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Old 2013-02-05, 09:53   Link #2966
Ridwan
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Originally Posted by Sumeragi View Post
Would need specific examples, but I figure that it's probably due to the importance of Indonesia to Japan these days. Koreans (even if they are basically invisible), Chinese, Americans, and Europeans are basically stock by now, leaving mostly Southeast Asia as the significant "foreign" element. Among the countries there, the Philippines and Indonesia are the most prominent, and since Indonesia is more "foreign" (obviously Islam among many things), it would be more utilized.

This is just speculation. I would need specific examples for further analysis.
Yeah, there's the fresh meat thing. Also, it is being consistent with the current geo-economic trend.

About the evidences, I'll gather as many stuff from Kyo-Ani sometimes later. In the mean time, here's one from Psycho-Pass :


^This one is clever. Old spelling being there really cracked me up

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By some reason I can see that



Thank to Chunibyo, I am surprised that Japanese word of potato (Jaga-imo) is come from Jakarta.
Kyo-Ani has always liked doing things on their terms, but being hipster in referencing Indonesia is among the more intriguing ones. Do they have any Indonesian in their staff or something ?
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