From: RAZA 2002 STUDENT UQ EDU AU> Date: 26 sep 2002 Subject: Re: Promoting Shogi overseas (was: HABU INTERVIEW (revised)) On Wed, 25 Sep 2002, markyesme2 wrote: > I don't think that Hikaru no Go has had any noticeable effect on go's > "popularity" in the west. I just think that it has a longer history > (given a lot of publicity by Lasker a well-known chess grandmaster), > broader original base (played not only in Japan, but also in other > parts of Asia), as well as easier rules to pick up at first (even > though go is difficult to play, the basic rules are simple). Plus > there is nothing hard to understand about the pieces... just black and > white... no wierd kanji things. Yeah the easy of learning is another factor. > Here in the US, Hikaru no Go is virtually unknown, except by people > who are really into manga, really into anime or really into go. True and seeing I'm really into anime/manga I guess Isorta dragged all my friends into it as well :) So I guess *my* friends are not indicative of the normal populous. > I am enjoying the manga series that I found fan-subbed, and I don't > doubt that it "could" become popular in the West. I just don't see it > getting the necessary publicity; it would probably have to reach > Pokemon or at least Digimon proportions for any real impact. The same > would be true of any anime or manga about Shogi. Yes, so the Shogi Federation just has to make a kids anime of shogi that will be popular amongs kids and then you'll have a shogi version of pokemon ;) > Of course all of this is in my very humble, and probably ill-informed, > opinion. As of course is my post :) RAZA 2002 Invisible Pink Unicorns are beings of great and mystical powers. We know this because they are capable of being both invisible and pink at the same time. The religion of the Invisible Pink Unicorns is based on both faith and logic. Faith tell us that they are pink; through logic, we know they are invisible... ------------------------------------------------------------------------