Why big o has such a huge draw for americans.

[Professor Vogler]

Hate to disagree with you there Anebo, but Paradigm City (about 98% of it) is Manhattan Island.
*quoting myself from a long forgotten thread*

Indeed. Paradigm City is NYC... only half submerged underwater, lacking (probably for plot reasons or something) the major/famous skyscrappers (WTC, Empire State, Chrystler, etc), and it's gotten huge frickin domes built in it. The obvious differences were probably the result of 1) passage of time and 2) the Event/War of 40 years ago.

Check this thread (and more specifically this and the following posts) for comparisons of Paradigm-City and NYC.
http://www.paradigm-city.com/forums/thread.php?postid=345934#post345934

Picture courtesy of Zopwx2.


Do a search at Paradigm-city.com/forums/ for "Manhattan" in the 'Smith Mansion' section (Big O discussion) and you will find many a topic covering this issue

[Anebo]

Hate to disagree with you there Anebo, but Paradigm City (about 98% of it) is Manhattan Island

I never mind being disagreed with or even proven wrong (so long as the arguments are convincing), but I believe I was the one who said Paradigm City was built over New York (I don't mean originally, but earlier in this thread).

[Dark-O]

The whole Batman/ James Bond promo had me thinking this anime is very different when I first saw it on Toonami.  After first viewing it was kind of disappointing with the shortest until I got hook watching Acts 12-13 which are my favorites.  The show grew on me ever since.  To quote the promo "Good guys still black"  .  Now and forever.

[Bllue]

Just cuz they're blond doesn't mean they aren't japanese. they bleach their hair like crazy, so they mostly portray what they can never be. I am surprised that they don't have more anime's set in ameika, considering they, like, LOVE us sooooo bad!

[Hanyou]

I'm going to agree with most of the people here.  There are a lot of anime conventions that either bother me or bore me, cultural things I can't begin to understand.  Big O feels much more American--not to mention that it draws heavily from Western mythology, philosophy, religion, and literature.  It also does a great job of balancing its more esoteric themes with realistic ideas grounded in the world we know, or at least consistent with its established world.

I think it's the same reason Cowboy Bebop is so accessible to so many people (even given its more eastern flavor), whether they are fans of anime or not.  I can't stand Naruto, Gundam Wing, etc...but animes that do not overdo fluffy emotionalism do appeal to me.  Big O, for its sardonic wit and noir-style exposition, thankfully avoids falling into the trap to which so many other animes are susceptible. 

[Tony Ventresca]

Further to the Paradigm City vs. Manhattan debate, here's a great photoshop image of "NYC ninety years from now, if warming trends continue and seas rise to match ancient levels with the same temperature" (link).

It's really starting to look like Paradigm City (just add domes).

[Mike]

Wow, it looks like damn near the whole thing is under 10-20 feet of water.
That's gonna suck.

[shadowdorothy]

GOBAL WARMING IS A FRACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sorry but its true. the earth has had multiple cold and warmings in the past. just look at the REAL CHARTS, most scientists do not believe it will happen, charts show that by 2035 glaicers will only have melted an inch more and the cold period will happen 5years latter.

the media just wants u to believe it, but none of it is real. And the whole dont burn fossils i agree with only because it polutes the air. when the cold period starts again the ozone will close up more and people will want the fuels to keep warm. and until they perfect self energizing power cells well freeze our asses of during the cold period, which by the way, would make floridia go below -20f, or (i think) -40c. Antartica would be at absolute zero(-250c).

Believe it or not, every i just told u is true. only 1/1000 scientists believe in gobal warming.

[Big Money]

Antartica would be at absolute zero(-250c).

[shadowdorothy]

antartica is only -95c right now.

[The Final Negotiator]

I don't think shadowdorothy meant the scientific definition of "absolute zero", but more like the "Gen X" definition as in
"Dude, I'm freezing! It's like absolute zero outside..." The same way people describe Halo as "absolute carnage"...  Although -250 degrees C may be slightly warmer than -273.18 degrees C, it's still undeniably cold! 

Tony: Just add domes? 

P.S. Burt, that Paradigm City line sketch at the top of this page is epic...

[Big Money]

I hope so, because nothing will ever be that cold, ever.

Also... yeah, I was trying to avoid doing this, there's no point unless its face to face, arguing on the internet, etc, but really if someone makes a claim like this and doesn't source themselves, I can't believe it, really.

[Professor Vogler]

GOBAL WARMING IS A FRACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Antartica would be at absolute zero(-250c).

[shadowdorothy]

dude just type "real gobal warming facts" in google and you'll get a times article about wats really going on. if they haven't taken it down after the "tree hugger" protest.

[Tony Ventresca]

Only in America is climate change a "political" issue! But let's not get too far off topic...