in article 42172963.E7536BF3@yahoo.co.jp, Eric Takabayashi at
etakajp@yahoo.co.jp wrote on 2/19/05 8:56 PM:


>> I would take the word of someone who had never been to Japan and knew no
>> Japanese, but had seen the Japanese masters than rely on someone like you,
>> who claims to be fluent but admits a general lack of knowledge about those
>> masters, or Japanese cinema in general.
> 
> A simple visit to the domestic section of the video store will tell one that
> the mere handful of directors or works you mention do not represent what
> Japanese cinema are in general, and I do not know why you cannot admit it.
> Hey, did you know that the live action genre also includes kiddy fare, work
> which treats girls and women as objects, and a hell of a lot of porn? Even you
> will tell us that "good" only "occasionally" comes from Japanese cinema.

Eric,

I don't know if your otaku obsession with anime is effecting your reading
ability, but I never say that all live action genre in Japan is good, nor do
I think that. I merely said that you, who had already admits a gross
ignorance on the topic, discounted live action genre in favor of anime.

The tone of your messages is all to reminiscent of other statements I have
heard from otaku of the anime genre. If that is you life, how sad.