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http://www.asciimation.co.nz/(this URL is actually given by the telnet server, but I had it bookmarked from waaay back)You can watch the thing in a Java applet rather than via telnet, and also get some background info about the project.[Happosai]

Just a quick pointer about the use of family titles in Japanese: I know they use some titles, e.g. Auntie (oba-san), Sister (onee-san), Brother (onii-san), etc. for people who are not actually blood relations, e.g. a young girl might refer to an older girl as onee-san (older sister).However, I'm not...

Um, Matt, there wasn't a Glastonbury festival last year...I'm not going this year (although everyone I know and their dog is going...)...I'm off to sunny Barcelona next week for the Sonar festival...niiiiice. (^_^)[Happosai]

That's one of the reasons why many UK anime fans aren't particularly fond of Manga Entertainment, along with the low quality of most of their catalogue of releases...they are generally held responsible for the UK public's misconceptions about anime (both what it's actually called and what it consist...

Heh...thanks for that Andy (^_^)I could rant about how the words comic and cartoon often have very specific connotations in the West and can do anime, manga and animation/serial graphic art as a whole a disservice when described as such...and that a lot of Western anime fans don't refer to themselve...

It's anime (pronounced AH-NI-MEH)...not Manga cartoons!!! (>_<)[Happosai]

Firstly, I'd have to disagree and say that some of the characters do look Japanese (far more than Japanese anime characters usually do).And anyway, why *should* they all look Japanese?  Consider that some of the characters are of alien origin, and those that have human origins are probably meant to ...

Not really a space puppet show, but I thought you lot might be interested in this puppet-based film I heard about recently called Legend of the Sacred Stone (Taiwanese, not Japanese):http://movie.pili.com.tw/Looks fantastic! I'll certainly be keeping an eye out for this![Happosai]

Ahhh...Mazogs...a fantastic game! One worth downloading an emulator for! ^_^ I could wax nostalgic about the old '81 for hours (but I won't......it's what I cut my computer teeth on![Happosai]

Hmmm...pity it's American story/art rather than Japanese, but I suppose that figures, it being BotP rather than Gatchaman...[Happosai]Not a big fan of pseudomanga or westernisation of anime & manga...