No sacred cows I guess. Its not like these topics can't and shouldn't be approached like this.
What? Why should they be made into little girls? What good reason is there for that?
No sacred cows I guess. Its not like these topics can't and shouldn't be approached like this.
To get people to read about history.What? Why should they be made into little girls? What good reason is there for that?
What? Why should they be made into little girls? What good reason is there for that?
What the fuck is wrong with Japan. This is not ok guys.
What? Why should they be made into little girls? What good reason is there for that?
Even though i've seen the word all over the interwebs, I never knew what the term moe was until today.
WHY
Meh its not that different from people creating fake translations for Hitler's speech in Downfall.
Not saying they should, but there isn't much of a reason why they shouldn't. Of course this approach panders to the male demographic, but really there is no problem with it.
SOmething I think people don't really understand though about this sort of thing is that it is extremely niche. As in it sells to a tiny handful of people. Probably about 5-10,000 copies in a country over 100 million. Anime in general is actually really niche outside of huge productions like Miyazaki films or One Piece. Manga is a bit more popular though. This sort of thing in particular will appeal to the same tiny group of otakus who buy all the other moe stuff. Its not a huge number, and it doesn't represent Japan's majority. That said, I can understand how it would seem weird, because it kind of is, but its for a small amount of people who are into this kind of thing. Most Japanese citzens are probably as disgusted by it as some of you are.
What? Why should they be made into little girls? What good reason is there for that?
What? Why should they be made into little girls? What good reason is there for that?
Hetalia had what now?So it's Hetalia sans the creativity and subtlety. Got it.
Why does there have to be one?
I legitimately don't understand how people are actually offended over this.
Because it's tasteless and wrong? Because making light of what these genocidal maniacs did is doing everyone a great disservice?
Because it's tasteless and wrong? Because making light of what these genocidal maniacs did is doing everyone a great disservice?
Because it's tasteless and wrong? Because making light of what these genocidal maniacs did is doing everyone a great disservice?
Welcome (back) to OT.Are we really going to blow this up? Really?
Because you said so, anotherwords?Because it's tasteless and wrong?
HAHAHA, cute. degrade those assholes.
Welcome (back) to OT.
This moe talk reminds me of that Moe Alan Moore comic that also had a Moe Neil Gaiman
I thought this was done multiple times already.
Seriously, it feels like they're doing this every 3 months or something.
I legitimately don't understand how people are actually offended over this.
I legitimately don't understand how people are actually offended over this.
Japan is pretty much deviant art at this point
The name escapes me right now, but there's a hentai manga out there that ends up with the protagonist going back in time to Hiroshima when it bombs... strangely, George Bush is the one unloading the nuke.Someone make a moe version of Hiroshima and let's see how Japanese people react
I don't really have any difficulty understanding how people could be offended by it, personally. Some of the despots portrayed in the book are recent enough to have had a direct negative impact on the lives of people living today who fall within the sort of age demographics a publication like this would target. Hell, Omar al-Bashir is the president of Sudan to this day and is the first acting head of state ever to be indicted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity. There are people seeking to be granted refugee status to get out of Sudan to this day in order to get away from him. Gadaffi's only been dead for a year. Pol Pot was deposed in 1979 but only died in the late '90s. There are people alive right now who have direct experience with the dictators portrayed in the book, and I have my doubts that many of them would be particularly chuffed to see them rendered as cute little girls.
Because it's tasteless and wrong? Because making light of what these genocidal maniacs did is doing everyone a great disservice?
Someone made moe buildings once and the WTC was one of them and she had bandaids.
Some people just dont give a fuck and will render anything.
People should read this:SOmething I think people don't really understand though about this sort of thing is that it is extremely niche. As in it sells to a tiny handful of people. Probably about 5-10,000 copies in a country over 100 million. Anime in general is actually really niche outside of huge productions like Miyazaki films or One Piece. Manga is a bit more popular though. This sort of thing in particular will appeal to the same tiny group of otakus who buy all the other moe stuff. Its not a huge number, and it doesn't represent Japan's majority. That said, I can understand how it would seem weird, because it kind of is, but its for a small amount of people who are into this kind of thing. Most Japanese citzens are probably as disgusted by it as some of you are.
After all these years in Japan, I can honestly say that animation (major studio productions notwithstanding) is still mainly considered kids' stuff. There is shockingly little anime on television, and most of it is unapologetically meant for children. The only adults who really get into it (referred to as otaku) are usually perceived by the media as overweight, unwashed weirdos who are probably child molesters. Sound familiar? You're bound to spend just as much time hiding your Trigun DVDs from company here as you would anywhere else.
Or the Rape of Nanking.