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#21 March 22, 2008, 01:10:34 am

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At least it wasn't Naruto.

That’s right, you have the young gaming with the old(er), white people gaming with black people, men and women, Asian countries gaming with the EU, North Americans gaming with South Americans. Much like world sporting events like the Wolrd Cup, or the Olympics will bring together different nations in friendly competition, (note the recent Asian Cup; Iraq vs. Saudi Arabia, no violence there) we come together. The differences being, we are not divided by our nationalities and we do it 24-7, and on a personal level.

We are a community without borders and without colours, the spirit and diversity of the gaming community is one that should be looked up to, a spirit and diversity other groups should strive toward.

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Saithly

#22 March 22, 2008, 01:20:07 am

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Well I think it was a smart move to promote Japanese culture in the form of anime, because it is an art form unique to Japan and should be appreciated in its own way. PS Bugs Bunny is neither Japanese nor Anime so how would he promote Japanese Culture. We live in a world where sexist action movie stars can become Governors so why can't a cat become an ambassador.

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#23 March 22, 2008, 02:31:39 am

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...the joke is that he's American culture.

also modern anime is as much a Japanese art as Loonatics Unleashed is an American art.

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#24 March 22, 2008, 03:26:10 am

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doraemon of all things....

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#25 March 22, 2008, 03:44:06 am

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Quote from: Dada on March 21, 2008, 08:33:17 pm

We did this before! A Dutch cartoon (or anime, as it was animated in Japan) character, Alfred J. Kwak, was made UNICEF ambassador for children's rights in 2003. (Wiki article doesn't seem to state it, but Google it if you want specifics.)

OMG, I used to watch that when I was a kid. It was pretty hardcore when you look back at it.

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#26 March 22, 2008, 06:38:46 am

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Quote from: Jester on March 21, 2008, 09:40:01 am

man japan is so weird

imagine giving a fictional character a political position anywhere else on earth

Yes, things would go straight to hell.

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#27 March 22, 2008, 08:50:08 am

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Quote from: Brown on March 22, 2008, 03:26:10 am

doraemon of all things....

Well, that's one thing I don't find very surprising. It's been continuously running since the early 80s or even late 70s. As far as recognition value goes, it's probably either this or Dragonball Z.

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#28 March 22, 2008, 01:39:02 pm

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Yeah, Doraemon makes perfect sense as the option--fuck, Time Magazine did an article about him in a series called HEROES OF ASIA or something like that. He's pretty damn huge as a mascot!

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#29 March 22, 2008, 07:15:34 pm

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Hey Lars I know this isn't the time to ask but why are you blue in all your avatars

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#30 March 22, 2008, 07:30:02 pm

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Quote from: Saithly on March 22, 2008, 01:20:07 am

Well I think it was a smart move to promote Japanese culture in the form of anime, because it is an art form unique to Japan and should be appreciated in its own way. PS Bugs Bunny is neither Japanese nor Anime so how would he promote Japanese Culture. We live in a world where sexist action movie stars can become Governors so why can't a cat become an ambassador.

Actually anime as it is is pretty far from japanese culture, is is perhaps more representative of american culture than Bugs Bunny. Anime is mainly (and at times prettymuch SOLELY) inspired and influenced by the Loony Toons and Disney movies which come into post-war Japan by the americans. Even the cliche anime style which people get into such a fuss about shows a clear progression from that of human disney characters. Japan prettymuch decided to say "fuck this" to their culture after WW2 when they realised that it made them into such racist barbaric imperialistic assholes (hence all this lovely drama now about them being taught their culture and national identity at schools making a large part of their population worried about what it'll do). And so as a result they adopted the family friendly image (and effectively forget they've ever done anything bad such as warcrimes so heinous they'd make Josef Mengele blush!!!). Even their armed forces advertise with anime characters!. To say it's an art form unique to Japan is totally ignorant on so many levels (and it's very value as an artform is open to debate).

Also are you a girly man? because you just can't go about badmouthing the terminator.

NOTE: The influence of pre-manga (manga again was something which became what it is in postwar japan) sequential art on anime and their current culture is near minimal. There are elements of it in their style, but this is rare. Some mangas do borrow heavily in this style, and some (few) anime series' do, but nowhere near enough to represent japanese culture.

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#31 March 22, 2008, 07:30:38 pm

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Hahahahahahahaha.
Japan would

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#32 March 22, 2008, 08:09:19 pm

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Junior the dog was recently banned from the local grocery store in her Kentucky town, and is quite pissed because SHE IS THE MAYOR?!?!
http://flix55.com/watch/XMgeEsx0nbw
The scary thing is, I don't know if these Kentuckites are just playing along, or if they truly are that retarded.

