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When I started to become interested in Japanese comics and cartoons there wasn’t much of them translated into languages I could understand, especially of the cartoons. I started learning Japanese at that time but since there wasn’t much opportunity to watch japanimation in its original language I was also willing to watch whatever station airing it in whatever language. A friend recommended French TV to me for that reason.

I didn’t speak any French beforehand (except for some naughty words) and the little I understand now I learned from watching japonais dessin animé on TF1. Ranma 1/2, Dragon Ball and Sailor Moon are the most widely known among the ones I watched and especially Dragon Ball was also popular with some of my friends which met weekly at my place to play games, and watch the newest Dragon Ball episode in French.

The same friend who recommended TF1 to me also had a curious opinion on the following fight between Videl and Spopovitch:

Basically he said by entering that ring Videl had taken full responsibility for everything happening to her afterwards. He was pretty much alone with that evaluation, we all protested strongly. But he insisted that her opponent was fully justified in all his actions by the battle situation and that Videl alone was responsible. Suffice to say the rules of the tournament also disagreed with him in this regard as killing an opponent results in disqualification and Spopovitch was going to kill her if his companion or Gohan hadn’t stopped him.

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