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July 19, 2004
Warm fuzzies on a Monday morning
Several major players in the US anime/manga industry have teamed up with Anime News Network to form Project: New Future, a noble effort to get otaku off their couches and out to help cheer up kids with cancer.
Among the participants are TOKYOPOP, FUNimation, Bandai Entertainment, Dark Horse Comics, Urban Vision, Animerica, and The Right Stuf International. The idea is that otaku go spend time with kids at the hospital or at a camp, and then send their experience to ANN, who in turn sends them a gift.
The cynical part of me wonders how many otaku will lie to get free loot; the genki part of me thinks this is a great idea, although really it shouldn't take a promise of free loot to get people out to help the less fortunate. But if that's what it takes, well...
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Posted by Innocent Sidekick of Evil at July 19, 2004 09:45 AM | Posted to Miscellaneous
