Reading through the policies forAnime Punch, I find one of those gems that reminds me why I enjoy that con so much:
"Caveat hentai – We feel that no art should be censored. We show hentai late at night. We do not allow anyone under 18 into the hentai showing. Is this an inconsistency? To avoid any hypocrisy we make sure that the hentai we show can in no way be misconstrued as art. We will show the most vial, terrible, worthless, degenerate, meaningless trash that we can conjure! So no fear; there shall be no children in the hentai room, but there will be massive amounts of hilarity."
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Turning Japanese
On today's internet weirdness front, we have a video of Kirsten Dunst doing a cover of The Vapors "Turning Japanese" while dancing around in Akihabara dressed up like a character from a magical girl show.
(Warning: Cartoon boobage, plus a couple of live action pantie shots)
EDIT: Removed from Youtube....
I'm particularly touched by a blog post I read earlier on CNNGo:
My biggest problem with commentary like that, as well as the whole practice of looking down on western otaku as not grasping the fact that there is more to Japan than Akiba, anime, and Nakagawa Shoko putting her cats head in her mouth, is that we damn well know there is more to it. But, when I'm in ubernerd mode, the history and essential culture underlying the modern pop culture has nothing to do with the situation at hand. I want my pandering moe-fest, damnit. Later, if someone wants to debate the motivations of both sides during the Bakumatsu, or Sakamoto Ryoma's contributions to the modernization of Japan and its navy, or the impact of fluctuations of the Nikkei stock exchange average on the global market, I'm all ears.
(Warning: Cartoon boobage, plus a couple of live action pantie shots)
EDIT: Removed from Youtube....
I'm particularly touched by a blog post I read earlier on CNNGo:
This sounds like a high-concept, big-budget art project on paper, but the overall effect is a cringe-worthy parade of clichés upon which Murakami never makes any sort of artistic statement. The video only starts to make sense when viewed through Murakami's usual modus operandi: Selling the West the Japan it wants rather than the Japan that exists. In other words, "Akihabara Majokko Princess" is not as much art as a pop culture fairy tale for Anglo-American eyes.
My biggest problem with commentary like that, as well as the whole practice of looking down on western otaku as not grasping the fact that there is more to Japan than Akiba, anime, and Nakagawa Shoko putting her cats head in her mouth, is that we damn well know there is more to it. But, when I'm in ubernerd mode, the history and essential culture underlying the modern pop culture has nothing to do with the situation at hand. I want my pandering moe-fest, damnit. Later, if someone wants to debate the motivations of both sides during the Bakumatsu, or Sakamoto Ryoma's contributions to the modernization of Japan and its navy, or the impact of fluctuations of the Nikkei stock exchange average on the global market, I'm all ears.
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