Comments on: "Cheburashka is a creation of the great writer Eduard Uspensky, while most Japanese cartoons are based on comic books that have absolutely no literary merit."

"Cheburashka is a creation of the great writer Eduard Uspensky, while most Japanese cartoons are based on comic books that have absolutely no literary merit."

tiaka — Tue, 30 Jan 2001 05:20:43 -0800

"Cheburashka is a creation of the great writer Eduard Uspensky, while most Japanese cartoons are based on comic books that have absolutely no literary merit." Here, here! Cheburashka rules!
Does this bring back memories.

By: dfowler

dfowler — Tue, 30 Jan 2001 06:12:27 -0800

Sounds like sour borscht to me.

By: palnatoke

palnatoke — Tue, 30 Jan 2001 06:23:51 -0800

Seeing that the article is mostly concerned with Pokemon, the no literary merit seems fair enough, though far too broad. I noticed the subscribers-only story at the bottom: Sinister Ideas Lurk Behind Teletubbies Now, that is true (unless it is based on the Falwell story, of course).

By: rodii

rodii — Tue, 30 Jan 2001 06:27:28 -0800

It is hard to imagine the creators of Pokemon developing a scene in which the mini-heroes, having lost their masters, decide not to fight one another but to instead sit down over tea and discuss life. Don't blame Pokemon for your lack of imagination.

By: EngineBeak

EngineBeak — Tue, 30 Jan 2001 07:35:20 -0800

Sinister Ideas Lurk Behind Teletubbies

By: tiaka

tiaka — Tue, 30 Jan 2001 08:18:42 -0800

ha! closet communist, that's a great name. I'm soo going to use that as a name sometime in the near future.

By: ceiriog

ceiriog — Tue, 30 Jan 2001 13:57:16 -0800

Good article, especially the stuff about "the experience of Finland". Ah, Moomins.

By: davidgentle

davidgentle — Tue, 30 Jan 2001 23:19:37 -0800

I was under the (perhaps false) impression that Pokemon was originally a computer game? Maybe that would explain it's structural difficulties? Q: do the Russians have comics? At all? I can imagine comic books being seen as some sort of vile capitalist debauchery by the communists.

By: Jeanne

Jeanne — Wed, 31 Jan 2001 06:46:12 -0800

Pokemon was a video game before it was a TV show or a comic...but I'm not sure whether the comics or the TV show came first. As for literary value--I *have* read comics that were better than some books I've read, but that might just reflect my trashy taste in books.