don't tell me   
   >> that people don't download fan-translated manga like they do fansubs.   
   >   
   > Because there's much more of it in book stores, and they've gone after   
   > the teen girl market? I've never downloaded a fan-translated manga,   
   > although given nothing being brought over now interests me maybe I   
   > should :)   
   >   
   	Search on Adachi to start.  "Rough" and "Touch" are good and so are   
   other things he has done.  High School athletes and relationships.   
      
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