>guess the intelligence level of anime fandom has gone down a lot in the >past year or two... --Start Ramble-- hehe, I was just talking to Lee about this the other day. My club (WSU Anime Club) hates LoGH. Insisting that there is no plot and it is a "dumb" show while at the same time praising CCS and LaLa as wonderful and great. Although I want to argue for anime, Lee brought up a good point. It seems that the anime these days are being "americanized" or dumbed down. Lot of "T&A and gore" as Lee put it. I started thinking about it, and it really is true. It's pretty disconcerning, nothing really great has come out for a few years now. There are some good shows (Outlaw Star, Lain, Spriggan, etc.) but nothing to marval at. Well, Memories was outstanding, but series wise there is just a good amount of fluff. I'm not a defeatist though, and I still have faith in anime, because I'm sure if you dig far enough into any hole you will find your gem. --End Ramble-- ja na, jumex -- メナ トレヴァ ワシントン州立大学・関西外国語大学 Email: jumex@email.com http://jumex.homepage.com/ "You got to have a dream, if you don't have a dream how are you going to have a dream come true?" _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com