Manga and comics

[Jim Hohman]

No: HPFGUIDX 841

For those interested and in the area or just passing through, there
is 
a 'Forbidden Planet" in NYC as well.  It is located at 12th (or 
13th)Street and 4th Avenue.   Jim


--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, Neil Ward <neilward at d...> wrote:
> Thanks to all those who responded to my questions about anime. 
Just 
to
> confirm my own stupidity on the subject, I had heard of manga
[which 
Brits
> would pronounce man-ga], and even knew what it was, but wasn't able 
to close
> that loop in my brain last night.  One of my favourite bands, Urusei
> Yatsura, is named after a manga/anime character - a sort of Veela
in 
a
> leopard-skin bikini (I just *know* someone is going to correct me
on 
that) -
> and it's been quite trendy to wear tight t-shirts with big-eyed 
manga
> characters on the front. Okay, this was obviously a very distant 
awareness I
> had...
> 
> For anyone who is interested in manga and comics when in London,
I'd 
suggest
> going to Forbidden Planet in New Oxford Street.  It's a science 
fiction
> bookshop, but it has a floor devoted to comics and also deals in 
sci-fi
> paraphernalia, such as 'paint-your-own Yoda' model kits.  Only go 
there if
> you think US$25 is reasonable for a t-shirt. Hmmm, I must see if 
they've
> stretched their genre as far as Harry Potter.
> 
> A while back, in our old Y! homestead, we were talking about the 
fact that
> JKR vetted all the Americanisms in the US books and supported these 
changes
> because she wanted everyone (I think she said "every child," cough,
> splutter) to have the same experience.  She/the publishers felt
that 
it
> might be spoilt if the reader had to stumble over 'dustbins' and
> 'pavements'.  If this anime/manga phenomenon is *so* huge in Japan, 
it would
> seem a logical vehicle for Harry Potter over there, especially as 
the
> violent scenes, rather than seeming out of place, will seem true to 
the genre. 
> 
> I'm not a comic fan, but I'm now going to check out some manga
stuff 
(and
> Sandman).  See what you've done to me?
> 
> Neil, who just about resisted a joke about the Isle of Manga.
>             Flying-Ford-Anglia
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>    "Then, dented, scratched and steaming, 
>    the car rumbled off into the darkness, 
>    its rear lights blazing angrily"
> 
>  [Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]
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