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For fear that the colossal rise in the anime industry may take the road of tech stocks now that the economy is beginning to cool, anime distributors across the United States are trying to up the profile of anime in the mainstream market. Akadot moles engaged in some of the stealthiest sleuthing since Watergate have uncovered industry secrets of how to win the red-blooded yankee sort over to the anime camp. Our investigation has yielded ...


Top 10 Ways Anime Distributors are Trying to Get The American Mainstream Interested in Anime


Kenshin Nanako
10: Serving anime with French fries and a soda.

9: Turning Kenshin's scar (stigmata) 45 degrees and calling the show "Samurai Cross."

8: Changing the term "anime" to "super samurai sake sex stuff."

7: Create an animatronic Ebert-bot to review all anime titles.

6: Free beer.

5: Firebombing Disney Studios.

4: Anime girl "party" lines.

3: Apologizing for Pearl Harbor.

2: Replacing the violence and sex that blemishes anime's reputation with sex and violence.

1: Packaging each DVD with live ammunition.


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