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Oh, most certainly. In Ranma 1/2, many songs were blatant promotions for DoCo, the female singing group that made up five of the voice actresses on the show. The English dub used professional singers to sing most of the DoCo songs...I say most, because the first attempt at using the English...

I hope it's "After Last Season".

Trust me, of all the Jared commercials, that one is by far the least offensive one. All of the other commercials repeat that insipid phrase "He went to Jared" over and over and OVER. The worst one is a wedding announcement at a restaurant where all the guests repeat "He went to Jared" to each...

There's a new Pizza Hut commercial that irritates me not because it's annoying, but because what someone says in it grates me. It basically boils down to Pizza Hut saying they've lowered the prices on their pizza so that people don't have to use esoteric coupons to buy pizza cheaply. This is...

After putting it off for a few months, I'm finally on my way to finishing The Arabian Nights (or at least a condensed version of it with a selection of the more famous tales). After that, I get to settle down with Sun Tzu's The Art of War before tackling my more formidable challenge: Leo...

I dunno, my first choice would still be Jean Reno, who was awesome as Porco Rosso in the French dub.

Here are a couple animated films that have been mostly forgotten: Marco Polo Jr. vs The Red Dragon - This film was actually Australia's first animated film ever. It was released in the states simple as "Marco Polo Jr." and tells the story of how one of Marco Polo's descendants has to return...

The big downside to the Big 10 picking up Kansas and Kansas State would be one thing: academics. Every school in the Big 10 is a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities, which is a collection of the most respected research universities in the country (from Ohio State to...

Actually, the complete opposite is true: If the conferences expand as speculated, then the odds of getting a playoff in FBS football is even less likely. The creation of 16-team conferences (or close to it) ensures that the most powerful football programs are accounted for in the larger...

The closest I can find on this subject can be found here. Whether Walt himself held anti-Semitic views is debatable, but it's undeniable that anti-Semitic views did creep into Disney animation, all of which was approved by Walt. Disney also seems prolific in the number of urban legends it...

Majestic Films International, actually. A group called the Completion Bond Company seized control of the film when Warner Bros lost faith in the project and threw Williams off (Warner was initially interested in it because Williams was an animator on the award-winning Who Framed Roger Rabbit and...

I believe you're thinking of The Thief and the Cobbler. This movie was a notorious vanity project for animator Richard Williams, who worked on it for 26 years and often worked on other animated projects solely to finance this specific pet one. Unfortunately the people who invested finally pulled...

From what I understand about the sharks, the harbor of Zanzibar had managed to grow enough such that cranes and docks were built such that any future shark threats were not possible. As for the kids at the end...well, this is a video where Hugo is attacked by an army of fruits and vegetables, so...

A lot of animated films come and go through over the years, and many of them don't get seen by many people and slowly disappear into obscurity. Occasionally these films will resurface on dusty VHS tapes or local cable reruns, only to disappear back into the void from which they came. I'm curious...

As an avid reader, I've decided to make things a bit interesting with my reading list and I'm planning a little experiment I like to call my World Literature Tour. Basically, I'm reading a classic or beloved book from as many countries as I can, with the only requirement being that the book's...

Man, this brings back memories. I remember, after the big fiasco of how the show was cut up (if you look at the character with the facial scar, watch how it moves from the left side of his face to the right and back again all throughout), I hunted down some episodes of this show in its original...

All I have to go on is the Wikipedia entry, but apparently it is a pen name, though for a single person (her real name is Sumiyo Imaoka). Apparently she's a very prolific writer and has written more than 400 books (at about a rate of 10 a year). I've heard of that as well. Haven't seen it for...

If I remember correctly, 100 novels were originally planned in the series, but the series went on and currently stands at 124. It's not like the books are that long, they can easily be read in a weekend. Also, the author, Kaoru Kurimoto, is a she :) Coincidentally, I recently finished reading...

Here's the scene...plus the same scene in other languages from around the world. Here's Funi's version of the scene.

You know, it's not like this isn't the first time Tom and Jerry have appeared in live-action talking. Here's Jerry dancing and conversing with Gene Kelly in Anchor's Aweigh (plus the Family Guy remake). Of course, judging by the quality of the recent animated films, I don't have much faith in...

