Question: In your opinion, how is it that certain ideas in anime can last generations without becoming stale while others fall by the wayside? What separates something like Mobile Suit Gundam, Golgo XIII, Dragonball, Sazae-san, Doraemon, Lupin the Third, Pocket Monsters, etc, from not only other titles in their genres but last indefinitely? Is it […]
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