Oh, the horror!! (AKB-48 kissing)

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[Netherlander]

gave me a boner:D

[Netherlander]

[Coligny]

gave me a boner:D

Seconded

[plaid_knight]

That's very cute.

[wagyl]

I know that the Producer of AKB48 has a daughter, and I am sure she is growing up in a very supportive and loving environment, but you do start to wonder just what he is thinking.

Sorry to be a downer.

[Yokohammer]

I know that the Producer of AKB48 has a daughter, and I am sure she is growing up in a very supportive and loving environment, but you do start to wonder just what he is thinking.

What he's thinking?

One word: "money."

Other than that, not much, I'd venture to guess.

[yanpa]

It put me right off my breakfast.

[Coligny]

It put me right off my breakfast.

Since for a good part of the last 16 years the morning routine start with cleaning cat vomit from the floor I consider this a really great improvment...

What he's thinking?

One word: "money."

Other than that, not much, I'd venture to guess.

Also, "anything do as long as it's not mine"...

[yanpa]

Since for a good part of the last 16 years the morning routine start with cleaning cat vomit from the floor I consider this a really great improvment...

Ahhh, that brings back some wonderful memories.

Mind you I am getting so sick of seeing anything related to AKB48 and clones I am beginning think I'd prefer it if they were replaced by vomiting cats.

[twww]

Ahhh, that brings back some wonderful memories.

Mind you I am getting so sick of seeing anything related to AKB48 and clones I am beginning think I'd prefer it if they were replaced by vomiting cats.

Yep! Gotta wonder when this bizarre phenomenon will die out.

[matsuki]

I know that the Producer of AKB48 has a daughter, and I am sure she is growing up in a very supportive and loving environment, but you do start to wonder just what he is thinking.

Sorry to be a downer.

...if he can keep this shit up he'll never want to touch his own daughter?

[CrankyBastard]

Got to wonder why it left a bad taste in some peoples mouthes.

[Greji]

Got to wonder why it left a bad taste in some peoples mouthes.

They're cumswappers?

[Netherlander]

They're cumswappers?

eeeeuuuuuw!:puke:

[Russell]

[SIZE="4"]'Lesbian' Japan pop group ad slammed[/SIZE]

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A commercial showing members of wildly popular all-girl band AKB48 passing bite-sized candies seductively from mouth-to-mouth is under fire in Japan for encouraging homosexuality.

The advertisement, which aired in March, shows the school uniform-clad young women - all in their late teens or early 20s - intimately exchanging the sweet, with the close-up footage slowing as their lips near.

A broadcasting standards watchdog said on Thursday the majority of the 116 complaints it had received in March about commercials concerning young people related to this advert.

"The commercial may encourage homosexuality," one of the complaints said, adding "oral flora" was also a concern, according to the Broadcasting Ethics and Program Improvement Organisation.

"I don't want to see commercials like this," said another correspondent, who also complained of a music video by the group "in which girls, including teens, hug each other in their underwear.... It is very distasteful".

Male following

AKB48, one of the world's highest grossing acts with more than $200m in CD and DVD sales in 2011, have become a phenomenon in Japan and other parts of Asia over recent years.

With a total of around 90 all-female performers, ranging in age from early teens to mid-20s, their bubblegum pop and synchronised dancing has proved a huge hit with pre-pubescent girls.

Running the gamut from girl-next-door to sultry temptress, the band also has a substantial male following - many of whom are older - who support a vast merchandising industry.

A spokesperson for UHA Mikakuto Co which makes the sweets, said the reaction to the TV ad, which aired for 10 days to March 25, had been mixed.

"We received complaints about the ad, but there are many people who enjoyed it," said the spokesperson, who declined to be named, adding a survey of viewers had ranked it the fourth most popular commercial at the time.

Link.

[Russell]

They're cumswappers?

That should be fine, Greji, as long as you are encouraging heterosexuality...

[Coligny]

A broadcasting standards watchdog said on Thursday the majority of the 116 complaints it had received in March about commercials concerning young people related to this advert.
http://www.news24.com/World/News/Lesbian-Japan-pop-group-ad-slammed-20120420

Great... Since this country still have the death penalty, you can add 116 people to the next gassing list: guilty of being worthless and vocal busybodies.

ONE CURE EXIST IF YOU "I don't want to see commercials like this,": IT'S THE FUCKING "OFF" switch, fucking retard...

[Russell]

ONE CURE EXIST IF YOU "don't want to see commercials like this,": IT'S THE FUCKING "OFF" switch...

Yeah, but it would require too much thinking to find that switch...

