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Apollo-kun
Joined: 11 Feb 2010
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Location: City 7, Macross 7
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Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2010 3:51 pm
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Otaku with a heart of gold FTW!!!! :3
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pasteloverdose
Joined: 06 Jul 2010
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Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2010 6:23 pm
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Wow, that's so sweet! I teared up a little there. Not only is this such a kind thing to do, it's nerdy and creative to boot!
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Banken
Joined: 29 May 2007
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Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2010 9:15 pm
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You guys realize it's probably a PR stunt by the makers of the backpacks, right?
Most real otaku with $3,000 to spend blow it on dakimakura and eroge. If they didn't, they wouldn't be otaku, they'd just be anime fans.
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enurtsol
Joined: 01 May 2007
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Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2010 10:57 pm
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Banken wrote: | You guys realize it's probably a PR stunt by the makers of the backpacks, right? |
Heheh, and Sarah Palin was raising awareness for Haiti relief, so...?
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ZipZapZopTitania
Joined: 18 Sep 2010
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Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2010 11:07 pm
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*jumps on bandwagon* AWWWWWWWW!!
Yeah, Mr. Mysterious Otaku! Do it for the orphans! Epic win, Naoto Date!
See, world? We're not all psycho murderers~
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v1cious
Joined: 31 Dec 2002
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Location: Houston, TX
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Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2010 11:30 pm
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Banken wrote: | You guys realize it's probably a PR stunt by the makers of the backpacks, right? |
I was thinking the same thing, but i didn't want to be the Debbie Downer. In any case, The kids benefit.
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Beatdigga
Joined: 26 Oct 2003
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Location: New York
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Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2010 11:32 pm
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Banken wrote: | You guys realize it's probably a PR stunt by the makers of the backpacks, right?
Most real otaku with $3,000 to spend blow it on dakimakura and eroge. If they didn't, they wouldn't be otaku, they'd just be anime fans. |
Ok, he's a casual fan with morals. Still doesn't diminish what he did.
A company would take credit.
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Banken
Joined: 29 May 2007
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Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 5:33 am
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Not if it gets their name out there for less than the cost of a 30-second commercial.
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Egan Loo
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
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Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 5:46 am
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Banken wrote: | Not if it gets their name out there for less than the cost of a 30-second commercial. |
So far in the Japanese news coverage, the maker(s) of the backpacks has not been named.
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Banken
Joined: 29 May 2007
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Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 9:36 am
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If it was an individual, I imagine someone will eventually figure out who it is, seeing as how someone had to have remembered someone ordering a set of 10 identical top-grade randosel... can't imagine they'd go to the trouble of getting them from different places just for the sake of anonymity.
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jtiskool305
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Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 5:21 pm
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Who cares on who got the backpacks?
I'm just glad there are very kind people out there who are willing to do this kind of thing and with an allies to boot.
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Zin5ki
Joined: 06 Jan 2008
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Location: London, UK
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Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 7:48 pm
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Quote: | The card was signed Naoto Date — the alter ego of Tiger Mask, a manga/anime pro wrestler who fights for children in an orphanage. |
New Japan should follow suit. Let us hope that similar acts of charity are soon undertaken by Jushin Liger.
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