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NEWS: Manga Head Hair Gel


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Shiroi Hane
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Joined: 25 Oct 2003
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PostPosted: Tue May 17, 2005 6:59 pm Reply with quote
Not only is it real, but I've seen billboards for it on bus shelters.
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darkchibi07



Joined: 15 Oct 2003
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PostPosted: Tue May 17, 2005 10:11 pm Reply with quote
Yaoi Body Wash?! Shocked

If I put it on, will it attract girls? Embarassed
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ginzugirl



Joined: 14 Oct 2003
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PostPosted: Tue May 17, 2005 10:25 pm Reply with quote
I love it! This is rivals the ANN April Fool issue.

Too clever. I've a whole new respect for the Yaoi community.
Just one question: No flash files?
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v1cious



Joined: 31 Dec 2002
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PostPosted: Wed May 18, 2005 2:28 am Reply with quote
Tondog38 wrote:
Wow. This even sadder than the Japanese line of fingernail paint.

http://www.opi.com/Japanese2.asp


oh man, i see a ton of angry emails on the horizon
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Erufu



Joined: 06 Jul 2004
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PostPosted: Wed May 18, 2005 12:15 pm Reply with quote
Oh, god, my head hurts now. Atleast America is getting into the Japanese spirit of merchandising.
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Aka-san



Joined: 23 Dec 2004
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PostPosted: Wed May 18, 2005 1:05 pm Reply with quote
ginzugirl wrote:
Too clever. I've a whole new respect for the Yaoi community.
Just one question: No flash files?


Eh? It's right here: http://yaoi-manga.com/
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mistress_reebi



Joined: 07 Jan 2005
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PostPosted: Wed May 18, 2005 4:26 pm Reply with quote
I highly doubt this product would make ones hair like a manga character, for once they have to cut it a certain way before styling it, if you ask me it's a marketing scam to make more money
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FeralKat



Joined: 06 Jan 2005
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PostPosted: Wed May 18, 2005 4:59 pm Reply with quote
mistress_reebi wrote:
I highly doubt this product would make ones hair like a manga character, for once they have to cut it a certain way before styling it, if you ask me it's a marketing scam to make more money


For some people like me, who have short crops, this is a great product. Anime hyper Too bad it isn't sold in the U.S. too. Or is it? Shocked
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darkhunter



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 12:49 am Reply with quote
kopiikat wrote:
Am I the only one that thought this page was horribly insulting? Aside from being generally Orientalist with the music and font, it also calls Japan "a world where everything is made up of bright colours and bubbles" (I doubled checked that they were talking about Japan and not manga when they said this...), and says things like "manga artists stick to precise graphic rules" which I think a lot of real artists would find rather insulting.

Seriously, have they ever been to a Tokyo suburb? A land of bubbles and bright colors? Maybe Shibuya or something, but of course the shopping districts are shiny! (Though, I have yet to see bubbles in Shibuya.) Plus, almost everyone in Tokyo wears black and tan!

I don't know... exaggerating a is alright if you're trying to sell a stylized product like this, but I really wish they had gone about some of it in a better way... As "coooool" as Japan is, it's not exactly full of people on hover cars in Inu Yasha costumes...

EDIT: One more thing, I just thought it was amusing that they mentioned "androgynous bodies" right next to the most muscular and manly looking guys.


It's a product that they're trying to sell. They're making their product sound good to consumer, it's all part of marketing. Do you see many SUV commerical saying "hey buy our big SUV and pollute the enviroment faster because our car isnt' fuel effiecient and run on V12 Engine. Or do you see McDonals or Carls Jr commerical showing fat ugly people stuffing their face with fast food and getting fatter? No you seen hip teen kids with hip teen music eating a Big Mac or something.
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cyrax777



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 3:39 am Reply with quote
darkchibi07 wrote:
Yaoi Body Wash?! Shocked

If I put it on, will it attract girls? Embarassed


only if your gay Confused
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