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NEWS: All Nippon Air Line Manga Offered with Two Covers


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evilnekohilda



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 9:21 pm Reply with quote
This is awesomely hilarious XDDD
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luhead



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 9:25 pm Reply with quote
Isn't it stuff like this that makes us all love manga? Laughing Laughing Laughing
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Hon'ya-chan



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 10:42 pm Reply with quote
So what next? A Train Company named SLUT?

Oh, wait: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SLUT
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 10:56 pm Reply with quote
Batman3777 wrote:
It's especially going too far considering "Airlines" is (EDIT: USUALLY) one word in English, and generally you don't include 2 letters from one word, epecially a shorter word, in an acronym.

Not quite so for Japanese people:

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Batman3777



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 11:14 pm Reply with quote
dormcat wrote:
Batman3777 wrote:
It's especially going too far considering "Airlines" is (EDIT: USUALLY) one word in English, and generally you don't include 2 letters from one word, epecially a shorter word, in an acronym.

Not quite so for Japanese people: (img)



Indeed, which is why I added the words "usually" and "generally." ::shrugs:: I guess JAL just looks better than JA. Same thing with Delta... DAL instead of DA. But at least Delta made it two words first. Oh well, fun with acronyms in any case. Shocked
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nightmaregenie



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 11:26 pm Reply with quote
I don't know whether I should laugh at the hilariously obvious title or cry because of the author's obvious bad taste...

Actually, I think I'll do both...in the above order.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 11:30 pm Reply with quote
Hmm, what's so bad about the word Anal? o__o

I'd probably buy the book if I can~
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Hmm, what's so bad about the word Anal? o__o

I'd probably buy the book if I can~
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 11:41 pm Reply with quote
Hon'ya-chan wrote:
So what next? A Train Company named SLUT?

Oh, wait: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SLUT


"bye honey, i have to go ride the SLUT to work"
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 12:18 am Reply with quote
I like where this is going.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 12:30 am Reply with quote
With the title "Anal", seeing how it's about gay guys, I think it's disturbingly appropriate.
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AOKO1412



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 1:22 am Reply with quote
Anime catgrin i like it ,

i want to read it Anime hyper
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 1:35 am Reply with quote
Batman3777 wrote:
It's especially going too far considering "Airlines" is (EDIT: USUALLY) one word in English.

Depends on the era in question.

Mohawk52 wrote:
I wonder if All Nippon Airways knows about this? Just imagine what the logo on the tail rudder would look like.

ANA is primarily a 777 operator while the manga cover clearly shows a 747.... oh dear god am I actually taking this seriously?

Mr. Green
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championferret



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 1:44 am Reply with quote
Viga_of_stars wrote:
I'm sorry for being an immature A hole, but ANAL.

...This thread has brought out the immaturity in all of us. Embarassed Laughing
...you know, when I first saw this headline, I totally misread and thought it said something along the lines of "All Nippon's Air Lines Offering Manga with Two Covers". As in, all of Japan's airlines will give you a BL manga with a choice of two covers. I did a total "WUT THE" double-take, clicked the link and found something even more amusing.

(I'd find it even more amusing if the cover image was one of the guys shoving their butt in the proverbial screen.)

Anyway, another reason to find Yaoi even more tasteless than I already do.
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fighterholic



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 2:10 am Reply with quote
This is why I actually had to read the article to figure why in the word I saw the word "ANAL" on the front page of Anime News Network. Now I know, and it makes a whole lot of sense.

Dargonxtc wrote:
Because nothing is more attractive and chortle inducing to teenage girls than half-metaphors of butt-sex.

This one couldn't have been put any better than that Laughing
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