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Another vote for agree and disagree. Take for example Japan - the land of anime girls on every piece of advertising. How much would the demand for human models

Another vote for agree and disagree. Take for example Japan - the land of anime girls on every piece of advertising. How much would the demand for human models expand if illustrated characters were not an alternative? There's a scarcity in the type of human beauty that's sought after by the fashion industry. What if that scarcity didn't exist? If people grow up with this new economic model of beauty and scarcity, maybe it would change the landscape of fashion entirely.

ekianjo 7y ago
No, Japan does not use anime girls for every piece of advertising. Have you ever set foot in the country?
- whytaka 7y ago
  I am Japanese. It was hyperbolic but not that much.
  - ekianjo 7y ago
    Anime is used in subculture in Japan, but on TV (except for very specific time windows) and in the streets you dont see much of it. I live in Japan btw.
needle0 7y ago
I will say the demographic deeply into fashion and those familiar with anime girls doesn't feel like it overlaps too much -- yet. That said, one recent interesting development I saw is VRoid Wear, a collaboration between fashion brands and an anime-style 3D avatar creation tool. The brand Chloma is releasing the same apparel for avatars and real people simultaneously. The avatar-wear is not a mere promotional giveaway for the physical-wear: both are treated equally as products for sale, as they are selling the model data and textures for the former at around $50. (The physical version goes at something closer to $500, but still.) https://hub.vroid.com/wear/chloma https://hub.vroid.com/wear/chloma
asutekku 7y ago
I’m posting this message from a local train in rural japan. The sides are plastered with ads but nowhere where i look at can i see anime girls. While i know few instances where they exist, that’s just not the reality in japan. Akihabara is as much of a japan as Silicon Valley is Usa. At certain level yes but on the other hand not at all.
- whytaka 7y ago
  I am Japanese. It was hyperbolic but not that much.
  - asutekku 7y ago
    It was pretty damn hyperbolic. I seriously haven’t seen that much of an anime advertisements anywhere except near konbinis and stores related to them. There might be an collaboration with some anime and product once in a while but from my experience (and this is an experience of an foreigner living in japan) it’s far from norm.

ekianjo 7y ago

No, Japan does not use anime girls for every piece of advertising. Have you ever set foot in the country?

whytaka 7y ago
I am Japanese. It was hyperbolic but not that much.
- ekianjo 7y ago
  Anime is used in subculture in Japan, but on TV (except for very specific time windows) and in the streets you dont see much of it. I live in Japan btw.

needle0 7y ago

I will say the demographic deeply into fashion and those familiar with anime girls doesn't feel like it overlaps too much -- yet. That said, one recent interesting development I saw is VRoid Wear, a collaboration between fashion brands and an anime-style 3D avatar creation tool. The brand Chloma is releasing the same apparel for avatars and real people simultaneously. The avatar-wear is not a mere promotional giveaway for the physical-wear: both are treated equally as products for sale, as they are selling the model data and textures for the former at around $50. (The physical version goes at something closer to $500, but still.) https://hub.vroid.com/wear/chloma https://hub.vroid.com/wear/chloma

asutekku 7y ago

I’m posting this message from a local train in rural japan. The sides are plastered with ads but nowhere where i look at can i see anime girls. While i know few instances where they exist, that’s just not the reality in japan. Akihabara is as much of a japan as Silicon Valley is Usa. At certain level yes but on the other hand not at all.

whytaka 7y ago
I am Japanese. It was hyperbolic but not that much.
- asutekku 7y ago
  It was pretty damn hyperbolic. I seriously haven’t seen that much of an anime advertisements anywhere except near konbinis and stores related to them. There might be an collaboration with some anime and product once in a while but from my experience (and this is an experience of an foreigner living in japan) it’s far from norm.