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Another bit of the weeb story: japanese TV also used NTSC, which, during the cold war, made it far easier to get bootleg anime in the US than bootlegs of englis

Another bit of the weeb story: japanese TV also used NTSC, which, during the cold war, made it far easier to get bootleg anime in the US than bootlegs of english, but PAL format, BBC series!

gsf_emergency_6 10mo ago
I wonder if GP was referring specifically to Serbo-Croat or Slovene music :)? It's an interesting way to explain why Hong Kong media wasn't big in the UK (what about the slapstick?) Hmm Anime is probably either escapist or "art", so has wiggle room wrt "Hofstede^W Erin Meyer's cultural dimensions"[-1]? Westerners[0] might not understand why e.g. Terrace House was as popular as anime (or why it ended the way it did.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrace_House:_Tokyo_2019%E2%80%932020#Reception https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrace_House:_Tokyo_2019%E2%8... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hana_Kimura#Early_life https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hana_Kimura#Early_life) [-1]https://magdamiu.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/13.png https://magdamiu.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/13.png [0] Gemini suggests lack of manufactured drama :) https://old.reddit.com/r/terracehouse/comments/9ulsyg/terrace_house_audience_demographic/ https://old.reddit.com/r/terracehouse/comments/9ulsyg/terrac...
- aebtebeten 10mo ago
  Whatever GGP was referring to, I'm sure it'll all turn out OK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRVhWPignvU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRVhWPignvU Anime as escapist might mean that characters who read as exotically confrontational wrt japanese mores might read as exotically non-confrontational wrt to us mores? (compare https://eli.li/gundam-is-just-the-same-as-jane-austen-but-happens-to-include-giant-mech-suits https://eli.li/gundam-is-just-the-same-as-jane-austen-but-ha... ; to what extent does Asuka's personality in NGE reflect her ハーフ background?) [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asuka_Langley_Soryu#:~:text=%22Are%20you,catchphrase%2C https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asuka_Langley_Soryu#:~:text=%2... certainly reminds me of german confrontational drama; it's only missing a closing "or..." ] PS. I think I've already asked you and Paul, but any more non-gaming recs for relatively accessible chinese pop culture? In maritime (not anime!) news, in a couple of weeks let's see where https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:729800/mmsi:414468000/imo:9623269/vessel:THOUSAND%20SUNNY https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:72... may be.
  - gsf_emergency_6 10mo ago
    PostNY resolution is to stop kayfabe-ing and get that orange psychotherapist cert that's been dangling in front of me :) You (& GGGP) seem to be good at voicing what's in heads-- Asuka as a Japanese idea of a German hafu was exactly in the back of my mind. (Personally she seems fully Korean/Chinese, but maybe my psycho-cultiral-timeframe is off by a few decades?) Just a quick shot. A few hours later...
    - aebtebeten 10mo ago
      Stop kayfabe-ing? Do you have any opinions on the chances of Randy "The Ram" Robinson doing a face turn?
  - gsf_emergency_6 10mo ago
    Update: other terrible example(s), tho to which PH might relate better https://old.reddit.com/r/cowboybebop/comments/ryl38e/i_know_jet_is_coded_as_black_by_anime_standards/#:~:text=I%20know%20Jet%20is%20coded%20as%20%E2%80%9CBlack%E2%80%9D,the%20rest%20of%20the%20crew?%20:%20r/cowboybebop. https://old.reddit.com/r/cowboybebop/comments/ryl38e/i_know_... You may have noticed im (like PH) not into Chinese (outside gamer/douyin) pop culture, but putting on my neighbors' hat.. https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BD%86%E9%A1%98%E4%BA%BA%E9%95%B7%E4%B9%85_(%E9%9B%BB%E8%A6%96%E5%8A%87) https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BD%86%E9%A1%98%E4%BA%BA%E9... Oh you meant that kind of Chinese, that kind of pop... (Sorry, the targeted demo -- as usual for tearjerkers-- of the above is women as young as TT was ) ..boy I'm crying thinking about that show damn! Exotically nonconfrontational? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-Punch_Man https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-Punch_Man (PH might have far better ans'/recs-- as usual) (Update 2: sorry to have been giving an impression that I'm into Japanese -- or any other -- pop culture! Tho it doesn't matter to aeb I know info theory wise!!) Lagniappe https://youtu.be/erCeRAE7FFI https://youtu.be/erCeRAE7FFI
    - aebtebeten 10mo ago
      Speaking of HK, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0K8jkNLPdQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0K8jkNLPdQ is amazingly accessible, but looking at AM it does seem that {c,m}-pop stars have short lifespans? Are they like the May Queen/Wicker King archetype, sacrificed young so their fans may collect their relics? Or have I just over extrapolated from N=2 (and Joplin et al) :-) ? Lagniappe: (these guys are no longer this young) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZLIWoUbcyo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZLIWoUbcyo

