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It does require that you pay lots of attention, and that you connect many of the dots yourself. If you don't like a challenge, you won't like RahXephon. It resembles Evangelion very closely, but I find RahXephon to be a more successful series on the whole, in large part because it never goes through drastic changes of tone or a significant drop in budget the way Eva did. I also found Ayato to be a refreshing protagonist, largely avoiding the "woe is me" Shinji persona and dealing with everything pretty much straight on.

And as you noticed, it is a very beautiful show. Great animation, music and acting. It's easily one of the best I've seen in recent years.

It is a superior series to Evangelion....It has a consistent story that doesn't cheat the audience!!!! :)   However, being that it is one of the many post Evangelion titles out there, RahXephon tends to get passed over. :(

Yeah, but theres only about five people (give or take) on this board from Sacramento, including the three of us ^.^0 The anime scene here isnt exactly massive, ya know?

Apprently there is lurkers from Sacramento valley.. like Davis, Roseville, Folsom, etc..

heh

I do live in the Davis/Sacramento area after all.

I heard that there were a few pmx flyers at j-town  (ha ha)  I was busy Sat running the pannel room in the Radison Miyako to care.  I haven't heard the final tally for attendees since I had to get back to Sacramento on Sunday so I missed the cool dance too.   :(

Ray, Mike, Adrian, Megumi and the gang have alot of things to digest I'm sure.  Overall, I would say that JTAF went pretty well for a first-time con (and I've seen a few of them)  :wink:

your humble JTAF Live Programming Deputy Director

Lets get one thing straight: by law, fansubs, in any form, are illegal.  The argument that they are OK because the title is unlicensed in the region is completely fallicious for most countries because of the Berne Convention, which upholds internal copyrights for literary and artistic works.

On the subject of HK subs, I am under the impression that they are very much illegal, regardless of the region and whether they are downloaded or not, as they have been reabsorbed by China.  Originally, Hong Kong did not sign the Berne Convention, which means that bootleg literary and artistic works were legal, but only within the confines of the country.  As a bit of information for you, the other countries that did not sign the Berne Convention include Singapore, Taiwan, and South Africa.

What you said is true, HOWEVER: Taiwan could not sign the Berne treaty becuse it is not recognized as a legal country (thank China for kicking them out of UN membership) HK could not sign as a territory of the UK.

Also remember that US rights give the license holder sole ownership to sell in the United states> Meaning that all the other imports are illegal even "legal imports" from other countires.  It is the responsibility of the rights holder to enforce their copyright.

Now, that being said, do you see any of the US companies holding copyrights of Japanese anime titles looking to bar the HK imports of the same product here in the US?  No.  For if they did every import of that title would be barred. ...Including Japanese imported products.   US rights means simply that: you have paid for the rights to sell this particular product in the United States market.

Now also keep in mind their are lots of legal titles from HK and Taiwan that have negociated US releases.  This being the case, I doubt very much people can make blanket claims that HK and Taiwan products are illegal.  In fact, I think there are numerous Jampanese companies that have negociated deals in both countries that they would like to keep quiet and these products are legal imports here in the US.

food for thought

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