DD>    I heard something about the problem U.S. publishers having with all
DD> the stories from Jump Comics being that the japanese publisher is 
DD> very resistant to having their pages "flipped" to conform to the american
DD> way of reading left to right.
DD> 
DD>    Then again, maybe it's a matter of acquisition costs as well.
Frankly, I'd rather see it in the Japanese style of right to left pages.  
Saves alot of trouble.  Why don't they just dub the cartoons first?  And is 
t
true that the already ended SlamDunk series might have the chance of 
eturning
with a sequel?  I heard it ended only because the author needed a rest.
It seems that without Dragon Ball, Shueisha Jump hasn't really been the same 
lately.  But one comic I really enjoyed is Rurouni Kenshin.  Wanted to see 
he
anime but never got the chance to.  Can't afford 19$ Canadian for each 
pisode
on VCD.
DD>    I've heard of it, but I haven't bought any of it yet.  So far, I've 
only
DD> seen an episode of the anime.  It reminded me of Lupin.  I read about the
DD> live action movie, but haven't had a chance to see it.  I saw a picture
DD> of some of the actresses in costume.  It looks pretty good.  
I haven't had good look at the comic.  But it start with a anime intro.  
upin
looks too weird for me.  Didn't like Gon either.  Can't imagine why DC Comics 
distributed the American version.  Didn't really have the need.  it has no 
dialogue.  It's said to be the "return" of Yuki Uchida, a Japanese 
actress/singer.  She hasn't been as popular as before until she filmed this 
movie. 
DD>    I saw Jackie Chan's performance in the live action City Hunter movie
DD> though.  I wasn't too keen on it, though it was funny to see Kaori's 
DD> 1000 ton mallet.  
I saw that too!  But I recommend last year's remake of it.  It's called "Mr. 
Mumble".  For some reason, they couldn't use the CITY HUNTER logo.  But it's 
loosely based on the comic book.  It was more convincing than the Jackie Chan 
version.  But some of the names may be different because it was translated 
thru the Chinese names, not the Japanese.  In HongKong, Ryu is named 
"Maan-Ball" (or mumble).
Speaking of which, his latest WHO AM I is out on video.  I don't know if 
ou'd
be able to get the video at place you're at, tho!
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