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In article <ts4e8k7...@corp.supernews.com>,
 Doug Jacobs <dja...@rawbw.com> wrote:

> In rec.games.video.sony Oracle <gdo...@mindspring.com> wrote:
> 
> > AKIRA doesn't pretend to be anything but what it is.
> > "NEO-TOKYO IS ABOUT TO EXPLODE!" is how the video describes itself.
> > It's violent as just about anything this side of "Fist of the North Star",
> > and it doesn't pretend to be the Smurfs.
> > You'd have to be an A-1 certifiable idiot to look at AKIRA and think
> > that it's something made by the Children's Television Workshop.
> > It doesn't NEED a rating, what's needed is some common sense!  If
> > someone looks at the cover art for AKIRA and misses the REALLY BIG
> > GUN, then I don't think a little lettered rating is gonna be enough
> > to help that idiot out either.
> 
> Actually, when Akira first hit the store shelves, many retailers didn't
> know about anime, and so they put things like Akira and Urotsukidoji 
> (which is *DEFINITELY* not for kids) in the Cartoon Section, along with
> Bugs Bunny and Disney.  It was really odd seeing "Sleeping Beauty" right
> next to "La Blue Girl."  Thankfully, many stores have wisened up, and have
> reclassified anime as its own category.

Ah yes, the good old days. :)

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