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Woah, this title is scary. xD

Since the detailed source wasn't cited, I think the English version probably judged it as unreliable information and therefore didn't include it.

Occasionally, even outside anime magazines, past information about new instances of “helping each other out” surfaces in event interviews and such. So I think there are actually many more instances of people in the industry helping each other out.

I should clarify its less that they "can", rather the perception of publishers that certain series "need" to go along with anime releases, and other entrenches perspectives. The same reason Shoujo are published in Spain or Italy but not in America, simply cause markets over there will buy them in larger quantities. I actually think there is a massive market for this stuff, exemplified by a lot of the recent "Deluxe" volumes (Trigun, Berserk, Hellsing, Vinland, Gundam Origin, Ashita no Joe, etc). Publishers clearly are realizing in the last few years, but i guess im speaking more from the pre-covid state where readership was statistically declining relative to other media formats.

That's a good observation, and perhaps just simply comes down to the rarity of which jews would ever marry someone who is japanese? im unsure myself. You're right too that there is a bystander sort of treatment of the conflicts generally where they don't tend to place themselves in a relative position. perhaps just a sign of the times, and how everyone has some viewpoint on everything these days. whose to say.

Thank you for your comment. You really noticed that! Amazing!

The details are listed on the Wikipedia page for the "Nadesico" film. Here's an excerpt just in case.

Industry figures who weren't involved in "Nadesico" are credited as friends and collaborators. One notable example is anime director Kunihiko Ikuhara, who was credited when he happened to be visiting Starchild for a meeting about "Revolutionary Girl Utena" while director Sato was copying storyboards and other manuscripts. He saw Sato struggling with the copying work and added his name to the credits as a token of his gratitude for helping Sato and for allowing directors of other works to help with the copying process.

(Source: Booklet from the first DVD run, theater pamphlets, and anime magazines from the time.)

You're absolutely right, its a very different audience. Shonen on the other hand outsells in the US because there is definitely a tradition of Superheros in America, and Tezuka talks about this a bit with why he thinks Astro Boy became popular in America vs any of his other stuff.

There is also prolly rights issues with some older stuff where their animes are wrapped up in certain over seas rules. For example if an anime was given rights to a company then the manga rights might have negotiated along with that. I think this happened with a lot of Tetsuo Hara manga for example specifically. They had an imprint in America, like that had all his rights, and it was wrapped up in conflicts. I'm FAIRLY SURE this is what happened specifically with Tsukasa Hojo for both Cat's Eye and City Hunter. City Hunter is extremely popular in Asia. I also think this happened with Ikegami and Koike, who prolly signed early deals that didn't expire until recently. Couple that with companies wanting to coordinate manga releases with anime (like what's happening with Cat's Eye 2025 right now, which is why the manga is being released, but it's not JUST because of that, because City Hunter is ALSO coming out suspiciously this year, because most likely Hojo signed both series rights to Coamix who were publishing it for like 15-20~ years).

Series will get lost, because publishers want the rights but it's not "worth it" to publish. Cats Eye is a good example of that, who in America is REALLY gonna read it? Maybe with enough anime hype it has an audience, but without that it won't sell. So they wont republish until the right forces line up to make profit on publishing, which is pretty rare coupled with rights disputes, just means classic mangas that you think would get published tend to not be, and reprinted infrequently.

Stuff like "another world slime girl" nonsense like you mentioned and all the webtoons and lightnovels, they get published cause their authors do not care frankly. So they just sign the fresh rights away.

You are prolly right that a lot of the various leftist protests and groups contributed to the image of israel in japan at the time, and why tezuka mentioned it. Also the Arab Oil embargo nuked Japan.

You're right we have dozens of low quality series. I think its a rights thing. Many artists simply won't or don't care to put their work out in the west. Often times the reason French/Spanish/Italian are translated is due to niche comics markets. All 3 countries buy comics pretty heavily, but sell to very different audiences. Most Shoujo for example have been translated in Spain for 20 years now.

Funny enough I just found another Israel reference in the 6 Volume of Astro Boy Omnibus Edition from the story Blue Knight, he makes a passing reference to Zionism and Israel.

Oh wow very interesting finds! i will try to pick these up and read them eventually too, very good finds! Please let me know if you do find more. Or any manga with jewish characters.

You are totally write about LoneWolf and Cub and the general lack of translations for certain authors. It's a serious shame. Hard to find much Go Nagai manga in the west either for example.

hold the phone, i have seen apiru and never noticed the cover or the descrip that's an INCREDIBLE find. you are an absolute goat for bringing that to my attention!!!

and its by kazuo koike and ryuchi ikagami, of all duos!!!!! what an insane combo.

sadly, it does not appear to be translated. i will have to figure something out here!

Hi, I'm trying to start a club for critical and knowledgable anime fans. My friend sent me your account and you really fit the bill. The two purposes of the club are to foster community via the club Discord server, and to create a robust poll of the "greatest anime of all time", voted on by members in a thread on the front page of the club. Each member would post their personal top ten list in the thread, titled "Post Your Top Ten", and then eventually I will compile all the lists into a final aggregate. Here's the link to the club if you're interested: https://myanimelist.net/clubs.php?cid=92948

And post your list of the ten best anime of all time here: https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=2208449

Thanks, I'll be sure to check them out!

Hi, and thanks for the friend request! Kamarád!
I'm assuming you found me through my Interest Stack on Art Nouveau. If you're interested, I can send you scans from the Timeless Mucha exhibition catalog. It includes some translated interviews with people from the manga/anime industry.

hey has Senjutsu Choukoukaku Orion ever been found i saw your forum post about it years ago?

Hey! I always see you on forum discussions on anime episodes and I always love what you have to say!

where did you read 10 vols of gakkou kaidan by the way