khyungbird ([info]khyungbird) wrote,
@ 2008-04-18 08:59:00
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* Conversation with a Twentysomething Western Tourist:
"So what do you do?"
"Do you know Japanese animation, anime, manga?"
"Never heard of it..."
"Well then... do you know Pokemon?"
"Nope."
"Well, basically I work in comic books."
"Oh! What superhero do you do?"

* Conversation with a Twentysomething Bhutanese Guy (in Traditional Bhutanese Clothing, Of Course)
"So what do you do?"
"Do you know Japanese animation, anime, manga?"
"Yeah! Do you know Dragon Ball Z?"
"Know it? I worked on the English version of it. Just the manga, not the anime, but still...'
"Cool!! I used to watch the anime all the time... I saw up until the part when Goku is fighting Freeza but then they stopped showing it on TV. Does it keep going after that?"
"Uh, yeah, some people would say it goes on too long..."
"Yeah, I'd like to watch the rest of it then... hey... do you know some free website where I can watch it online?"


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[info]ensuing
2008-04-18 02:11 pm UTC (link)
Hahaha, that's pretty awesome. XD But the westerner not knowing Pokémon? I-I don't understand how he could not at least know what Pokémon is. This boggles my mind.

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[info]arcana_j
2008-04-18 02:19 pm UTC (link)
So, you had an interesting trip then?

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[info]eveninginmadrid
2008-04-18 05:26 pm UTC (link)
the world is so tight

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[info]thetoymaker
2008-04-23 09:19 pm UTC (link)
Traveling is so good for your brain. :-)

I can understand my children's book writer mom friends not getting anime (though some do) but a twenty something? Boggles.

Marilyn.

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