| Your signature gets me excited everytime I see it. Barely able to see nipples but no nipples. |
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zombie_pegasus said: Yeah there is overlap so I don't get your point about that they chose characters popular in Japan and not what westerners would want. They mainly chose characters that are popular worldwide.DrGeroCreation said: Yes, but they're popular in Japan too. There's a fair bit of overlap between anime popular in Japan and anime popular in the West but they also have some titles that the other one doesn't.Goku, Naruto, Astroboy and Sailor Moon are popular among westerners. |
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DrGeroCreation said: What I meant is that Precure and Shin-chan aren't even that well known outside of the anime community in the West. Things like Bleach and SAO would be more relevant here.zombie_pegasus said: Yeah there is overlap so I don't get your point about that they chose characters popular in Japan and not what westerners would want. They mainly chose characters that are popular worldwide.Yes, but they're popular in Japan too. There's a fair bit of overlap between anime popular in Japan and anime popular in the West but they also have some titles that the other one doesn't. |
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zombie_pegasus said: Okay I see what you mean now. They didn't just choose characters from anime that would be easily recognizable to westerners.DrGeroCreation said: What I meant is that Precure and Shin-chan aren't even that well known outside of the anime community in the West. Things like Bleach and SAO would be more relevant here.Yeah there is overlap so I don't get your point about that they chose characters popular in Japan and not what westerners would want. They mainly chose characters that are popular worldwide. |
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| Putting anime characters aside, I am actually a bit shocked at the whole idea. Correct me if I am wrong, but I thought anime was a niche thing even for Japan? I'm sure most Japanese people are at least aware of anime, but aren't fans themselves. I was shocked because it seems like a pretty bold move that basically is saying how Japan = anime. I would figure Japan wouldn't want to be known ONLY for their anime, plus I imagine mainly Western influence led to this. As for the rest of the world, I think they would be scratching their heads a bit at this. |
| Wait, is that video for real(official) as there exclusion of that famous cat robot or this ambassador not mascot related I don't understand |
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| I have honestly watched none of these... but I do support it and think it is a nice strategy to drive up attention. Give the westerners who are really into anime or moderately into anime a reason to watch or go to the Olympics while also giving someone who has only watched one of the select anime mentioned a reason to watch or go to the Olympics ;) |
| did shonen jump pay to have all there characters there? jk still that is a lot of shonen jump characters |
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Pullman said: Shinji is pretty upbeat and scream a lot tho and Misato is pretty lewd and also a pretty good motivatorClebardman said: Where's Rei? These Olympics will be shiiiiiiiiite!!! >:c Mascots are supposed to be upbeat and motivating. I guess none of the NGE characters qualified :>. |
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| There was some promo picture last year that showed them all. Youkai Watch is pretty big in Japan, but I'd say Pikachu would be the better choice for that sheer global recognition. Hopefully it'll give YW a boost so we can start seeing some subs again. That "Petty Cure" typo though |
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| Shin chan is the best representative mascot amongst those 😂 |
| Pikachu is too well known. He is so closely associated with the Pokémon franchise that including him would overshadow the rest of the characters. Also noticed that none of them are recently created characters aside from Yo Jibanyan. I wonder if the did this to avoid any sort of favoritism towards more recent series. My only disappointment is that they didn't pick Gon Freecss. His youth and energy would have been a perfect match. |
kamisaka said: Putting anime characters aside, I am actually a bit shocked at the whole idea. Correct me if I am wrong, but I thought anime was a niche thing even for Japan? I'm sure most Japanese people are at least aware of anime, but aren't fans themselves. I was shocked because it seems like a pretty bold move that basically is saying how Japan = anime. I would figure Japan wouldn't want to be known ONLY for their anime, plus I imagine mainly Western influence led to this. As for the rest of the world, I think they would be scratching their heads a bit at this. That whole "Japan doesn't really care about anime" thing is complete bullshit. Akihabara exists....I mean for fucks sake it is nothing but anime, games, hentai, and manga in that place. Store after store of pure otaku paradise. And then there's Comiket....which happens two times a year and literally brings MILLIONS of fans to that 3 day event. I don't buy it for one second.....Japan LOVES anime/manga they probably just don't want to admit it. |
| goku will win more medals than phelps |
| Well done, all of them are pretty famous characters both and outside of Japan, even someone not familiar with anime knows them. And loled at people nomming Bleach, like seriously? 5 years ago maybe, but now? @Kamisaka "I thought anime was a niche thing even for Japan?" Nah they love anime enough to put 2 anime on their top 2 all time box office, and some more on their top 20 overall. |
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| I'm very surprised one of the characters in Yokai Watch represent it. I mean, it's not like I'm in Japan but... Yokai Watch is nothing (based in popularity) compared to Death Note or Cardraptor Sakura. |
