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| Author | Topic: Anime in Latin America (revised) |
| Quartz Falcon |
posted 12/6/01 7:00 AM
For those who are even slightly curious as to how anime is faring in other countries which aren't so big on "yank"-ing the shows, here are the Anime featured on National Mexican Television and cable (the latter applies to all Latin America, judging by the commercials). From Televisa: -Card Captor Sakura: shown on Tuesdays and Thursdays, CCS is dubbed directly from the original version (the network was sensible enough to learn from Nelvana's and Kids WB's mistakes, and keep it as a girl's show.) -Doremi: airing on Wednesdays, this show seems to break a LOT of taboos for the Magic Girl genre (e.g., there is no bishounen). I could go on, but the space is limited and the shows are many. -Digimon 02: airing weekdays. Seeing how the network used footage from the Dark Masters arc when promoting the new season, I can only assume that A LOT of kids missed the premiere. Anyway... -Pokemon: dunno when it's airing, but they decided to start from the very beginning. Guess interest will remain low until something like Pokemon Advanced comes out. From TV Azteca: ...nothing. It's a shame that the network that introduced so many to Saint Seiya, MKR, Sailor Moon, Dragon Quest, Escaflowne and the first 10 eps of Slayers has decided to go all "Annie who?" From Fox Kids: Pretty much the same stuff they show in the US: Digimon 02, Monster Rancher, Flint, Medabots, Shinzo, Mon Colle Knights, Digimon Adventure and Speedway. The Digimon franchise gets dubbed straight from the original, the others are dubbed from a dub. Also of note is Patlabor, which aired weekdays for eight whole months and was recently shoved to the Sunday night lineup. I honestly doubt that it was even aired in the US, seeing how the action is kept to a minimum (much to the benefit of the characters). From Cartoon Network: -Corrector Yui: serving as replacement for CCS, it's a decent Magic Girl show that gets to look bad because it has to replace a CLAMP work. I'm trying to be objective, but... -Pokemon: currently showing the Johto batch of episodes. -Rurouni Kenshin: haven't watched enough of it to fully appreciate it, but at least I know the characters. -Dragonball Z: why? Why air Dragonball Z, the show everyone and their dog has seen completely, when they could air some Gundam stuff, or some of the better American Animation they have in existance, like Jackie Chan, or MiB, or Batman:TAS? Ugh. From Unicable: -Doremi: airs on weekdays. -Dragonball GT: I can be more forgiving on this one since most people didn't bother watching it when it first aired on National TV. -Digimon. From Magic Kids (Argentinean network): -B't X: I may be more forgiving about this show than Lord Carnage of Fanboys!, but that doesn't hide the fact that this show is a shameless Saint Seiya knockoff (they were made by the same bloke, so..). -Voltron: Not the old-school, sentai-esque Voltron, but the relatively-old-school, cast o'thousands-like Voltron with a moderate helping of political intrigue. I liked this version better when I first watched it back in the late 80's. -GS Mikami: Picture a cross between Urusei Yatsura and Ghostbusters, now give all the living, organic women enough common sense as to not go for the perv. It's more fun than you might think. -Slam Dunk: Haven't watched much of it, but a little fun fact: Hanamichi's VA seems to have also done Vegeta from DBZ. All of a sudden, the show becomes much more enjoyable. -Yamazaki: ......................... -Slayers: A recent addition to the lineup (it was added in this month). I can finally watch the eps following the Zel/Rezo arc! Sugoi! ^_^V -Orphen: Not a Slayers clone, despite the glaring similarities. I started watching it halfway through the second season, and it just restarted yesterday. Funny how Cleo went from having a crush on Orphen to having a shoujo ai-ish friendship with Licorice, but I'm not complaining. And Hartia rules. And that's that. Feel free to comment. Quartz Falcon "FISSION MAILED" |
| DadyTengu |
posted 12/7/01 9:54 AM
You're pretty lucky...what's Shinzo, though? And it is a shame that the station that brought so many nice shows seems to have abandoned anime. BTW, Batman:TAS will be coming to DVD soon... |
| Quartz Falcon |
posted 12/20/01 3:03 AM
Shinzo is some bizarre post-apocalyptic fantasy show. I would have assumed that the show had been aired in the US, what with it having a lyric-less OP, credits done the FK way, and everything being written in English. Anyway.. And yes, I know I'm lucky, and doubly so to have all those shows in cable. I guess that's what happens when the networks don't have some nationalistic agenda for which animated shows to air. Add to that the regular influx of shoujo anime in the 70's and 80's added with Voltron and Mazinger at the time, plus the fact that most people have been consistently exposed to anime since Saint Seiya aired her in 1991, and you have a culture more open towards our shows of preference. Quartz Falcon "I AM THE WHITE CLUB!" "You're..a crab!?" |
| DadyTengu |
posted 12/26/01 10:03 AM
Hmm...that's odd. Maybe it aired in the UK? Or was planned for America and never showed...At any rathe, if we're _lucky_, we'll be getting Saint Seiya on DVD before too long...I know they're going to be issuing the original Yoroiden Samurai Troopers (not edited into Ronin Warriors) pretty soon... |
| ??? |
posted 11/7/02 0:36 AM
sucker |
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