You know, it's not like this isn't the first time Tom and Jerry have appeared in live-action talking. Here's Jerry dancing and conversing with Gene Kelly in Anchor's Aweigh (plus the Family Guy remake). Of course, judging by the quality of the recent animated films, I don't have much faith in...

Olive Garden's most recent commercial means I must mention it, and inspired by Master Moron's attempt to explain OG's past horrible ads, I will provide an explanation for why it's so ridiculous. Ad: A group of friends are at Olive Garden, and one guy finds its very important to discuss how they...

Yes, those are both Olive Garden ads, and believe me, that is not the worst of them. A while ago, there was this following gem: A woman enters the Olive Garden, looking around. A waitress approaches her and asks, "Ma'am, are you looking for someone?" The woman replies, "Yes, I'm looking for my...

I know they've been airing for a long while now, but I just cannot get over my hatred for Olive Garden's series of advertisements, which attempt to recreate personal family moments with annoying saccharine and horrible "jokes". Ex: A man points out to his wife that the never-ending past bowl...

The reason for the changing address is so that the company can track their advertising and see which ads generate the most response. Of course, it's also a good way of figuring out which company is so cheap that they have to use this tactic to track their website visits. Coincidentally, I'm...

I can't help but wonder if the reason they didn't include alternate angles on his release was because they're cramming up to seven episodes per disc, and alternate angles might compromise the video quality. I've watched the first disc of the boxset, and they look pretty damn good, and if they...

I picked up my boxset this afternoon at Best Buy for $40. 'tis a shame I'm currently in the middle of writing my masters thesis, but I'll hopefully get to watch it eventually.

Count me as another voice for disliking Bleach's BGM (in the episodes I've seen, at least). It is perhaps the biggest thing that prevents me from enjoying the anime series. Instead of background music, it sounds more like background noise and can get really distracting when the series tries to...

I actually like that commercial. It illustrates what your mother always told you: something like a food stain on your jacket will speak louder than anything you say when you're trying to look professional. The commercial also does what commercials are supposed to do - advertise what the product...

Correct, Germany recently closed the tax loop holes that allowed German investors to write-off investments in box-office bombs as 100% tax deductions. Without this tax shelter, Boll is now going for smaller-budget films, which should hopefully kill any interest people had in him. Eventually.

Then why does ANN state here that Death Note will be shown subbed in theaters, not dubbed? I wouldn't be surprised if the dubbed version is made only for the DVD.

I only started watching the Bond films during the Pierce Brosnan era, and while I am familiar with the other films thanks to Spike TV's constant reruns of the films, I'm still most familiar with the more recent films. With that in mind, I like GoldenEye's opening. The movie itself had to...

I had to see the end of the trailer (where the words "Dungeon Siege" appear) to recognize it was an Uwe Boll film, but even before seeing that name I came to the impression that this film looks absolutely dreadful. The acting is mediocre, the costumes look like something made for a high school...

As someone who actually owns a PS3, I've been irritated by Sony's attempts to sink its own console with its esoteric advertising and ill-conceived campaign to appear hip when all it should be doing is touting the benefits of the system and the games that would be appearing. Thankfully, the...

Minor correction: he of the sign of the Z has his named spelled Zorro.;)

Admittedly, the 4Kids version of "We Are!" is not perfect, since the translated lyrics do not come close to the original lyrics and instead fall into the typical American theme template of describing a show in song. Even so, the song scores points with using the original instrumentation which, I...

Actually, there is a good reason why some placed may sound inaccurate: Tokyopop abridged the Seikai novels. In other words, they shortened the novels by leaving out a few sentences in certain spots. Everyone seems to be recommending everything worth recommending, so allow me to give you a...

Perhaps the catchiest AMV I've seen lately is Skittles, using Haruhi as its basis. Every time I see it, I can't stop watching it until the end.

Back when Cartoon Network aired Gundam Wing for Toonami, the ratings for that show were fantastic, besting even those of Dragonball Z at the time. Toonami then had its eye on Escaflowne, but Fox Kids, seeing an opportunity, snatched the show for themselves. Unsurprisingly, the Fox Kids version...

If I remember correctly, 4Sight was never intended to release anime intended for teenagers and adults. It was instead created as a marketing branch for some of 4Kids's more adult American brand partners, like the Royal Air Force, the American Kennel Club, and the Cat Fanciers' Association...