>On Fri, 30 Jan 1998, Junji wrote:
>
>> >> And since when is Anime for the masses? ^_^;;;
>> >
>> >In Japan, it is.
>> >
>>  [FYI]
>>  It may sounds strange to some people,but I have heard Hollywood
>> movies are in fact more popular than anime movies in Japan,in terms of
>> ticket sale.
>>  Then animes including OAVs and TV series may not be as popular as some
>> people think in Japan.
>
>That's not surprising at all (at least, not to me). In Japan, animation is
>not seen as a medium only for children, but that doesn't mean they watch
>only anime. And big movies are made mostly in Hollywood.
>
>And BTW, Disney movies are continually among the anime top sale charts
>in Japan.
>
>
>Michael "Brazil" Borgwardt

    I read somewhere that Miyazaki's " Monokone Hime " (sp? ) was the number
one movies in Japan.  It come out like six months ago and it's still in the
theaters there.  My source is Animerica either the last issue or the one
before that one.  ( I know, kinda vague )

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