Puffy Cartoon

[Mark Mays]

Yeah, I heard about this awhile back, wondered when or if it would ever come
about. Puffy has seeming been one of those three or four J-Pop acts always
discussed as a potential US chart crossover, and this must be their second
shot (? surely Puffy fans may inform) . . . it's an interesting approach
certainly for  pop duo -- and for CN.  However, among US J-pop cultists
Utada is the current controversy.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Aaron Gerow" <gerowaaron at sbcglobal.net>
To: "KineJapan" <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2004 9:24 AM
Subject: Puffy Cartoon


> With a six-year old son, I had to learn sooner rather than later, but
> it seems that the Japanese pop duo Puffy will have their own animated
> TV show on Cartoon Network in the US starting on November 19. You can
> already check out some scenes at the show's website:
>
> http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/tv_shows/puffyamiyumi/index.html
>
> Puffy--or Puffy AmiYumi as they're known in the US--have already
> contributed the theme song to the CN show Teen Titans. They've somewhat
> faded in Japan, but this may be another break. Or will they go the way
> of Pink Lady?
>
> More Japanese cute invading US pop culture, but the animation style
> looks more Cartoon Network than Japanese anime.
>
> Aaron Gerow
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