From: RAZA 2002 <s321702 <at> STUDENT <dot> UQ <dot> EDU <dot> AU>
Date: 26 sep 2002
Subject: Re: Promoting Shogi overseas (was: HABU INTERVIEW (revised))

On Wed, 25 Sep 2002, STOUTEN, PIETER [R&D/0467] wrote:

> It has to be balanced with the return on their investment. If that is
> insignificant in terms of money or the increase in foreigners that
> will play Shogi, then it may not make much sense to NSR to do that.
> Actually, NSR does send professionals abroad to major events, so they
> do promote Shogi overseas. Ultimately, however, it is up to the
> organizations and individuals in the west to take iniative and make
> Shogi work here. Tony Hosking's books are a good step in the right
> direction as are the books Shogi Deutschland publishes (albethey in
> German) and the national newsletters. In the end, though, the
> population of Shogi players in the west needs to grow to sustain
> publication of material in English. In some countries Shogi really
> took off, but in others it is slowly fizzling out. It is very
> frustrating, but on the whole it does not seem to me that we have made
> that much progress the past 15 years or so.

What you need is an anime on Shogi, which fan-subber then translate. The
fans will then find out about it and then you'll get more players. I know
more people who know about Go, than shogi. You can thank the manga & anime
"Hirakru no Go"...

RAZA 2002

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