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zombie_pegasus said: I like how they used characters from anime that are popular in Japan rather than trying to pander to what Westerners would want. However, I do question why Detective Conan was left out. I'm fairly certain that he's the most popular anime character in Japan. I also agree. I thought that Detective Conan would also be on there as he really is popular. |
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kamisaka said: When you think about it, football isn't something that every single American is a fan of but they still take pride in it. 60% of Japanese people watch at least some anime. How many of these people are just watching an episode of Pokemon a week and how many are watching 12 episodes a day wasn't reported in those statistics. Anime as a whole isn't niche in Japan any more than watching sports is niche in the United States.Putting anime characters aside, I am actually a bit shocked at the whole idea. Correct me if I am wrong, but I thought anime was a niche thing even for Japan? I'm sure most Japanese people are at least aware of anime, but aren't fans themselves. I was shocked because it seems like a pretty bold move that basically is saying how Japan = anime. I would figure Japan wouldn't want to be known ONLY for their anime, plus I imagine mainly Western influence led to this. As for the rest of the world, I think they would be scratching their heads a bit at this. |
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SuzuMine-chan said: I'm very surprised one of the characters in Yokai Watch represent it. I mean, it's not like I'm in Japan but... Yokai Watch is nothing (based in popularity) compared to Death Note or Cardraptor Sakura. They are going after the younger audience. Yokai Watch is right up their alley, while Death Note is not. |
| No Pikachu surprised me. Other then that, the names were as expected. |
| No natsu? Pikachu? or even Kirito bruh These are more mainstream than Astro boy and Shin-chan (I love shin-chan, but it's not that well known in the west. It's well known in the Netherlands though) |
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zombie_pegasus said: DrGeroCreation said: What I meant is that Precure and Shin-chan aren't even that well known outside of the anime community in the West. Things like Bleach and SAO would be more relevant here.Yeah there is overlap so I don't get your point about that they chose characters popular in Japan and not what westerners would want. They mainly chose characters that are popular worldwide. zombie_pegasus said: DrGeroCreation said: What I meant is that Precure and Shin-chan aren't even that well known outside of the anime community in the West. Things like Bleach and SAO would be more relevant here.Yeah there is overlap so I don't get your point about that they chose characters popular in Japan and not what westerners would want. They mainly chose characters that are popular worldwide. around 300 episodes of Shin-Chan were aired in The Netherlands. And EVERYONE under 25 knows Shin-Chan. E.V.E.R.Y.O.N.E |
| In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful. | You know what I hate the most? People who aren't free. They're no more than cattle. |
ShyGuyDY said: Why isn't this the official gesture of the Tokyo Olympics?  I will be disappoint if I don't see at least ONE athlete do this when they get a medal Jeez, time to get fit on a world class level. How much money to bribe the athletes to lose so I can Jojo pose up on the winner stand? |
| I've officially sworn off of 2016. |
| Yokai Watch, but no Pokémon? Interesting... |
| They should've gone with Gogo Yubari and Inferno Cop instead |
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| Glad to see Astroboy on there. I was expecting a Gundam...but I wouldn't want the Olympic games to be represented by a war machine... What I do wonder is, since this is the Olympic games, why didn't they choose a sports anime representative? I think Ippo should have been on there. |
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| Cthuko Cthuga or GTFO, Olympics!!! |
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| Where is this character?!! https://myanimelist.net/character/2515/Pico |
| "The future is always blank. Only your willpower can leave footsteps there." "Ruling over death means ruling over life. Death is the climax of life. To have the best death, you must honor life." |
| I'm not overly familiar with the Olympic "ambassador" thing, but is it a requirement that they be pre-existing characters? If they wanted to go the anime route, I think it would've been great if they got a variety of different character designers -- perhaps even artists from these series -- to create original characters. Perhaps even something similar to OS-tans, but with the different types of sports. |
kamisaka said: Putting anime characters aside, I am actually a bit shocked at the whole idea. Correct me if I am wrong, but I thought anime was a niche thing even for Japan? I'm sure most Japanese people are at least aware of anime, but aren't fans themselves. I was shocked because it seems like a pretty bold move that basically is saying how Japan = anime. I would figure Japan wouldn't want to be known ONLY for their anime, plus I imagine mainly Western influence led to this. As for the rest of the world, I think they would be scratching their heads a bit at this. It's what Japan known for outside Japan. In Japan itself, it's true it still niche. |
But it's important to remember that a movie review is subjective;it only gives you one person's opinion. http://www.classzone.com/books/lnetwork_gr08/page_build.cfm?content=analyz_media&ch=30 It doesn't matter if you like LoGH,Monster etc.If you are a jobless or college/school dropout living in your mom basement, you are still an unintelligent loser. Taste in anime does not make you a better person.If elitist don't exist, casual pleb and shit taste also don't exist. |