[Coligny]

I suggest we make a V2 with cooch to cooch passover, Chokonen, can ya grab us a dozen JK without too much STD's ?
Can be hyper fun if we can get that Thai prostipute who could fire a blowpipe with her vajayjay to coach them...
Can't ask me Julie, she only deal with terminal basket cases that should be handled in P4 labs... it would take her years to get enough clean samples...

I smell money...

and also a bit of tuna maybe...

[GomiGirl]

It isn't promoting homosexuality - it is just gratuitous pandering to the sad sexless pedos that keep the singers and more importantly the production company in business.

[legion]

It isn't promoting homosexuality - it is just gratuitous pandering to the sad sexless pedos that keep the singers and more importantly the production company in business.

and done in the full knowledge it would cause a stir, which translates into free media coverage

it is also a sign that the group's popularity has begun to decline

[Coligny]

[dimwit]

A commercial showing members of wildly popular all-girl band AKB48 passing bite-sized candies seductively from mouth-to-mouth is under fire in Japan for encouraging homosexuality.

The advertisement, which aired in March, shows the school uniform-clad young women - all in their late teens or early 20s - intimately exchanging the sweet, with the close-up footage slowing as their lips near.

A broadcasting standards watchdog said on Thursday the majority of the 116 complaints it had received in March about commercials concerning young people related to this advert.

"The commercial may encourage homosexuality," one of the complaints said, adding "oral flora" was also a concern, according to the Broadcasting Ethics and Program Improvement Organisation.



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I think if you replace the term 'homosexuality' with 'masterbation' it would be difficult to criticize it.

[Russell]

I think if you replace the term 'homosexuality' with 'masturbation' it would be difficult to criticize it.

What do you mean?!? How are they supposed to masturbate with their mouths?

[Samurai_Jerk]

I know that the Producer of AKB48 has a daughter, and I am sure she is growing up in a very supportive and loving environment, but you do start to wonder just what he is thinking.

Sorry to be a downer.

WTF are you talking about?

[Ganma]

Wasn't it just last year that the Nagoya version SKE48, tried the same thing. And the producer had them doing the kissing scene over and over again to get it 'just right'?
No surprising I guess. This being Japan where pedos are mainstream.

[Netherlander]

Laughed so hard my kids came in. Had to quickly scroll up!:p

[wagyl]

WTF are you talking about?

Is this a whoosh?

I am talking about the fact that the Producer of AKB48 is perfectly happy to objectify and commoditise the daughters of others, and I was speculating on whether he would be happy for his own daughter to receive the same treatment. And yes, I am fully aware that his wife is a former idol, but I also know that the word 'former' is italicised and underlined twice in her case.

I really don't know whether I should say this, because the daughter in this case did not choose to be born into showbiz royalty and I strongly believe that she should be given the best chance to grow up as normally as possible, however futile the attempt, but ... I have personal knowledge of the parties involved here. My comment that "I am sure she is growing up in a very supportive and loving environment" is not sarcasm, I know it to be true. Which makes it all the harder to work out just what the Producer thinks of it all. I suppose the comments here are correct: no more than the optimal exploitation of the resources provided to him.

I had an inkling that I was going to regret bringing the Producer's daughter into all this, and for her sake I make it clear here that I will NOT be drawn on any more information about her. It is hard enough for her to have a childhood already.

[Samurai_Jerk]

Is this a whoosh?

I am talking about the fact that the Producer of AKB48 is perfectly happy to objectify and commoditise the daughters of others, and I was speculating on whether he would be happy for his own daughter to receive the same treatment. And yes, I am fully aware that his wife is a former idol, but I also know that the word 'former' is italicised and underlined twice in her case.

I really don't know whether I should say this, because the daughter in this case did not choose to be born into showbiz royalty and I strongly believe that she should be given the best chance to grow up as normally as possible, however futile the attempt, but ... I have personal knowledge of the parties involved here. My comment that "I am sure she is growing up in a very supportive and loving environment" is not sarcasm, I know it to be true. Which makes it all the harder to work out just what the Producer thinks of it all. I suppose the comments here are correct: no more than the optimal exploitation of the resources provided to him.

I had an inkling that I was going to regret bringing the Producer's daughter into all this, and for her sake I make it clear here that I will NOT be drawn on any more information about her. It is hard enough for her to have a childhood already.

I love the way you're champing at the bit to tell us more about this inside information you have. No one gives a shit.

Anyway, I understand what you're trying to say but I don't get why you think one thing has to do with the other. I also don't understand what's so bad about AKB48 that the guy should feel guilty (I take that back. The guy should feel guilty about producing such horrible music.). Wow, young pretty girls being flirtatious. Unprecedented. It's the end of the world.