And his big personal beef is Japanese animation. He says that SEGA and Nintendo are responsible for the “subtle but massive Hello-Kittification of North American animation. You can kiss our Hanna-Barbera heritage good-bye.” How can anybody take this so seriously? Emmett has 4,000 manga comics from Japan. They’re so violent and dirty! The characters all look as if they’re saying unbelievably important things—talking to God and the Wizard of the Universe—but when you translate them, all they’re really doing is making belching noises.