Another bit of the weeb story: japanese TV also used NTSC, which, during the cold war, made it far easier to get bootleg anime in the US than bootlegs of english, but PAL format, BBC series!

gsf_emergency_6 10mo ago

I wonder if GP was referring specifically to Serbo-Croat or Slovene music :)? It's an interesting way to explain why Hong Kong media wasn't big in the UK (what about the slapstick?) Hmm Anime is probably either escapist or "art", so has wiggle room wrt "Hofstede^W Erin Meyer's cultural dimensions"[-1]? Westerners[0] might not understand why e.g. Terrace House was as popular as anime (or why it ended the way it did.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrace_House:_Tokyo_2019%E2%80%932020#Reception https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrace_House:_Tokyo_2019%E2%8... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hana_Kimura#Early_life https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hana_Kimura#Early_life) [-1]https://magdamiu.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/13.png https://magdamiu.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/13.png [0] Gemini suggests lack of manufactured drama :) https://old.reddit.com/r/terracehouse/comments/9ulsyg/terrace_house_audience_demographic/ https://old.reddit.com/r/terracehouse/comments/9ulsyg/terrac...

aebtebeten 10mo ago
Whatever GGP was referring to, I'm sure it'll all turn out OK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRVhWPignvU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRVhWPignvU Anime as escapist might mean that characters who read as exotically confrontational wrt japanese mores might read as exotically non-confrontational wrt to us mores? (compare https://eli.li/gundam-is-just-the-same-as-jane-austen-but-happens-to-include-giant-mech-suits https://eli.li/gundam-is-just-the-same-as-jane-austen-but-ha... ; to what extent does Asuka's personality in NGE reflect her ハーフ background?) [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asuka_Langley_Soryu#:~:text=%22Are%20you,catchphrase%2C https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asuka_Langley_Soryu#:~:text=%2... certainly reminds me of german confrontational drama; it's only missing a closing "or..." ] PS. I think I've already asked you and Paul, but any more non-gaming recs for relatively accessible chinese pop culture? In maritime (not anime!) news, in a couple of weeks let's see where https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:729800/mmsi:414468000/imo:9623269/vessel:THOUSAND%20SUNNY https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:72... may be.
- gsf_emergency_6 10mo ago
  PostNY resolution is to stop kayfabe-ing and get that orange psychotherapist cert that's been dangling in front of me :) You (& GGGP) seem to be good at voicing what's in heads-- Asuka as a Japanese idea of a German hafu was exactly in the back of my mind. (Personally she seems fully Korean/Chinese, but maybe my psycho-cultiral-timeframe is off by a few decades?) Just a quick shot. A few hours later...
  - aebtebeten 10mo ago
    Stop kayfabe-ing? Do you have any opinions on the chances of Randy "The Ram" Robinson doing a face turn?
- gsf_emergency_6 10mo ago
  Update: other terrible example(s), tho to which PH might relate better https://old.reddit.com/r/cowboybebop/comments/ryl38e/i_know_jet_is_coded_as_black_by_anime_standards/#:~:text=I%20know%20Jet%20is%20coded%20as%20%E2%80%9CBlack%E2%80%9D,the%20rest%20of%20the%20crew?%20:%20r/cowboybebop. https://old.reddit.com/r/cowboybebop/comments/ryl38e/i_know_... You may have noticed im (like PH) not into Chinese (outside gamer/douyin) pop culture, but putting on my neighbors' hat.. https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BD%86%E9%A1%98%E4%BA%BA%E9%95%B7%E4%B9%85_(%E9%9B%BB%E8%A6%96%E5%8A%87) https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BD%86%E9%A1%98%E4%BA%BA%E9... Oh you meant that kind of Chinese, that kind of pop... (Sorry, the targeted demo -- as usual for tearjerkers-- of the above is women as young as TT was ) ..boy I'm crying thinking about that show damn! Exotically nonconfrontational? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-Punch_Man https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-Punch_Man (PH might have far better ans'/recs-- as usual) (Update 2: sorry to have been giving an impression that I'm into Japanese -- or any other -- pop culture! Tho it doesn't matter to aeb I know info theory wise!!) Lagniappe https://youtu.be/erCeRAE7FFI https://youtu.be/erCeRAE7FFI
  - aebtebeten 10mo ago
    Speaking of HK, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0K8jkNLPdQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0K8jkNLPdQ is amazingly accessible, but looking at AM it does seem that {c,m}-pop stars have short lifespans? Are they like the May Queen/Wicker King archetype, sacrificed young so their fans may collect their relics? Or have I just over extrapolated from N=2 (and Joplin et al) :-) ? Lagniappe: (these guys are no longer this young) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZLIWoUbcyo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZLIWoUbcyo