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INTEREST: Japanese Anti-Piracy Mascots Get Their Own Figures


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MetalUpa1014



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 15, 2014 8:10 pm Reply with quote
Actually, I think these mascots make me want to pirate even more...
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blaizevincent



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 15, 2014 8:13 pm Reply with quote
I'll wait for the bootlegs Razz
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mdo7



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 15, 2014 8:20 pm Reply with quote
Would be ironic if these get pirated outside of Japan and would be kinda more funny if these get counterfeit bootleg just for hilarity. Laughing
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Megiddo



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 15, 2014 8:26 pm Reply with quote
I have no doubt that these mascot appearances in the recent Gintama movie had some sway in these getting figures.
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revolutionotaku



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 15, 2014 8:30 pm Reply with quote
Orwell is turning in his grave as we speak.
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revolutionotaku



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 15, 2014 8:32 pm Reply with quote
I saw this at a screening of Miyazaki's "The Wind Rises" a few months ago in Tokyo.

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revolutionotaku



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 15, 2014 8:34 pm Reply with quote
My newest cosplay idea.
Laughing
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FenixFiesta



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 15, 2014 8:36 pm Reply with quote
Wow, off the bat the first figure is a yaoi implication pose.
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dan9999



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 15, 2014 9:17 pm Reply with quote
Call me when we get the:

- NO MORE ripping off consumers and creative minds
(as "artist" has become a very cheapened word).

or

- NO MORE ripped off consumers and creative minds for the sake of generating big fat profits for ourselves (companies/corps)
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Samo2222





PostPosted: Wed Jan 15, 2014 9:25 pm Reply with quote
This is pretty damn good. Should get one of these figures for anyone who does camrips. They would absolutely love it. Though this does kind of seem to give more people ideas about taking a video camera in theaters.

Someone dancing in a suit recording a film with a camera in their hands has got to be more entertaining than today's films anyway.
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revolutionotaku



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 15, 2014 9:58 pm Reply with quote
After the first year of this anti-piracy/downloading law went into effect, music sales in Japan had flopped.
animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-09-30/1-year-after-japan-stricter-download-law-music-sales-stagnate
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mdo7



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 15, 2014 10:08 pm Reply with quote
dan9999 wrote:
Call me when we get the:

- NO MORE ripping off consumers and creative minds
(as "artist" has become a very cheapened word).

or

- NO MORE ripped off consumers and creative minds for the sake of generating big fat profits for ourselves (companies/corps)


and I like to add one more:

-No more ridiculous protectionalism or ridiculous restriction when a product get license outside of Japan meaning I don't want to see any OSTs in a series cut off for overseas release, or charging ridiculous fees for a voice-actor or a person appearance for outside of Japan.
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EricJ



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 12:11 am Reply with quote
MetalUpa1014 wrote:
Actually, I think these mascots make me want to pirate even more...


Doesn't make me think "Anti-piracy", but why do I keep thinking of The Residents, for some reason?
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E-Master



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 1:39 am Reply with quote
That's more entertaining than the anti-piracy ads I see in the US. The camera head guy looked similar to an anti-piracy poster that's always displayed in my local movie theater lobby. Except it depicts the camera head guy in a mug shot pose instead of him being detained by a patrol lamp cop.
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CrowLia



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 2:00 am Reply with quote
Oh good to know! Since I don't have a giant videocamera as a head, I can now be sure I won't go to jail for watching anime rips in streaming sites. That's a load off my back, thank you Japan!
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