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daedelus
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Location: Texas City, TX (ajd: 6/11/05) Bio on page 18
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| So my question is: Was the choice of an image from Nymphet by design, or was it just a randomly chosen image that just happened to come from a controversial show? |
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minakichan
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| Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 1:10 am |
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A father and his children watching Kodomo no Jikan... quality family bonding time, right there.
O_O. |
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Sam Murai
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| Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 1:22 am |
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Probably should be thankful that no one there picked up on that or did research on the image, as I can only imagine the crapstorm that would have followed...
On another note, if the parental control was that "good", then that's definitely one failed product... |
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britannicamoore
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Location: Detroit, MI. Or should I say Mt. Pleasant, MI? I live in a hand.
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| Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 1:27 am |
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this seems to have passed over just as quietly as the manga probably would have.  |
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Splitter
Joined: 19 May 2003
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Location: Knockin' on Heaven's Door
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| Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 1:35 am |
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| Well, we all learned something about Oregon today |
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fighterholic
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| Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 1:36 am |
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| Wait, so does that mean it's coming back? |
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dormcat
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Location: Hsinchu City, Taiwan, ROC
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| Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 1:38 am |
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| So it was on the paper ad... the guy who made this "simulated screen" either just grab whatever picture on hand or created a sneaky prank. |
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teh*darkness
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| Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 2:12 am |
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| dormcat wrote: | | So it was on the paper ad... the guy who made this "simulated screen" either just grab whatever picture on hand or created a sneaky prank. |
Yeah. I would guess whoever was the overall ad designer thought it'd be funny to stick the KnJ image over whatever was originally on the screen, and no one else caught it before it went to print. Quite funny, really. Primetime family shows at their best. Right up there with CSI, Shield and TBS's run of Sex and the City.  |
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Emerje
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| Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 6:17 am |
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Can't help but also think that this was done intentionally as an inside joke. And is it me or does the image look like something from the '80s? Beige shag carpet and a console TV, do they even make those anymore?
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Dorcas_Aurelia
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Location: Philly, PA; stupid Yankees.
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| Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 7:46 am |
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The irony is hilarious.
No reason for the image itself to warrant a complaint, as the scene is inoffensive. And for the people who object to Kodomo no Jikan to complain about it, they'd have to know what the show and/or characters look like, so they'd not likely recognize it without someone pointing it out to them. |
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Neito
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| Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 7:50 am |
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| This reminds me (vaguely) of that time that a news show somewhere was talking about Krispy Kream, and grabbed an image without noticing some rather not family friendly words off to the side. |
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skyesage
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| Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 8:34 am |
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| Hahahahaha that's pretty hilarious. I say it's a prank. Also--that ad is terrible. Why, why, why would anyone have a living room like that? Oh well, that's pretty funny. |
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Mohawk52
Joined: 16 Oct 2003
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Location: Celebrating Lindsey Hawker murder suspect arrest, in Basingstoke, UK.
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| Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 8:50 am |
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| Amazingly great colour and sharpness on a TV that's got to be 25 to 30 years old. I think either it was a complete and ignorant coincidence, or some one at that newspaper is an anime and manga fan, taking the piss. In short, that is a cut and paste job if ever there was one. |
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Dorcas_Aurelia
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| Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:26 am |
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| Mohawk52 wrote: | | Amazingly great colour and sharpness on a TV that's got to be 25 to 30 years old. |
I think that may have been the actual intent. The add promotes that the product gives TVs better sound, and it's difficult to convey improved sound quality via print media. The parental controls comment is the last line of the ad. |
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Hagaren_Otaku726
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| Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:37 am |
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| Dorcas_Aurelia wrote: | The irony is hilarious.
No reason for the image itself to warrant a complaint, as the scene is inoffensive. And for the people who object to Kodomo no Jikan to complain about it, they'd have to know what the show and/or characters look like, so they'd not likely recognize it without someone pointing it out to them. |
Exactly what I was thinking =D
We'll probably never know, but I'm curious if some guy just did a search on anime and somehow got a picture of Kodomo no Jikan and posted it without knowing that it was... rather controversial, or if it's some anime otaku guy at the company doing it as a joke to see if anyone gets it. |
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