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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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GEO9875



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 12:20 pm Reply with quote
Thanks Obama! Very Happy
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infamoustakai



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 12:24 pm Reply with quote
Uh Mr. President, you forgot about Hentai.


And Hatsune Miku.
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Aura Ichadora



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 12:30 pm Reply with quote
At least he didn't butcher how to say anime and manga. :p That would've been embarrassing, I'm sure.
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Zatheyll



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 12:32 pm Reply with quote
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.
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Mohawk52



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 12:43 pm Reply with quote
infamoustakai wrote:
Uh Mr. President, you forgot about Hentai.


And Hatsune Miku.
I can see him strategically not mentioning "H", but forgetting Hatsune Miku? Shameful. I blame his back room staff.
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 12:47 pm Reply with quote
What, no thank you for all of Japan's kawaii chicks? Tsk.
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panderson1988



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 12:48 pm Reply with quote
How could he forget about Ramen? Obama needs to do a tour at some Ramen shops, and he'll fall in love with the noodles.
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residentgrigo



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 12:51 pm Reply with quote
So he did read Gamble Fish (3/10) and Air Gear (2/10). He changes his body with a japanese school girl in the second one and even get to discover the pleaser of female masturbation while doing so. Not a joke Confused

Oh! great go home!
Edit: His "comic career" and one is even a hentai title:
http://www.cracked.com/article_18892_5-insane-barack-obama-comic-books-you-wont-believe-are-real.html


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Xavi_



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 1:00 pm Reply with quote
Haha... amazing. The "leader" of the civilized world officially thanking Japanese president for manga and animation. This put a biiiiig smile on my face.
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Mohawk52



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 1:03 pm Reply with quote
So they left out the Japanese highschool girls dressed in short mini French maids uniforms for serving that formal dinner? What a wasted opportunity for promoting Japanese cultural values. Laughing
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Zero Gravity



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 1:14 pm Reply with quote
I'll miss Obama, hopefully he stays active like Clinton after he leaves office.
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Hameyadea



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 1:20 pm Reply with quote
Now, if the following meal they'll have will include some tentacles...

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CallumKeyblade



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 1:22 pm Reply with quote
I have seen pictures on Twitter of Obama with Kotori from Love Live! so maybe their friendship inspired this speech. Smile
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EricJ2



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 1:24 pm Reply with quote
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 seriously, why do they keep pushing the auto-sales thing?
We could let Bush Sr. slide with it, because it was the 80's, and most, including the Republicans, were completely ignorant of Japanese culture, and with that and the dinner thing, he sort of deserved to have all that happen to him.
But thought we pretty much established back then that cars are not what you sell to Japan, if you want to get foreign trade jumpstarted: Not only is it selling coals to Newcastle, but Japan's crowded cities make car purchase a more prohibitively complicated process than in the US...Forget the pride issue, guys; give it up, and sell them something they need!!)
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scrwbll19



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 1:34 pm Reply with quote
That should say it all more or less. Or is it moe or less? Hmm.
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