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dangermousieJust look at the new dynasty of terror:
I just found this on wikipedia which, if true, is much much too hilarious and too pathetic at once:
The American launch of the series, originally planned for 2001, was delayed for several months because Sousuke was from Afghanistan; with potential American sensitivities in mind, the premiere was originally canceled outright, then finally put forth, but only after changing Sousuke’s homeland to the fictitious nation of Helmajistan.
Ahahahaha. Seriously. Especially in context - the "series" they talk about is one of my all-time favorite animes, Full Metal Panic, and Sousuke is hardly an Osama devotee. He is an orphan of Japanese ancestry who ends up in Afganistan and ends up fighting with guerillas against the Soviets as a child soldier, presumably in the 1980s. It is not held forward as an example of childhood all kids should aspire to, either. How anyone could find it potentially offensive to American sensibilities or condemning the war on terror or whatever, I have no idea.
I just found this on wikipedia which, if true, is much much too hilarious and too pathetic at once:
The American launch of the series, originally planned for 2001, was delayed for several months because Sousuke was from Afghanistan; with potential American sensitivities in mind, the premiere was originally canceled outright, then finally put forth, but only after changing Sousuke’s homeland to the fictitious nation of Helmajistan.
Ahahahaha. Seriously. Especially in context - the "series" they talk about is one of my all-time favorite animes, Full Metal Panic, and Sousuke is hardly an Osama devotee. He is an orphan of Japanese ancestry who ends up in Afganistan and ends up fighting with guerillas against the Soviets as a child soldier, presumably in the 1980s. It is not held forward as an example of childhood all kids should aspire to, either. How anyone could find it potentially offensive to American sensibilities or condemning the war on terror or whatever, I have no idea.
