Message-Id: <199801020511.VAA09378@ns1.access1.net> Reply-To: From: "Hyun Park" To: Subject: Re: NOISE!!!!reply to animecd in korea Date: Thu, 1 Jan 1998 21:10:24 -0800 ---------- > From: SHIMIZU KENJI > To: megami@usagi.jrd.dec.com > Subject: Re: NOISE!!!!reply to animecd in korea > Date: Saturday, December 06, 1997 2:13 PM > > > On Thu, 4 Dec 1997, Jason Chong wrote: > > (SNIP) > > > > !?!??!?!??! Are you crazy!?! Korea has more anime than the US!!! And you > > > are telling us you can't find any? (If you don't want to answer, > > > don't...but I assume you are below the age of 18...) You don't walk > > > around the cities and the shops as much do you? It should be ALL over the > > > place... (compared to the US...) > > > > Surprisingly Kenji......Korea doesn't have as much as you think anymore ;_; > > There aren't many original Japanese anime goods out there (copies from > > China only) and some anime shops (only deals in some artbooks, copied > > posters, keychains, tamagotchis, model kits, BB guns, shitajikis, > > laminates, cards, etc.) > > humm...maybe it's got to do party with that recession they've got... > (thank god IMF said "yes" to the request ^_^) > > > Also in the past 6 months, the government has made a new set of "rules" to > > wipe the influence of violent, and/or pornographic, even semi-pornographic > > manga from Korea....any rental book stores, stores selling these > > books will have a word with the police ^_^; And a big fine. ^_^;;; > > Oh Nooooo!!!... So the censor-ship battel is over now? (I heard about it > a while ago around summer about authors, publishers, etc. going against > the government's new rule... sincce it's a violation of "free-speech"... > (but the gov. has a point too ^_^;;;) > So I guess the "pro-free-speach" lost the battel huh? (when did this > become "clear victory" for the gov.? (I didn't pay much attention to the > news after the first report of the Gov. ban in S.Korea.... > > > > Ask anyone around you where you can find Japanese anime CDs... SOMEONE > > > should ahve an idea... asking on the net is abad idea, if you live in > > > Korea (south Korea, I assume...) you have access to anime more than a > > > good portion of this ML members, i think.... > > > > You can hardly find any Japanese anime cds (recently I only saw > > Amuro Nami, boy is she popular in Korea ^_^, X (no, not the anime > > X, and some others)).....they are just about the > > hardest to find.......you have to look in game shops in Korea and maybe > > with a little stroke of luck you can find something....but most likely > > something you don't want ;_; It's getting harder and harder to get > > Japanese anime products in korea ;_; > > ...Well, some of the (SOME, not ALL) of the Korean population didn't > seem to like the Japanese things (like language, pop songs, etc. comming > into the country anyway... (even Japanese person it self ^_^;) > .something like (well, not quite...) like France bashing on US a > while ago... (and I think they still are, kind of...?) well, it's not > only Korea... some (a good number?) of Asia nations too -_-; So it's not > a very big suprise.... > > Kenji Shimizu > >Hatred to Japanese stills remains Korea after 50 years since World War 2, epecially with older generation of Koreans. Some of these people have money and power to influence on general population. I don't think that all anime or manga aren't that corrupted as general population thinks. Being a Korean-American and Christian, anime and manga offer great entertainment, but they're not that great as I become older. I just want to regard anime and manga as entertainment enjoyed by young generation of people. > > >