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Group: rec.arts.animation · Group Profile
Author: Invid Fan
Date: Sep 15, 2008 07:02

In article
<6d92828a-2511-4a0b-94a2-6797c3f9fa4f@m44g2000hsc.googlegroups.com>,
Lee Ratner gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sep 14, 9:44 pm, Captain Nerd nerdwatch.com> wrote:
>> In article registered.motzarella.org>,
>>  "Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)" sgeinc.invalid.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> David Johnston wrote:
>>>> On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 01:27:06 -0700, Antonio E. Gonzalez
>>>> aol.com> wrote:
>>
>>>>>> is a beardless, average size Japanese high school boy named Narugami
>>>>>> who wields a boken rather than a hammer. I really like Mythical
>>>>>> Detective Loki and I like Narugami but I was always slightly disturbed
>>>>>> of the changes made to Thor to make him culturally acceptable.
>>>>>> Narugami is a nice character but I really can't see him as an
>>>>>> incarnation of Thor.
>>>>>   Ummm, you've really never seen the long-lived Marvel Comics version
>>>>> of Thor?
>>
>>>> Yeah but at least he had a hammer.  
>>
>>>    And looks very Nordic. Yes, he's not the image that the NORSE had of
>>> Thor (and in fact they've acknowledged that several times in the
>>> comics), but at least he makes sense as an image of Thor.
>>
>>    Could be worse, look what they did to King Arthur in that one
>>    anime...
>>
>>    Cap.
>>
> If you are talking about Fate/Stay Night, that is really bad.
> Not only was the change only made for fan-service purposes, it was
> justified with the worse faux-feminism.

Given I saw Fate/Stay Night and don't remember an Arthur connection, it
must really be bad :)

We could probably have an entire thread about Non-Japanese
sources/influences that have been butchered in anime. Their take on
Christianity is always a laugh, for example.

--
Chris Mack *quote under construction*
'Invid Fan'
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