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INTEREST: President Obama's Welcome for Japan's Prime Minister Abe Includes Thank You for Anime, Man


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MajorZero



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 1:40 pm Reply with quote
I wonder if some people took it at face value and not as a joke. Would be funny to see completely serious posts like "Washington recognizes how valuable anime is" and "Anime conquers the world".

On a serious note I wonder what Obama has to say about certain Japanese new laws which are not exactly democratic.
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Hoppy800



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 2:06 pm Reply with quote
MajorZero wrote:
I wonder if some people took it at face value and not as a joke. Would be funny to see completely serious posts like "Washington recognizes how valuable anime is" and "Anime conquers the world".

On a serious note I wonder what Obama has to say about certain Japanese new laws which are not exactly democratic.


Obama should condemn the state secrets bill, it's not even a law designed for national security and government secrets but a way to hide corporate and political tyranny, Japan needs not to have a bill like that with rampant tyranny in the country, it's certain to be abused. I fear the day that the tyranny in the entertainment industry in Japan becomes a state secret.
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scrwbll19



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 2:09 pm Reply with quote
Too late. The real reason why famous anime talent dies is because they broke the secrecy clause in their contacts. Razz
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Hawkwing



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 2:29 pm Reply with quote
That was rather unexpected, but cool that Obama mentioned anime and manga in his speech.

However, I am rather concerned about this "TTIP" which I'm almost certain Abe mentioned briefly.
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TopGunman



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 2:55 pm Reply with quote
So, he mentions anime and manga and it's a glory to anime now? Anime fans really sure are easy to please, and I don't mean that in a good way.
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Akemi Tachibana



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 3:06 pm Reply with quote
Holy shit, President Obama knows anime?! I think I'm going to have an otaku and political orgasm,

infamoustakai wrote:
Uh Mr. President, you forgot about Hentai.


And Hatsune Miku.



He didn't forget it. He thanks them for "Anime." What do you think hentai is? It's pornographic anime, manga, games. Hentai isn't completely separate from Anime. It's just another type of anime, just like ecchi, romance, slice-of-life, etc.
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KyuuA4



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 3:10 pm Reply with quote
I can say "Thanks Obama". Feels good to have voted for him twice.

However, with regards to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), I oppose it. That is what this visit is about.
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Yttrbio



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 3:12 pm Reply with quote
And emojis, eh? Was there ever a time in the colonial era where a Native American leader visited a European country, thanking them for bringing smallpox?
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Keichitsu0305





PostPosted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 3:17 pm Reply with quote
So President Obama, some may have called you the coolest US. president ever while others called you the best U.S. president ever. Your reply?

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EricJ2



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 3:21 pm Reply with quote
I'm almost tempted to think that Obama thanked him for anime deliberately, as if to say, "Okay, let's see you stand up here and call the leader of the Free World a 'Pedophilic Internet-addicted NEET slacker who watches Doraemon because he can't let go of his childhood'!"
(Yeah, I know those not involved with the sales/financial side of anime are laughing at us for liking it, let's see them do it to our face.)

If I thought he had enough background, I'd give him credit for it; I know I sure would've, just to put Abe on the spot. Wink
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endallchaos



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 3:21 pm Reply with quote
Zatheyll wrote:
Aura Ichadora wrote:
At least he didn't butcher how to say anime and manga. :p That would've been embarrassing, I'm sure.


I'm pretty sure almost much no one would have cared if he said it "a-ni-may" or "mahngah" except people who are so far gone even the Japanese are terrified.

LOL right! Laughing
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KENZICHI



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 3:22 pm Reply with quote
Go Obama!
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Mohawk52



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 3:31 pm Reply with quote
EricJ2 wrote:
Mohawk52 wrote:
I can see him strategically not mentioning "H", but forgetting Hatsune Miku? Shameful. I blame his back room staff.


He's got two teen daughters and knows about anime but not Miku??
That's what happens when you're a jazz fan; your other cultural tastes suffer. Razz
And Miku sings jazz as well, just as well as Meiko, and Luka.
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Hameyadea



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 3:34 pm Reply with quote
No wonder he's a fan Laughing
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MarshalBanana



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 3:42 pm Reply with quote
Can you parody me in your Anime?

YES WE CAN
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