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Author: Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor) Date: Sep 17, 2008 05:03
Jack Bohn wrote:
> Doug Jacobs wrote:
>
>> In rec.arts.anime.misc Jack Bohn bright.net> wrote:>>> Well, Crest features an exiled Japanese mutant Empire. (I'm
>>> forgetting, wasn't Outlaw Star on the edge of a Chinese
>>> interstellar empire?)
>> Both Outlaw Star and Cowboy Bebop point to a future where China, or at
>> least Chinese culture, dominates humanity's cultural landscape.
>
> I wasn't sure about Bebop, I was thinking our characters just ran
> into a lot of it, while its part of the opening narration of OS.
>
And clearly part of the background of Firefly by Whedon as well. I
don't think that's coincidence, given some other OS similarities.
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