[EVA] 2nd Coming??

[greg at ghost2138.org]

On Thu, 5 Dec 2002 12:01:45 -0500
  Eduardo Páez Trujillo <edpaez at terra.com.pe> wrote:
>First of all, Gi Joe is shit.

Did you ever read the comics when you were younger? Sure, 
from the adult's perspective the toy-based origins become 
painfully apparent but they still did a hell of a job with 
the stories and constraints they had to work with. When 
Hasbro came out with new action figures they retired older 
ones. "You can't have them in the comic anymore, use the 
new toys," said Hasbro. So the editor crafted a gritty 
story that involved the deaths of all those "retired" 
characters. Hasbro was aghast. 

If you don't like it, that's fine. What was cool was the 
effort put into constructing backstories, dynamics between 
characters, putting touches of realism into the stories. 
It was shocking, the same way Robotech was shocking when I 
was just a wee lad. When Roy Fokker died, I was shocked. 
People don't die in cartoons! Same with Ben Dixon. Very 
big gut punch. 

>Second, a good artist does not sell his inspiration 
>product for mere
>bucks. There are other ways to obtain financial resources 
>nowadays.
>
Not really. A fanfic author can work for artistic 
satisfaction. An anime requires buttloads of cash to put 
together. If someone doesn't pony up the financing then 
the anime doesn't get amde. Making an anime is a constant 
struggle to balance the compromise between artistic vision 
and fiscal necesity.