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INTEREST: Virtual Idol Hatsune Miku to Appear in Japan's Weekly Playboy


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enurtsol



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 4:45 pm Reply with quote
What's this for?! We read them for the articles! Laughing


littlegreenwolf wrote:
Umm... I thought Miku was 16... is that the legal age to be posing in a nudie magazine? What with all these underaged fictional character laws being passed... Cool


Screw the age restrictions! Any girl should be legal! Smile


Hyperone wrote:
Personally seems an odd mix. When I think Vocaloid, playboy and sex are not on the list of what first comes to mind.


Funny.................................... that's the first thing on people's minds.............. Laughing
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 4:47 pm Reply with quote
She is too young to be in this and all her music also shows this. Miku Hatsunes innocence has to be protected so she doesn't become another piece of trash that often happens to entertainers. What we hold up as her image which lets us listen to her music could be destroyed and she might be discarded from future thought and product purchases by those of us who were happy that she didn't use her body as the method of selling herself and her singing career. Don't do it Miku!
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enurtsol



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 5:04 pm Reply with quote
sunflowerseed wrote:
that she didn't use her body as the method of selling herself and her singing career. Don't do it Miku!


That's how she was designed in the first place! She's supposed to be sexy. Laughing
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Chagen46



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 5:06 pm Reply with quote
sonickid101 wrote:
officially to much, well maybe its a ploy to get Otaku intristed in real life women, get the moe cartoon girl in and maybe they'll look at real life adult women, I see it all makes sence


Nah, it'll get them to realize that real-life women would never compare to anime chicks.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 5:21 pm Reply with quote
Well I kind of what to see it
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TheRussianMeatClob



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 5:22 pm Reply with quote
Not to make Miku sound like a harlot or some other lady of the evening but Miku can be whatever you want her to be lol. Laughing
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FrogHatVampirate



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 7:38 pm Reply with quote
Japan's Weekly Playboy is more like America's Maxim magazine.
Japan's Monthly Playboy is more close to the Playboy most people have in their minds at the moment.
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nynextew



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 8:01 pm Reply with quote
firedragon54738 wrote:
Well I kind of what to see it


I'm sure someone has made it for the internet... and for the low low price of free.

Then again, it's still kind of interesting. Besides Marge Simpson, how many other Playboy models have been animated/cartoonized or the like?
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Tomibiki



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 8:01 pm Reply with quote
Do real boobies scare otakus? I've always wondered about this.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 8:19 pm Reply with quote
nynextew wrote:
Then again, it's still kind of interesting. Besides Marge Simpson, how many other Playboy models have been animated/cartoonized or the like?


Since Maxim was brought up and it's claimed it'll be that sort of "photo shoot" I recall the main female lead from Final Fantasy: Spirits Within being featured in Maxim's top 100 once.
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enurtsol



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 9:43 pm Reply with quote
Tomibiki wrote:
Do real boobies scare otakus?


And their imperfections? Laughing

Anime bodies are like idealized counterparts.
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configspace



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 11:18 pm Reply with quote
littlegreenwolf wrote:
Umm... I thought Miku was 16... is that the legal age to be posing in a nudie magazine?

It is in Switzerland Twisted Evil

FrogHatVampirate wrote:
Japan's Weekly Playboy is more like America's Maxim magazine.
Japan's Monthly Playboy is more close to the Playboy most people have in their minds at the moment.

^ This btw. I don't recall JWP being restricted as an adult mag...
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captainbanana



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 11:45 pm Reply with quote
Tomibiki wrote:
Do real boobies scare otakus? I've always wondered about this.


I've always been of the opinion that real women scare otaku, and not because they have real fleshy bits, but because they have a real ability to do emotional harm.
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enurtsol



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 12:33 am Reply with quote
captainbanana wrote:
Tomibiki wrote:
Do real boobies scare otakus? I've always wondered about this.


I've always been of the opinion that real women scare otaku, and not because they have real fleshy bits, but because they have a real ability to do emotional harm.


Which a lot of 'em often do in spite. Laughing
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 1:32 am Reply with quote
Sunday Silence wrote:
Racheldoublemm wrote:
Sunday Silence wrote:
Racheldoublemm wrote:
I am reminded of the time Marge Simpson appeared in Playboy.


Which was what, 20 years too late?


October '09?


First appearance was in 1987(Ullman)/1989(FOX series), so yeah, 20+ years too little, too late.

Given how much porn is out there of The Simpsons even before the Playboy spread, it was too little, too late. Hell, even those "Video Game Specials" Playboy had often had characters from either recent (less than a couple of years)a/or upcoming games. The entire idea was just a waste of time (much like Playboy in general nowadays).


I don't really think any subscriber was thinking to themselves, "This is great but when is Marge getting a spread?"
I get the point, but it was more of "Hey, this is something knew" rather than "Well, it's about time."

I know nothing of Playboy politics so I'm a bit left in the dark. Marge was the first thing that popped in my head when I heard Miku.
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