I am curious about Japan though. Does the voice actor hold the reins now?

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#33 March 23, 2008, 12:46:59 pm

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I am so favouriting this topic.

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#34 March 23, 2008, 01:39:53 pm

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Quote from: Eric on March 22, 2008, 08:09:19 pm

Junior the dog was recently banned from the local grocery store in her Kentucky town, and is quite pissed because SHE IS THE MAYOR?!?!
http://flix55.com/watch/XMgeEsx0nbw
The scary thing is, I don't know if these Kentuckites are just playing along, or if they truly are that retarded.

I am curious about Japan though. Does the voice actor hold the reins now?

The fuck

I've never even heard of this

This must be some incredibly small town (didn't watch the video so not sure) where everyone is related to each other in the town and there are about 20 people, because those are the only cases where Kentucky would honor a dog as mayor (yeah a lot of Kentuckians are completely stupid, but most of them would be more likely to shoot the dog for coming on its property than go "OH YEAH YOU'RE THE MAYOR")

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#35 March 23, 2008, 08:26:54 pm

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Quote from: Eric on March 22, 2008, 08:09:19 pm

Junior the dog was recently banned from the local grocery store in her Kentucky town, and is quite pissed because SHE IS THE MAYOR?!?!
http://flix55.com/watch/XMgeEsx0nbw
The scary thing is, I don't know if these Kentuckites are just playing along, or if they truly are that retarded.

I am curious about Japan though. Does the voice actor hold the reins now?

LMAO "that's the most ridic-o-lus thing i ever heard"

i wonder if junior is a republican.

keep posting...

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#36 March 24, 2008, 02:34:50 am

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Quote from: Kaworu on March 22, 2008, 07:30:02 pm

Actually anime as it is is pretty far from japanese culture, is is perhaps more representative of american culture than Bugs Bunny. Anime is mainly (and at times prettymuch SOLELY) inspired and influenced by the Loony Toons and Disney movies which come into post-war Japan by the americans. Even the cliche anime style which people get into such a fuss about shows a clear progression from that of human disney characters. Japan prettymuch decided to say "fuck this" to their culture after WW2 when they realised that it made them into such racist barbaric imperialistic assholes (hence all this lovely drama now about them being taught their culture and national identity at schools making a large part of their population worried about what it'll do). And so as a result they adopted the family friendly image (and effectively forget they've ever done anything bad such as warcrimes so heinous they'd make Josef Mengele blush!!!). Even their armed forces advertise with anime characters!. To say it's an art form unique to Japan is totally ignorant on so many levels (and it's very value as an artform is open to debate).

Also are you a girly man? because you just can't go about badmouthing the terminator.

NOTE: The influence of pre-manga (manga again was something which became what it is in postwar japan) sequential art on anime and their current culture is near minimal. There are elements of it in their style, but this is rare. Some mangas do borrow heavily in this style, and some (few) anime series' do, but nowhere near enough to represent japanese culture.

Just to point what I believe is an historical inaccuracy:

Japan didn't just say "fuck this" to their culture. They actually were occupied by USA army which wanted to make Japan a bit more "westernised" and thus did quite a few reforms in education and organization of the country, thus influencing greatly their culture.

Not a very relevant point, but I just felt like I had to say it because giving up your culture is not something you would do just like that even if u're Japanese...

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#37 March 28, 2008, 12:25:15 am

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Really, Doraemon? Anime/manga is pretty huge, I'm surprised they couldn't find a better character in all those series than the goofy and irresponsible robot cat. He's pretty old too. Shouldn't they have considered someone more recent since anime has only caught on in the last 15-20 years? However, I wouldn't be complaining if they had elected Lum.

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#38 March 28, 2008, 12:59:40 am

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Dude, yeah, Doraemon is old, but he's a HUGE mascot.

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#39 March 28, 2008, 02:05:27 am

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I remember watching Doraemon as a kid... that show was awesome. There was also that ninja show made by the same company (Ninja Hattori is what it was called over here in Portugal). Doraemon is the perfect candidate.

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#40 March 28, 2008, 03:51:43 am

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Honestly, better an example of classic Japanese animation than, like, Pikachu or Naruto.

That’s right, you have the young gaming with the old(er), white people gaming with black people, men and women, Asian countries gaming with the EU, North Americans gaming with South Americans. Much like world sporting events like the Wolrd Cup, or the Olympics will bring together different nations in friendly competition, (note the recent Asian Cup; Iraq vs. Saudi Arabia, no violence there) we come together. The differences being, we are not divided by our nationalities and we do it 24-7, and on a personal level.

We are a community without borders and without colours, the spirit and diversity of the gaming community is one that should be looked up to, a spirit and diversity other groups should strive toward.

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