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Mulboyne wrote:The subject came alive recently when actor Sosuke Takaoka took to Twitter to complain about the relative lack of Japanese shows on TV. Some of his comments were deemed borderline racist and it was soon announced that he had left his management company.
chokonen888 wrote:Borderline racist coming from most Japanese is pretty much outright racist to any reasonable person. Anyone got a copy of those tweets from that twat?
...and are we really surprised that there are "We Japanese" protesting Japanese TV not being "We Japanese" enough?
Mulboyne wrote:A major reason for Korean shows is because they are cheap. The stations can buy them in for less than it costs to commission a show themselves. With falling viewer numbers, that's a handy option to have when you want to keep a tighter control of budgets.
Screwed-down Hairdo wrote:Methinks somone bears a grudge against the media and desperately wants to establish his "Japanese" credentials to try and boost their career.
chokonen888 wrote: Unfortunately, Korean TV shows aren't much of an improvement of the Japanese ones though. It's just like the Japan-universe bubble is stuck to the Korea-universe bubble...
Ganma wrote:Korea was hugely into J drama before they started pumping out their own. The formula is exactly the same.
Mulboyne wrote:Not really. After the war, South Korea banned all Japanese "cultural imports" - including films, TV & music - until partially lifting it in 1998. CDs and DVDs have only been fully legally available for sale since 2004.
Mulboyne wrote:Not really. After the war, South Korea banned all Japanese "cultural imports" - including films, TV & music - until partially lifting it in 1998. CDs and DVDs have only been fully legally available for sale since 2004.
Ganma wrote:On a tangent, J TV shows were certainly popular in Taiwan when I lived there some 13 years ago. Plenty of reruns of Gilgamesh Nights.
Ganma wrote:I didn't realize it was so recent. A ban, aye... Can't say I blame them.
Samurai_Jerk wrote:Ganma, WTF is that new avatar of yours? Is it a monkey with a birth defect?
Pig with monkey facePosted by David Pescovitz on Monday, Jul 28th at 9:59am
This piglet with a monkey face was reportedly born in the Chinese village of Fenzghang in the Xiping township. I feel badly for the cute little guy. From Ananova:
"It's hideous. No one will be willing to buy it, and it scares the family to even look at it!" (farmer Feng Changlin) told Oriental Today...
"But our son likes to play with it," (said his wife,) and he stopped us from getting rid of it. He even feeds it milk."
Ganma wrote:It's a mutant pig-monkey. I'm getting in on the whole radiation mutation thing after seeing SDH's new avatar.
Ganma wrote:It's a mutant pig-monkey. I'm getting in on the whole radiation mutation thing after seeing SDH's new avatar.
Here's an article on it:
Mulboyne wrote:A minor ruckus...
chokonen888 wrote:Borderline racist coming from most Japanese is pretty much outright racist to any reasonable person. Anyone got a copy of those tweets from that twat?
...and are we really surprised that there are "We Japanese" protesting Japanese TV not being "We Japanese" enough?
McTojo wrote:It is not racist. Personal bias? Yes! Japan. Personally, I get sick of seeing Korean programs being broadcasted here. This is not Korea, and the Japanese have every right to demand changes.
;)"Yeah, I've been always awkward toward women and have spent pathetic life so far but I could graduate from being a cherry boy by using geisha's pussy at last! Yeah!! And off course I have an account in Fuckedgaijin.com. Yeah!!!"
Iraira wrote:Dude...you're the one into the lactating babas, right? You should be memorizing script from these Korean shows, since they are such a hit with those same babas.
C'mon, keep your story straight, for once., it would make you look less trollish.
McTojo wrote:The Koreans are trying to steal Japanese women, and I won't tolerate it.
McTojo wrote: Lactating mommas. Right. I won't charge you for the correction. At least no one can't say I was never breastfed, unlike you.
;)"Yeah, I've been always awkward toward women and have spent pathetic life so far but I could graduate from being a cherry boy by using geisha's pussy at last! Yeah!! And off course I have an account in Fuckedgaijin.com. Yeah!!!"
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