Forum - View topicINTEREST: Hatsune Miku U.S. Version Contest Winner Announced
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CareyGrant
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Speaking of which... I think young girls in the south shouldn't be tortured & twisted into doing kiddy beauty pageants (for which their nutball mothers should be publically flogged and then incarcerated)... but that's a conversation for another time. You are quite right. We initiated few, we band of brothers (and sisters) aren't strangers to the peculiarities and often effin' weird ways of Japanese animated entertainment (thankfully, no tentacle monsters)--no shock there. But for John and Jane Q Average American (who know little to nothing about Japan, it's culture, or what idols are--they know sushi, ninjas & samurai, japanese cars, electronics and WWII) she'll either draw confusion, indifference, or apathy. Their kids might understand her, but I highly doubt the parents will.
Not at all, I think it's a case by case thing. But I will say I'm a bit offended by the overly-nationalistic patriotic pandering red/white/blue/stars theme (if they keep it). That crap bugs me. |
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leafy sea dragon
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It looks more like the sort of thing that'd be shown in Japan as part of some United States themed promotion or whatever. So I suppose this means the contest judges are all Japanese, and they didn't have some American marketing consultant or anything. Well, either that, or said consultant had no say and was just there.
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bglassbrook
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San Francisco is part of Japan now? Whatever we got, I'm sure we could have made a far better trade then that. |
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math4origami
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Just go to Taiwan or Japan, then you'll think skirts are normal. Skirt's are only "racy" in the US cuase they're not common. Everyone wears boring jeans. Seifuku are seifuku, everyone actually wears them, that part isn't "Japanese fantasy". It's just the length that changes. |
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enurtsol
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There are skirts; there are mini-skirts; and then there are anime skirts and mini-skirts. Anyways, here's a skirt bonus for ya guys: this adidas "adizero vs MiniSkirt" Japanese TV ad is getting some major "air" time lately: Notice the panchira (ya won't miss it - it's in slo-mo replays). It seems even Western-goods TV ads in Japan couldn't escape it! (I like how they portray the cute girl as almost-crying.) |
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Sunday Silence
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Someone hasn't gone to Catholic School. |
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CareyGrant
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(watches video on Youtube) *Shudders* I guess wardrobe didn't do any test shots before they shot that commercial--did you see those green shorts he was wearing?! They were practically tighter than her panties! Hello, and Welcome to the Man Junk Show! Seriously, could they be any tighter across the front?! Nothin' makes me want to buy running shorts more (unless it's to run away) than some hipster-runner's junk on display in some ill-fitting and too-small throwback running shorts from the 70's. *shudders* |
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leafy sea dragon
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Catholic schools are a minority though--and I think people in America are also more used to seeing adult women, who also tend to just wear pants. Anything that shows a lot of leg is inherently racy here.
The prevalence of skimpy outfits on female characters in anime is part of the reason we have this whole "All Anime Is Naughty Tentacles" business--the outfits seen on anime are just unheard of in western media (even in science fiction and fantasy settings, people tend to wear plain clothes), and that they are sexually suggestive leads people to believe all anime is pornographic. |
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Mohawk52
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