What is it with your fascination with Japan?

Post by **Vympel** » 2003-03-22 10:16am

DarthBlight wrote: woman wearing a Catholic schoolgirl uniform and be honest.

emphasis on woman. Not girl. Ugh. Little girls aren't sexy.

Dooey Jo · Post by **Dooey Jo** » 2003-03-22 10:18am

Ninja and ninjutsu come from Japan. Ninja and ninjutsu are cool, therefor Japan is cool. Cool things fascinates me, therefor Japan fascinates me.

VF5SS · Post by **VF5SS** » 2003-03-22 10:20am

I wanna visit an authentic Kareoke bar.

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2003-03-22 10:41am

I like Godzilla and some of the other giant monster movies. Some anime is okay from time to time but I really haven't seen much of it.

Luckilly, from what's been written here, I haven't seen more than a few short clips of Japanese porn.

I did read that (supposedly) legal porn is that with the performers crotches pixilated out while the non-pixelated porn is illegal and therefore more naughty.

Knife · Post by **Knife** » 2003-03-22 10:41am

Its just a place, just like other places. I neither adore it or dipise it. The people (as most people do) tend to by very nice. The are very hospitable, even if they don't like you, and will go to great pains so you know that you are being treated nicely. Their food is above par, and some is outstanding, though their saki and beer suck.

I am neither a Anime fan, but I have seen some anime that I really like (Ghost in the Machine comes to mind) but I can say that as an art form, it is a subject all of its own.

Next of Kin · Post by **Next of Kin** » 2003-03-22 10:57am

Their martial arts system impresses me but then again, it's nothing that you can't get over here.

Rye · Post by **Rye** » 2003-03-22 11:12am

The thing i like about japan is the same thing i like about everywhere, the little eccentricities and variations between people. Since japan is on the other side of the world, they're very different to us, and it's cool to see. also words like ninja are cool.
As for the whole hentai thing...i feel it's to do with corrupting innocence, despite it being generously proportioned innocence, due to the social pressures of that country and it's society.
Similar thing recently in UK, which prompted the rise of punk music over here, and hippies.
I just think it's cool to see how different societies have grown up differently, same thing when you see a relative or friend after years of not seeing them.

XaLEv · Post by **XaLEv** » 2003-03-22 11:42am

I'm really indifferent to the culture. I think the language is beautiful and quite interesting. As for anime, I tend to like it because much of it is so different from the kind of things you would see over here, and there tend to be more good anime produced there than there are good tv series/movies here, IMO. Also, in my experience, anime stories tend to be more continuous than is common here. I vastly prefer contiuous stories over episodic ones.

Yogi · Post by **Yogi** » 2003-03-22 12:30pm

Actually, there's been a rise of "Late Night" Anime which are not really kid stuff. Lain, Noir, and Azumanga Daioh are all examples.

brothersinarm · Post by **brothersinarm** » 2003-03-22 12:39pm

I'm only interested in Canadian culture...but I tolerate other cultures fine. Personally I think hating another culture (calling them pathetic, low, primitive) is just plain racist/culturalist whatever. There's no way everyone in a single culture would abide by every customs. And besides a culture is a mosaic of subcultures and over generalization of cultures and people can cause people to become myopic.

Post by **Alyrium Denryle** » 2003-03-22 12:41pm

I personally am a fan of SOME anime, and manga. I will lst what have seen here

Akira(HELL YES GOD-LIKE TELEKINETIC BIKERS!)
Vampire Hunter D
Ghost in the Shell
La Blu Girl(this shit is just funny, "Now you will be a victim of my roots of lust")
DragonBall
Dragon Ball Z
Dragon Ball GT
twilight of the dark master

I think that Urban vision makes some very good anime, and would like to see more of their work

I also listen to a fair amout of Japanese Muic(pierrot)

brothersinarm · Post by **brothersinarm** » 2003-03-22 12:45pm

I've seen dragonball z...but is it just me or does it get subsequently poorer and poorer with each episode. At the beginning of the series people actually move their limbs to fight? Then at the end they just flashes in and out.

Yogi · Post by **Yogi** » 2003-03-22 12:48pm

The Dragonball Saga was originally gonig to end with Goku vs. Freiza in a titanic earth-shaking battle, which ends in Goku fulfilling his race's destiny and becoming the Legendary Super Saiya-jin and destroying Freiza, dying in the process.

However, because of pressure from the Editors, it got dragged out all the way to Buu. Hence, why Toriyama hates all things Dragonball right now.

Besides, Manga > Anime.

