Clamp in New York (the Times, that is)

[starlady38.livejournal.com]

The New York Times today (11/28) has an article on CLAMP in America, and their influence on the growing popularity of anime & manga here.

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Comments

[von-questenberg.livejournal.com]

Interesting read. ^_^ Though how exactly Kamui is androgynous I'll never know...

[saaraneth.livejournal.com]

I went o_O at that part too. Maybe it's...his eyes!

[kurenai-tenka.livejournal.com]

That amused the hell out me XD



But he is pretty androgynous....even more so in TRC...o.O

[nekogoesnyaa.livejournal.com]

I think they used androgynous as a nice way of saying "yeah, he tends to be a girly boy"? ♥

[von-questenberg.livejournal.com]

Why should there be a 'nice' way of saying that? XD There's nothing wrong with it.

[nekogoesnyaa.livejournal.com]

It's the New York Times! XD They have to sound, I dunno, uber professional and PC! Or something. Don't ask me. I would have put in "pretty girly boy ♥" With the heart included, damn it.

[von-questenberg.livejournal.com]

I would have too. ♥ :3 Kamui should embrace what he is.

[nekogoesnyaa.livejournal.com]

He should! And he also needs to realize that he could have postponed the end of the world a bit if only he'd shown up on the promised day in tight leather clothes with zippers. Or hard-to-undo buckles in "vital areas", if he wanted to postpone it longer.

[clefdecristal.livejournal.com]

I love you dear for coming up with such non-nonsensical sentences like that! Of course you're right!!!

[kawaii-syaoran.livejournal.com]

-jaw drops- I...I left my newspaper at school. T_T -hopes it's there tomorrow-

But thanks for the article!

[http://users.livejournal.com/_ligaya_/]

Ageha Ohkawa? Isn't that supposed to be Nanase? @_@

And CLAMP is unfamiliar to Western ears? But weren't they popular in Animerica for X/1999?

Ah well.

Nicely written article for the most part though.

[saaraneth.livejournal.com]

I think sometime last year, they all changed their pennames a little, Ohkawa changed from Nanase to Ageha.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_ligaya_/]

I see. Thanks for letting me know. ^~^

...One of these days I'll make my own CLAMP icon, I swear.

[selenityshiroi.livejournal.com]

A whole American article where they managed not to insult anime/manga and claim that it's polluting American teenagers?

I'm impressed!

[magicbulletgirl.livejournal.com]

Well it is the New York Times XD
*but I did like the article a lot*

[starlady38.livejournal.com]

yeah, the times usually has good coverage, although them trying to write about elfen lied and its appeal last summer was just too funny.

[frostocelot.livejournal.com]

wow, I'm so impressed, mangakas getting US news attention? go CLAMP!! Although I hope they don't let this mainstream popularity cause them to continue to neglect finishing some older works (such as X T__T)

[rekallthegreat.livejournal.com]

Kuro-pin got cut off of the picture. :(


Interesting article. They got Mokona's name wrong but I love the fact they called it 'X' instead of 'X/1999'.

This part: Clamp’s best-loved creation is “Cardcaptor Sakura" made me laugh since CCS is one of my less favourite story from them (it's too cute, their angsty stuff is a lot better).

[ontogenesis.livejournal.com]

Nice! But I wish NYTimes had used manga art instead of anime art, since CLAMP actually draws the manga.

[tamchronin.livejournal.com]

You tempt me to break my resolution to stop joining annoying sites I'll never actually use and don't want having my information, just to read one article... XP

[mmrobitussin.livejournal.com]

omg. i have that....... i scanned it in today...... O_O here it is below:

CLAMP in the New York Times 28/11/06 (http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f1/xoamortentiaox/CLAMP/CLAMPinNYT.jpg)
IT'S HUGE. FILE SIZE: 632 KB. (i had to scan it in two parts which is why there's a line).
Please tell me if you download it.

[nokiirat.livejournal.com]

“Tsubasa,” which will be available on DVD in the United States early next year

...hm, he seems to know FUNimation's schedule.