Non-content, but pretty much any update I do before I move will be. You have probably seen the new banner added to the front of the site that's like an ad (though essentially is). If you don't frequent the forums here, and haven't seen vague posts on ANN or updates on Genvid, then you don't really know what the hell is going on now, so allow me to explain.
For quite a while now, Genvid staff members Jay Navok and Sushil K. Rudranath have been working a project titled Warriors of Legend, and the first part of this project is a book titled Warriors of Legend: Reflections of Japan in Sailor Moon. This is a book which essentially takes aspects of Japan and its culture that is shown in the anime and explains how its like in the real Japan. It touches upon the real places shown in the anime, as well as various cultural aspects which include family life, education, religion, and foreign influences. In a nutshell, it takes all the Japanese parts of the series and expands teaching about those aspects. For a better description, be sure to read the PR in the new news article posted.
I was privledged to get early info on the book as well as read a few pages, which I publically thank Jay for that honor. He e-mailed me some vague info a few weeks back and it sounded interesting, so then he gave me more info and a few pages to gauge my thoughts and I can honestly say, I really enjoyed what I read. Therefore, I am fully supporting this book as I would love to see it gain great success and it deserves it. It was written by qualified experts of the nation and takes a unique approach by using what's shown in the Sailormoon anime to teach about the many things of the country. It's been killing me these weeks to keep everything a secret while the book was being printed and the site was getting put together, but at the same time fun since I poked a lot of fun to the forum users. ^_~
So to help the book acheive great success, I'm doing my part to promote it the best I can. You can see that by the banner on the front page as well as this semi-lengthy update. Since Genvid was pretty much on their own for this book as they were not able to obtain a license nor get help from publishers (forcing them to publish on their own), the success of this book is relying on word of mouth and the Internet. Companies are watching this book too, since they're scared to support it as they feel Sailor Moon won't sell anything, so if this book does well this would be a big eye opener to the higher-ups.
To end off this update before I go off in more of an editorial than a rant, I highly suggest everyone buy the book. I would assume that a good percentage of the fanbase is interested in learning a bit of actual Japan, especially the fans that come to this site due to its nature, so you can learn more here, and it's a cheap lesson too ($12.99). If you don't want to buy one, that's fine, but you can still support it. Visit the Warriors of Legend homesite for details on how you can help the book's success.
May 25th, 2005
Dan - Warriors of Legend released
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