The Dark · Post by **The Dark** » 2003-03-22 01:23pm

I like some anime, but my main fascination is the military history. I'm an amateur World War II historian, with everything from books with technical data on the vehicles to books on the Kempeitai and the 6th Rangers liberation of the Cabantuan camp where the last survivors of the Bata'an Death March were held (my spelling of Bata'an is the way it's pronounced, according to my friend from Luzon who speaks Tagalog...saying "bah-tan" gets her pissed off). I'm equally fascinated with the RAF, AVF (Flying Tigers), and the technology of the era. It's got a lot of odd quirks.

For example, while the Me262 Schwalbe flew first, the Gloster Meteor actually entered service first. Thus, the Meteor was the first operational jet fighter in the world, not the 262. Very few people seem to know this.

Post by **Dalton** » 2003-03-22 01:25pm

I'm sick to death of DBZ.

Damaramu · Post by **Damaramu** » 2003-03-22 01:28pm

I have a minor interest in Japanese pop culture, which I often find to be quirky.

I really dislike DBZ as well. It's a shame that most people only exposure to anime is through DBZ. I remember some slack jawed redneck telling me: "Man, I just like Dragonball because all the fightin' they do."

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2003-03-22 01:29pm

Dalton wrote:I'm sick to death of DBZ.

Same here. That and pokemon. I suppose their the Japanese revenge for the A-bomb. Make us all suffer from the depredations of moron fanboys.

Cpt_Frank · Post by **Cpt_Frank** » 2003-03-22 02:45pm

The Dark wrote:For example, while the Me262 Schwalbe flew first, the Gloster Meteor actually entered service first. Thus, the Meteor was the first operational jet fighter in the world, not the 262. Very few people seem to know this.

First operational jet fighter was the HE-280, but it didn't enter service.
The Meteor was the first to enter service, and the Me-262 was the first to enter regular squadron service.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-03-22 03:01pm

RedImperator wrote:I'm a lot more interested in Vietnamese culture than Japanese. The girls are hotter, too.

Speaking of Vietnamese culture, ever have pho?

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2003-03-22 03:09pm

phongn wrote:
RedImperator wrote:I'm a lot more interested in Vietnamese culture than Japanese. The girls are hotter, too.
Speaking of Vietnamese culture, ever have pho?

No. For one, my fascination is sorta recent (growing, but recent), and for another, there aren't any Vietnamese restaurants around here that I know of. The Philadelphia area doesn't seem to attract many Asian immigrants. It looks pretty good, though.

Rubberanvil · Post by **Rubberanvil** » 2003-03-22 03:10pm

Dalton wrote:On the flip-side, I'd generally prefer a Western comic book over a manga, since the former is usually a lot better drawn than the latter.

Something which varies from company to from company and artist to artist.

Trytostaydead · Post by **Trytostaydead** » 2003-03-22 03:31pm

phongn wrote:
RedImperator wrote:I'm a lot more interested in Vietnamese culture than Japanese. The girls are hotter, too.
Speaking of Vietnamese culture, ever have pho?

PHO IS THE GREATEST!! WOOO!!

I LOVE Pho. I got interested in it a number of years back and I've been going out for Pho at least every other week. It's great for when you're feeling sick, really clear the sinuses and just tastes damn great.

But as for Japanese culture? Well, I have a lot of family history that intertwines with Japanese history. Hell, odds are I also have a lot of Japanese blood in me as well.

Also, some Japs are quite cute

Exonerate · Post by **Exonerate** » 2003-03-22 04:12pm

Hmm, Pho is great! There are a couple shops for that in my area.
Why Japanese culture? Well, anime is cool...

Oh, btw, Trytostaydead, you might want to be careful calling people "Japs", because some take offense to that, like my Japanese teacher.

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2003-03-22 04:16pm

Stormbringer wrote:
Dalton wrote:I'm sick to death of DBZ.
Same here. That and pokemon. I suppose their the Japanese revenge for the A-bomb. Make us all suffer from the depredations of moron fanboys.

Don't forget Yu-Gi-Oh now........urgh

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2003-03-22 04:41pm

Cpt_Frank wrote:
The Dark wrote:For example, while the Me262 Schwalbe flew first, the Gloster Meteor actually entered service first. Thus, the Meteor was the first operational jet fighter in the world, not the 262. Very few people seem to know this.
First operational jet fighter was the HE-280, but it didn't enter service.
The Meteor was the first to enter service, and the Me-262 was the first to enter regular squadron service.

How can an aircraft be deemed operational if it never went on any operations??? The first to fly and operational are not interchangeable terms.
The first to fly was the HE-178, BTW. But that was just what we would call today a technology demonstrator.