An Amazing Encounter

Hello!

Yesterday for me, personally, was full of unexpected surprises. But out of all that happened, one moment stood out than more than anything since I left Katsucon over the weekend.

I had the amazing opportunity to me Chris C. for an interview for this documentary project. While all of the interview so far have been pretty awesome, getting to know a bit more about each person's appreciation for this cultural industry, Chris turned out to be an amazing wealth of information. Mentioning things from back in the olden days where VHS tape trading was the only equivalent to the massive file sharing business that we enjoy now and looking at how many companies have been involved in bringing us anime and manga over the years.

But one of the most interesting things that we talked about wasn't just the US side of the anime industry, but the global industry starting with Japan. Taking a look at the majorly popular series over the years and how each generation identifies themselves with a particular series or character. Looking back how there are those groups of people that can connect themselves to the Fist of the North Star era or the Dragonball Z era. Even moving on to now with the Naruto and Bleach era, we've all had that hero to identify with.

Personally for me, I'd have to say that I connected most with Inu Yasha, FLCL, and Cowboy Bebop the most and that's that generation that I'm a part of. Which leads to the question I have for you guy (and girls XD) out there:

Who's the hero of your generation? Who sat on the pedestal when you stumbled into the world of Japanese animation?

Until next time
Kasome~