Comments on: Gedo Senki: Legend of Earthsea http://www.haibane.info/2006/04/16/gedo-senki-legend-of-earthsea/ a celebration of science fiction, anime, and geek culture Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:37:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: matoko http://www.haibane.info/2006/04/16/gedo-senki-legend-of-earthsea/#comment-56 matoko Sat, 22 Apr 2006 02:56:01 +0000 http://www.haibane.info/2006/04/16/gedo-senki-legend-of-earthsea/#comment-56 I was bitterly disappointed in the Sci-fi version because it was so far off from my beloved books. But....when the series was on sci-fi it blew away the competition for two nights. I can only surmise the vast quantities of viewers never read the books, and couldn't be disappointed. >:-( I was bitterly disappointed in the Sci-fi version because it was so far off from my beloved books. But….when the series was on sci-fi it blew away the competition for two nights.
I can only surmise the vast quantities of viewers never read the books, and couldn’t be disappointed. >:-(

]]> By: razib http://www.haibane.info/2006/04/16/gedo-senki-legend-of-earthsea/#comment-49 razib Thu, 20 Apr 2006 02:05:29 +0000 http://www.haibane.info/2006/04/16/gedo-senki-legend-of-earthsea/#comment-49 <i>a common reaction of an anime viewer is surprise that the characters are not self-evidently Asian in appearance.</i> sure, but they aren't necessarily european either. a common reaction of an anime viewer is surprise that the characters are not self-evidently Asian in appearance.

sure, but they aren’t necessarily european either.

]]> By: HC http://www.haibane.info/2006/04/16/gedo-senki-legend-of-earthsea/#comment-45 HC Mon, 17 Apr 2006 14:59:29 +0000 http://www.haibane.info/2006/04/16/gedo-senki-legend-of-earthsea/#comment-45 From the promotional materials, quite the reverse. Ged was brownish-red of skin in the books like almost every other character, Kargs excepted. Like the recent television miniseries, Studio Ghibli apparently plans to lighten skins generally. I am not aware of any anime series which has browned or yellowed an imported character; a common reaction of an anime viewer is surprise that the characters are not self-evidently Asian in appearance. From the promotional materials, quite the reverse. Ged was brownish-red of skin in the books like almost every other character, Kargs excepted. Like the recent television miniseries, Studio Ghibli apparently plans to lighten skins generally.

I am not aware of any anime series which has browned or yellowed an imported character; a common reaction of an anime viewer is surprise that the characters are not self-evidently Asian in appearance.

]]> By: razib http://www.haibane.info/2006/04/16/gedo-senki-legend-of-earthsea/#comment-44 razib Mon, 17 Apr 2006 05:59:21 +0000 http://www.haibane.info/2006/04/16/gedo-senki-legend-of-earthsea/#comment-44 i wonder if they are going to make many of the characters brown or yellowfy them :) i wonder if they are going to make many of the characters brown or yellowfy them :)

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