![]() ![]() Also, the entire mechanism for the story, selling and distributing burned anime DVDs, really only lives in that very narrow window of time. Goux: First, since this is drawn from our passions and interests as teens, it felt right to tell the story in a time when we actually were teens. ![]() Like, 'What if I had gone to prison for buying Final Fantasy: Advent Children?' It just seemed like a funny setup for a book. That, and it's just fun to tell stories about anime-obsessed high schoolers.ĭave Baker: Yeah, and I used to buy bootleg DVDs from friends in high school and it always seemed like a really funny criminal enterprise to me. ![]() So within this framework, we wanted to tell a story about how it feels to live in a world that doesn't understand you and how hard it can be to find your way when everyone around you tells you you're doing it wrong. That experience, I think, is a good synecdoche for anything that sets you as an outsider growing up. I was a big anime kid as a teen and it was something that set me apart and made me just a little bit 'weird.' I think if you're into anime you get it, and if you don’t… it's something that can feel impenetrable to the outside eye. Nicole Goux: I love telling stories about high school and growing up, and when I do, I draw on lived experience and the stories of people around me. ![]()
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