Comments on: Year in Review: Japan Just Can’t Get Some Things Right… http://omonomono.com/2007/12/14/year-in-review-japan-just-cant-get-some-things-right/ The Yard Sale Mon, 21 May 2012 22:54:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: 0rion http://omonomono.com/2007/12/14/year-in-review-japan-just-cant-get-some-things-right/#comment-6458 0rion Fri, 14 Dec 2007 18:58:51 +0000 http://omo.serenana.info/2007/12/14/year-in-review-japan-just-cant-get-some-things-right/#comment-6458 Speaking as an American, I can testify that tj's above statement is indeed fully factual, except he forgot to mention the equally fat women. :P Speaking as an American, I can testify that tj’s above statement is indeed fully factual, except he forgot to mention the equally fat women. :P

]]> By: omo http://omonomono.com/2007/12/14/year-in-review-japan-just-cant-get-some-things-right/#comment-6457 omo Fri, 14 Dec 2007 17:33:41 +0000 http://omo.serenana.info/2007/12/14/year-in-review-japan-just-cant-get-some-things-right/#comment-6457 <p>Boulayman: are you Japanese?</p> <p>As an aside, this hip hop, vulgar and action-loving fat man want to be specific and say that American media is not full of hip hop, vulgar and action stuff, but rather that kind of thing is readily available. American media, contrary to popular belief, is massively diverse today. In fact compared to a mere 5 years ago there is sooooo much more varied crap on US TV than even before.</p> <p>This really goes to the point that even when we talk about anime fans, we need to recognize there's a wide variety of them. There is a home-grown variety of anime fans in the US that is particularly fitting of tj's description, and they are likely some of the motivation behind the common Japanese stereotype associated with ex-pats in Japan.</p> Boulayman: are you Japanese?

As an aside, this hip hop, vulgar and action-loving fat man want to be specific and say that American media is not full of hip hop, vulgar and action stuff, but rather that kind of thing is readily available. American media, contrary to popular belief, is massively diverse today. In fact compared to a mere 5 years ago there is sooooo much more varied crap on US TV than even before.

This really goes to the point that even when we talk about anime fans, we need to recognize there’s a wide variety of them. There is a home-grown variety of anime fans in the US that is particularly fitting of tj’s description, and they are likely some of the motivation behind the common Japanese stereotype associated with ex-pats in Japan.

]]> By: Boulayman http://omonomono.com/2007/12/14/year-in-review-japan-just-cant-get-some-things-right/#comment-6455 Boulayman Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:21:49 +0000 http://omo.serenana.info/2007/12/14/year-in-review-japan-just-cant-get-some-things-right/#comment-6455 Well, I beg to differ... I used to have that opinion of americans too but all those I met IRL were really top quality open minded people. Plus, if they were such vulgar and action loving, how could they make such great movies such as No country for old men... I think they have been getting a lot of slack because of their president but they really are an amazing people after all. An amazingly diverse one too. As for hip hop, well it hardly is just America, it is just as popular in france, the UK and JApan, the US just happen to have come up with that. Well, I beg to differ… I used to have that opinion of americans too but all those I met IRL were really top quality open minded people. Plus, if they were such vulgar and action loving, how could they make such great movies such as No country for old men… I think they have been getting a lot of slack because of their president but they really are an amazing people after all. An amazingly diverse one too. As for hip hop, well it hardly is just America, it is just as popular in france, the UK and JApan, the US just happen to have come up with that.

]]> By: tj han http://omonomono.com/2007/12/14/year-in-review-japan-just-cant-get-some-things-right/#comment-6452 tj han Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:18:34 +0000 http://omo.serenana.info/2007/12/14/year-in-review-japan-just-cant-get-some-things-right/#comment-6452 Two words: AFRO SAMURAI. The biggest problem is Japanese perceive Americans as a bunch of hip hop, vulgar and action-loving fat men. And IT IS TRUE! Two words: AFRO SAMURAI. The biggest problem is Japanese perceive Americans as a bunch of hip hop, vulgar and action-loving fat men. And IT IS TRUE!

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