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Old 2009-06-23, 09:50   Link #80
0utf0xZer0
Pretentious moe scholar
 
 
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Age: 37
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Originally Posted by Slice of Life View Post
Maybe we can agree that the April startes are a sample for the full year? In that case, the TV shows of the even years 2000-2008 are here:
2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008.

Not all of them where subbed or licensed of course, I'd even go and provide a list without the unsubbed "noise" if that helps.

I also would say that the stuff that is associated with the "hugpillow hugging 20-yo Japanese otaku" was already around in 2002, long before the US bubble burst. (2006 was the last year when the US industry was licensing stuff left and right IIRC). One should not forget however that almost everything we watch are otaku shows (or shows for children and otaku) and the few mainstream shows typically don't make it here.
Important note: Spring 2008's shows technically include Macross F as well, but since it had a preview in December 2007 it's not listed as an April 2008 show on anidb. Just wanted to point that out.

Anyway, I may respond to the other questions when I have more time. For now, I'm just going to say that I didn't really realize how much "hugpillow" stuff there was around by 2002. And ironically... one of the two shows I've seen from April 2000 is responsible for kicking off the harem boom.
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