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INTEREST: Hatsune Miku U.S. Version Contest Winner Announced


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CareyGrant



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PostPosted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 12:03 pm Reply with quote
enurtsol wrote:
CareyGrant wrote:

firedragon54738 wrote:
Sigh not very good it makes here look to much like a slutty cowgirl


Definitely. But how is that so different from her current look as a manga-inspired (and slightly slutty) raver girl from the future?


Exactly. Through the increased US mainstream exposure of Miku due to the Toyota promotions, many media personalities got a first look at Miku, and the consensus description of Miku's unusual outfit tends to be "racy" - like this NPR report.

As anime fans, we're already desensitized by such "racy" outfits worn by anime/manga females, especially young females. But to the uninitiated, Miku's outfit definitely looks "racy" and thus kinda "slutty" to them, like young girls shouldn't be wearing! Laughing


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.
enurtsol wrote:

Unless y'mean all cheerleader outfits look slutty, probably due to all its association with pr0n or school promiscuity. But then, that's like saying all skin-revealing sailor fuku look slutty - for the very same association! Razz


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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PostPosted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 4:49 pm Reply with quote
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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PostPosted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 9:08 pm Reply with quote
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To think, the guy who spent maybe five minutes thinking this up gets a free ticket to Japan.

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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PostPosted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 11:34 pm Reply with quote
enurtsol wrote:

As anime fans, we're already desensitized by such "racy" outfits worn by anime/manga females, especially young females. But to the uninitiated, Miku's outfit definitely looks "racy" and thus kinda "slutty" to them, like young girls shouldn't be wearing! Laughing


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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PostPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 12:48 am Reply with quote
math4origami wrote:
enurtsol wrote:

As anime fans, we're already desensitized by such "racy" outfits worn by anime/manga females, especially young females. But to the uninitiated, Miku's outfit definitely looks "racy" and thus kinda "slutty" to them, like young girls shouldn't be wearing! Laughing


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.


There are skirts; there are mini-skirts; and then there are anime skirts and mini-skirts. Laughing

Anyways, here's a skirt bonus for ya guys: this adidas "adizero vs MiniSkirt" Japanese TV ad is getting some major "air" time lately: Wink



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! Laughing
(I like how they portray the cute girl as almost-crying.)
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Sunday Silence



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 2:21 am Reply with quote
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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.


Someone hasn't gone to Catholic School.
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CareyGrant



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 12:25 pm Reply with quote
enurtsol wrote:
math4origami wrote:
enurtsol wrote:

As anime fans, we're already desensitized by such "racy" outfits worn by anime/manga females, especially young females. But to the uninitiated, Miku's outfit definitely looks "racy" and thus kinda "slutty" to them, like young girls shouldn't be wearing! Laughing


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.


There are skirts; there are mini-skirts; and then there are anime skirts and mini-skirts. Laughing

Anyways, here's a skirt bonus for ya guys: this adidas "adizero vs MiniSkirt" Japanese TV ad is getting some major "air" time lately: Wink



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! Laughing
(I like how they portray the cute girl as almost-crying.)



(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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PostPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 3:26 pm Reply with quote
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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PostPosted: Fri Sep 02, 2011 10:12 am Reply with quote
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I'm glad this was only for fun and not for the eventual packaging, if and when the English version gets released. Wink


Supposedly,
I got that from Crypton themselves . Wink
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