| I'm glad to see that my waifu is there. |
| That's cool but it Shin-chan old enough for Olympics? :D |
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| if they dont homage akira in the opening ceremony then that will be a huge letdown. |
Imaishi said: No Satsuki. Fucking dropped before the airing time lmao I agree. This is more true to her character though. She would have no interest in promoting the games to the lowly masses. Plus, she'd probably say that giving medals for second and third place is disgraceful - only the truly elite deserve such recognition. OT: I'm not surprised by any of the selections, except I would've expected something from Pokémon. |
DateYutaka said: when some manga have sold over 100 mlioon unit in japan alone id say you know nothing I'm talking about anime not manga. And if you are talking about total manga of course it will reach 100 million since the same people buy more than one volume of manga and that only applicable to mainstream manga. Long running manga is also expected to have more than 100 million sales in total. Yumehara, someone from Japan also stated here that anime is not popular in Japan. https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1535947&show=60#msg47056794 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Yumehara |
ZapredonFeb 9, 2017 8:06 PM
But it's important to remember that a movie review is subjective;it only gives you one person's opinion. http://www.classzone.com/books/lnetwork_gr08/page_build.cfm?content=analyz_media&ch=30 It doesn't matter if you like LoGH,Monster etc.If you are a jobless or college/school dropout living in your mom basement, you are still an unintelligent loser. Taste in anime does not make you a better person.If elitist don't exist, casual pleb and shit taste also don't exist. |
DateYutaka said: Zapredon said: I'm talking about anime not manga. And if you are talking about total manga of course it will reach 100 million since the same people buy more than one volume of manga and that only applicable to mainstream manga. Yumehara, someone from Japan also stated here that anime is not popular in Japan. https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1535947&show=60#msg47056794 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Yumehara late night anime is not that know that is common knowigae every one shuld no that and goig back in time DB as franchise on tv got high av ratings no os muchnay more late nigh anime that people thing=k in mainstem is not na d never has benn I don't know if I interpret you correctly since I always have trouble trying to read your post. Not sure if late night anime is reason for it being unpopular, but regardless, anime is still not popular right except for mainstream stuff like Naruto,OP. |
But it's important to remember that a movie review is subjective;it only gives you one person's opinion. http://www.classzone.com/books/lnetwork_gr08/page_build.cfm?content=analyz_media&ch=30 It doesn't matter if you like LoGH,Monster etc.If you are a jobless or college/school dropout living in your mom basement, you are still an unintelligent loser. Taste in anime does not make you a better person.If elitist don't exist, casual pleb and shit taste also don't exist. |
DateYutaka said: Zapredon said: I don't know if I interpret you correctly since I always have trouble trying to read your post. Not sure if late night anime is reason for it being unpopular, but regardless, anime is still not popular right except for mainstream stuff like Naruto,OP. that was my point but these day 5.0 is alled good back in the 90's and 80's ot be called sucsess an anime needed at lest 10 eand run sv to be call sucssful So you are saying while anime is still not that popular yet in Japan, it is gaining more popularity compare to the 80s and 90s? |
But it's important to remember that a movie review is subjective;it only gives you one person's opinion. http://www.classzone.com/books/lnetwork_gr08/page_build.cfm?content=analyz_media&ch=30 It doesn't matter if you like LoGH,Monster etc.If you are a jobless or college/school dropout living in your mom basement, you are still an unintelligent loser. Taste in anime does not make you a better person.If elitist don't exist, casual pleb and shit taste also don't exist. |
DateYutaka said: Zapredon said: So you are saying while anime is still not that popular yet in Japan, it is gaining more popularity compare to the 80s and 90s? no im saying back n day anime tv ratins were higer by 3 fold is what im saying So in the past, there are far more viewers? |
But it's important to remember that a movie review is subjective;it only gives you one person's opinion. http://www.classzone.com/books/lnetwork_gr08/page_build.cfm?content=analyz_media&ch=30 It doesn't matter if you like LoGH,Monster etc.If you are a jobless or college/school dropout living in your mom basement, you are still an unintelligent loser. Taste in anime does not make you a better person.If elitist don't exist, casual pleb and shit taste also don't exist. |
| Putting recent Precure characters wasn't the best idea as few foreigners know of Mirai and Riko. Shin-chan not so much either, while it aired here in the states, the vast majority of those who did watch it in the US are at or approaching their 30's or older, I believe Europe has more fans though since there's still a few anime in the series that have been licensed there. |
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| Idk why they think putting a perverted kid shin chan to represent Japan is a good idea. Pretty Cure is kinda redundant. They don't need another magical girls anime when there's already Sailor Moon. The only reason to put the 2 PreCure girls there I can think of is an attempt to balance out the male to female ratio for the ambassadors. Other than those 2, the others are obviously good choice. |
| Cashing in on the one thing that they are famous for.. Pretty surprised that they didn't have Pikachu or Ash. |
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