Comments on: Manga Minis, March 2008 http://www.popcultureshock.com/manga-minis-march-2008/43551/ cuz this geek shit is so damn cool Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:47:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.9 by: Katherine Dacey http://www.popcultureshock.com/manga-minis-march-2008/43551/#comment-347835 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 01:00:23 +0000 http://www.popcultureshock.com/manga-minis-march-2008/43551/#comment-347835 I'm used to it--academics are a lot scarier than nerds in their passionate defense of details. I’m used to it–academics are a lot scarier than nerds in their passionate defense of details.

]]> by: Erin F. http://www.popcultureshock.com/manga-minis-march-2008/43551/#comment-347586 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 20:18:51 +0000 http://www.popcultureshock.com/manga-minis-march-2008/43551/#comment-347586 As a nerd I'm frighteningly obsessed with correcting people - I'm not trying to call you out, exactly. Although Hal Johnson seriously owns like most of Crayon Shinchan in manga form from it's previous release by Comics One. As a nerd I’m frighteningly obsessed with correcting people - I’m not trying to call you out, exactly. Although Hal Johnson seriously owns like most of Crayon Shinchan in manga form from it’s previous release by Comics One.

]]> by: Katherine Dacey http://www.popcultureshock.com/manga-minis-march-2008/43551/#comment-346802 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 02:14:01 +0000 http://www.popcultureshock.com/manga-minis-march-2008/43551/#comment-346802 The <i>Shinchan</i> manga first appeared in 1990, well before <i>South Park</i> debuted on Comedy Central. But from an American perspective, he's a relatively new phenomenon. That's all I was trying to say. The Shinchan manga first appeared in 1990, well before South Park debuted on Comedy Central. But from an American perspective, he’s a relatively new phenomenon. That’s all I was trying to say.

]]> by: Erin F. http://www.popcultureshock.com/manga-minis-march-2008/43551/#comment-346630 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:22:05 +0000 http://www.popcultureshock.com/manga-minis-march-2008/43551/#comment-346630 Doesn't Shinchan pre-date South Park? By kind of a lot? It reminds me of the section on kids' manga in <i>Even a Monkey Can Draw Manga</i> - kids want to read about boogers, bugs, and gross stuff - and moms want to buy books about good kids obeying their mothers. Shinchan is the #1 anime in Japan that "parents don't want their kids to watch" (my source on this is ANN quoting Japanese surveys). Doesn’t Shinchan pre-date South Park? By kind of a lot?

It reminds me of the section on kids’ manga in Even a Monkey Can Draw Manga - kids want to read about boogers, bugs, and gross stuff - and moms want to buy books about good kids obeying their mothers. Shinchan is the #1 anime in Japan that “parents don’t want their kids to watch” (my source on this is ANN quoting Japanese surveys).

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