2012-01-30, 20:12 | Link #2084 |
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The reason for getting rid of them were so retarded.
They found loli otaku taking interest to them as pedophilia and wished to "shield" the young ones from predator eyes. So they replaced bloomers with skin-tight sportswear that clearly shows the shape of bodylines beter. UH-HUH. That accomplished exactly the opposite of what they were going for, didn't it. I swear, the PTAs of Japan are even more retarded than PTA soccer moms of US. As if that was even possible.
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2012-01-30, 21:48 | Link #2085 | |
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
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2012-02-02, 10:03 | Link #2086 | |
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2012-02-02, 16:01 | Link #2087 |
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We still have not solved the riddle of the mystery pantsu yet (mainly due to the one asking being permanently absent)...
BUT for this I have found this: So in Carnival Phantasm-beachvollyball you have to scream POTEMKIN when serving a ball... ...wait a sec... Ahh.. screw you. But as for why some anime characters yell "Potemkin": It's clearly the blue-haired girl's fault. |
2012-02-02, 21:58 | Link #2088 | |
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With Risk, Japanese City Takes On Once Accepted Fact of Life: Its Gangsters
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2012-02-02, 22:11 | Link #2089 | |
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I do hope the Japanese know they won't ever fully rid their country of the yakuza, just as their counterparts were never eliminated.
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2012-02-02, 22:18 | Link #2090 |
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On a much lighter note ---- I can never get enough "twin tail" hairstyle, and we've now got a Japanese website worshiping the style:
http://twintail-japan.com/
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2012-02-03, 00:57 | Link #2091 | |
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k-pop now has something to brag over j-pop... k-pop's finally getting MAINSTREAM coverage on American terrestrial TV!!! japan had a head start with this azn pop thing like 2 decades ago but they;ve never breached the american airwaves! |
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2012-02-03, 13:17 | Link #2093 |
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What will be hard for US audiences is the sheer number of group members. At some point it starts to look like a fetish version of those huge American Idol groups that usually translate to less talent per square foot. Quote from someone I was talking to about it today: "It was a little bland but cute and sexy... but why are there so many of them in the group?"
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2012-02-04, 02:11 | Link #2095 |
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Maybe because Japan has always been rather inclusive bunch. Idol groups like HP! have an extremely loyal fanbase in Japan who would hate to see their special club have to include foreigners. Unlike Korea, Japan is getting more closed in against it's better judgement and instead of trying to stop the Korean Wave.
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2012-02-04, 10:07 | Link #2096 |
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If it ain't American, it isn't selling.......not in mass numbers.
I'm an anime nut and East Asian Studies major, but not even I am into the whole idol scene. There are as many as there are blades of grass, pop music is pop and frankly some aspects of the fandom just creep me out. Anyways, interesting the about face on the gangsters. I guess those romanticized 60s movies have lost their charm... |
2012-02-04, 10:27 | Link #2097 | |
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And if you go to an Anime con, they often have a concert by a band that has nothing to do with anime at all! |
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2012-02-04, 11:04 | Link #2098 |
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Oh no it exists, but I'm just saying.....that band was on Letterman?
Letterman exists at the core of mainstream, this Asian pop stuff is at best at the fringes. I don't expect that to change as long as the US is number one in entertainment production. |
2012-02-04, 12:21 | Link #2099 |
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Someone had serious connections to get that group onto Letterman (and he does tend to like to bring in risky new ideas for US viewers). You can kind of tell that the audience didn't know what to make of them (nor did the guest Regis). The other guest Bill Murray has spent enough time in Japan though... heh
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2012-02-04, 22:33 | Link #2100 | |
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I have a question for the Japanese natives and speakers here. It comes from a comment made by one of my college classmates about learning Japanese:
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