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NEWS: Tokyo's Chuo Train Line Made into Moe Boy Characters


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zanarkand princess



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 8:38 am Reply with quote
Mohawk52 wrote:
"You boys are very useful stations, I'm very proud of you." said the jolly moe fat bloke with the bald head.

It would have been a better idea if they anthropomorphized the trains instead. Wait?......

There is no way you can put it where this doesn't seem wrong in some way.
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Zin5ki



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 11:03 am Reply with quote
Mohawk52 wrote:
"You boys are very useful stations, I'm very proud of you." said the jolly moe fat bloke with the bald head.

It would have been a better idea if they anthropomorphized the trains instead. Wait?......

On a related note, is Ringo Starr doing anything these days?
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GracieLizzy



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 5:16 pm Reply with quote
Why am thinking up London Underground versions?

* The harassed and stressed Malcolm Kings-Cross (Patrick Stewart)
* The somewhat yaoi Colin West-Hampstead (Hugh Grant)
* Loveable rouge Dennis Peckham-Rye (David Jason)
* Tennis obsessed sweet tooth Tim Wimbledon (Colin Firth)
* And of course, the ultra elusive, mysterious, and difficult to understand and fan favourite... Clive Mornington-Crescent! (Stephen Fry)
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i cast fira



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 6:05 pm Reply with quote
As much as I want to hate this, I just can't.

Contrary to the majority vote here, I really want to look more into this Embarassed
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 12:52 am Reply with quote
i cast fira wrote:
Contrary to the majority vote here, I really want to look more into this Embarassed
I'm a bit curious myself, but probably not enough to actively seek scanations or anything. Though I have to say, while the character designs are attractive, I'm not sure "moe" is quite the right word (unless I've really misunderstood its connotations). When I clicked on the link I was expecting more child-like boys, or even borderline chibi-ish characters. Those are bishounen to my eye (though I'm not complaining, mind you).
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Mohawk52



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 10:14 am Reply with quote
poonk wrote:
i cast fira wrote:
Contrary to the majority vote here, I really want to look more into this Embarassed
I'm a bit curious myself, but probably not enough to actively seek scanations or anything. Though I have to say, while the character designs are attractive, I'm not sure "moe" is quite the right word (unless I've really misunderstood its connotations). When I clicked on the link I was expecting more child-like boys, or even borderline chibi-ish characters. Those are bishounen to my eye (though I'm not complaining, mind you).
It's just the word's evolution into something all inclusive of anything remotely bishi-kawaii, whether ecchi, hentai, ero-gro, or no. Sort of like "otaku".
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 10:57 am Reply with quote
GracieLizzy wrote:
Why am thinking up London Underground versions?

The cast you've listed are clearly too expensive for the Tube to afford. Wink
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GracieLizzy



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 7:58 pm Reply with quote
Well yeah Razz but a girl can dream Wink
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CCSYueh



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 2:04 am Reply with quote
Emichan wrote:
Ooh, Shinjuku! I approve of this Smile Heh, if the stations were turned into moe girls in color-coordinated maid outfits or military uniforms with panties, no skirts, this topic would have 3 pages of replies Anime hyper


Exactly.

I've been happy DMP's bringing us Train Train which I've been wanting since they published the Train Train/Princess Princess crossover.

These boys look similar to the pretties in Train Train. Why not pretty boys & trains?

It's not like we haven't seen pretty boys (or girls) as living versions of objects in other stories like Ceres
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