Yesterday, while walking around in Target, I noticed that they had the Cowboy Bebop movie DVD on the wall display with all the other "mainstream" American action films. I'd seen Spirited Away and Castle in the Sky for sale in Target before, but they had always been in their own little section; here was an animé - albiet a popular one - on display with other, more "popular" movies like LotR, etc.
Rewind to a year ago. Would one have been able to walk into a chain store, go over to the action film display, pick up an animé like Cowboy Bebop - that, to those not savy to the animé world, would appear not unlike a Warner Bros. "cartoon"?
My question is this; has anyone else noticed this kind of thing happening? Namely, animés besides the horribly overhyped three - DBZ, Pokemon, YuGiOh - getting recognition by places other than specialty stores? Tis a great thing, but I'm just wondering why it seems to happening all of a sudden. Some people might argue that it's because of Spirited Away's academy award or Cartoon Network's continued attention to playing some of the best animé, but I'm not sure.
Thoughts?
~Tash
Rewind to a year ago. Would one have been able to walk into a chain store, go over to the action film display, pick up an animé like Cowboy Bebop - that, to those not savy to the animé world, would appear not unlike a Warner Bros. "cartoon"?
My question is this; has anyone else noticed this kind of thing happening? Namely, animés besides the horribly overhyped three - DBZ, Pokemon, YuGiOh - getting recognition by places other than specialty stores? Tis a great thing, but I'm just wondering why it seems to happening all of a sudden. Some people might argue that it's because of Spirited Away's academy award or Cartoon Network's continued attention to playing some of the best animé, but I'm not sure.
Thoughts?
~Tash