MTV Asia's been around longer, but even as a teenager I never really paid attention to that sorta thing. I only very vaguely recall the Channel V brand as surfacing...sometime later. I thiiiiink the folks behind Channel V used to be partners of MTV Asia, but aren't currently. It's like some sort of corporate kerfluffle happened and some people went off to make their own MTV-style channel.
I'm fuzzy on it though. I probably should know, because I worked for a Singapore radio station for a couple years, the sort that has pop music on the playlist...but I've never been accused of being a particularly observant person.
(EDIT: Wikipedia confirms this; that's more or less what happened. Channel V is owned by Star.)
Regards to the original topic, though...I imagine most of the contestants would just be general folks interested in media, production, marketing and suchlike. I can't imagine huge hordes of BGC fans lining up to participate in this en-masse. Honestly the prize offered could be a chance to work on any movie; BGC's just the one this happens to be.
That said, I'm assuming the contestants that make the final cut for the programme would be between 16-30 years old. The original BGC OVAs were released, what, between the late 80's and early 90's, and the TV series in the late 90's? There's a chance at least some of the folks that make it on the show would...actually give a damn about the franchise.
Maybe.
(EDIT 2: From the website, it seems this show will be shot in Singapore. This amuses me. Not that I would apply, but...)
(EDIT 3: Well, y'know, if they get some Singaporean contestants, I know Bubblegum Crisis was at one point widely available in stores here. After all, that's how I got to watch it.)
-- Acyl
I'm fuzzy on it though. I probably should know, because I worked for a Singapore radio station for a couple years, the sort that has pop music on the playlist...but I've never been accused of being a particularly observant person.
(EDIT: Wikipedia confirms this; that's more or less what happened. Channel V is owned by Star.)
Regards to the original topic, though...I imagine most of the contestants would just be general folks interested in media, production, marketing and suchlike. I can't imagine huge hordes of BGC fans lining up to participate in this en-masse. Honestly the prize offered could be a chance to work on any movie; BGC's just the one this happens to be.
That said, I'm assuming the contestants that make the final cut for the programme would be between 16-30 years old. The original BGC OVAs were released, what, between the late 80's and early 90's, and the TV series in the late 90's? There's a chance at least some of the folks that make it on the show would...actually give a damn about the franchise.
Maybe.
(EDIT 2: From the website, it seems this show will be shot in Singapore. This amuses me. Not that I would apply, but...)
(EDIT 3: Well, y'know, if they get some Singaporean contestants, I know Bubblegum Crisis was at one point widely available in stores here. After all, that's how I got to watch it.)
-- Acyl