Comments on: To OEL or not to OEL? Gems from the Gaijin of the Internet

By: ETERNAL

ETERNAL — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:07:22 +0000

Ah, you’re right, my mistake. I’ll still check it out though :P

By: Blowfish

Blowfish — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:07:46 +0000

Oh I think you actually misunderstood me ^^;

Gunsmith Cats is japanese but the whole concept of the Manga is pretty american.
Check it out nevertheless since its good :P

By: ETERNAL

ETERNAL — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:55:08 +0000

Thanks for the recommendations! Now I have some googling to do…

By: ETERNAL

ETERNAL — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:54:33 +0000

You have a history with Katawa Shoujo? Do tell…

By: Blowfish

Blowfish — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:14:58 +0000

I think one of the other Problems associated with this is that when non-japanese media makes japanese media the elitists feel insulted because their hobby isnt as rare and exclusive anymore.
In the end you could call it something like brand loyalty just that the brand is Japan and everything else sucks because its not from Japan.

You wont find the same guys that criticize OEL criticize japanese media that tries to make a western style release.Theyre just hypocrites after all.

Gunsmith Cats for example is a Manga I adore and while the visual style is indeed japanese the whole concept is as american as it can be.You wont find anyone scream OMG Cheap Copy though

By: Snark

Snark — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 08:27:50 +0000

Great to see more fans of OELs; they tend to be an oft ignored aspect of Western anime culture.

Anyways, if you’re looking for good reads, the works of Svetlana Chmakova are great. She wrote the well acclaimed Dramacon, and her latest work, Nightschool, seems to be shaping up nicely.

Or you could check out Stripfighter. Which is awesome, cause it combines my two favourite things; fighting and tits.

By: zzeroparticle

zzeroparticle — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 02:50:34 +0000

One of the OEL creations that I used to be pretty fond of was the comic Van Von Hunter which is a satirical take on fantasy cliches and managed to be entertaining up until the artist stopped updating.

But yeah, I’d prefer to see the discussion focus more upon whether the ideas presented in the medium are good rather than whether the people involved are American, European, or Asian. Bringing in nationality in the picture is helpful if that background plays a big role in the work, otherwise, one should probably focus more upon the content if one is tossing into the debate a general opinion.

By: 2DT

2DT — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 01:07:30 +0000

In the case of anime and manga, I think it’s just hard for fans to separate their original experience (i.e. “Look at this cool stuff from Japan that’s so much more interesting than the comics/cartoons from home”) from today’s potential for multicultural media. Sankaku Complex is definitely pushing this conservative fan attitude, but what can we do? They get the hits. At least in the case of Katawa Shoujo (a project I watch closely because I have some history with it), they were somewhat approving.