ami@ML.usagi.org wrote:
> 
> The Subjects are:
>   Czarfire1@aol.co  Re: Random Ranma thoughts
>   Arnold Kim <kim5  Cons, ratings
> 
> ------- Message
> 
> From: Czarfire1@aol.com
> Message-ID: <7ac56449.359a4367@aol.com>
> Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 10:10:45 EDT
> To: ranma@ML.usagi.org
> Subject: Re: Random Ranma thoughts
> Reply-To: ranma@ML.usagi.org
> 
>  Here are some random thoughts on Ranma i had.
> 
>  1. Ranma could never be popular in America because the teenaged cast members
> do not act like they came from Kids.  They don't drink and they don't engage
> in sex.  Compared to teenagers in most American movies and TV shows, Ranma
> teenagers are saints.

I don't think that really matters.  You think that shows with teenagers that drink

and have sex are the only ones that are popular?  Ranma succeeds because of so 
many other reasons, as a lot of popular shows and movies do.  

I think Ranma's popularity is potentially limited in the US, but this is not one of
the
reasons why. 

> 2. Occasionally I feel we (non-Japanese Ranma fans) overanalyze Ranma 1/2.
> Ranma is not amoung the serious mangas and anime in existence and perhaps we
> see it on a deeper level than it really is.

What exactly do we overanalyze?  This isn't exactly Evangelion here.  Where's the

overanalysis?

We're not trying to figure out if there's some greater message inherent in the 
stories- we just appreciate them greatly.  

Arnold Kim
quizzical