Forum - View topicNEWS: Hetalia Anime Seen by 200,000 on Web, 60,000 on Phones
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Teriyaki Terrier
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Wow, Kids Station were stupid for not bringing this show on their show. 200,000 plus people watched this online and 60,000 on phones. That would have been easy revenue, too bad for Kids Station. I would have never expected 200,000 or even 60,000.
Lesson to be learned; if a show is popular, you'd have to be really stupid not to want to have rights for it. Easy revenue and stable source of revenue as well. |
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RamzaOwns
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u know, most of these people might have only watched it due to curiosity as to why it got banned
thats the exact same reason why i tried it out and i didn't find the show funny... unlike most of the posters in this thread |
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Jarm
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I guess the protesting backfired, you would expect Italians be likely the ones in a rage over this, not Koreans but i guess there aren't as many crazy nationalists in Italy.
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abynormal
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Of course the protests backfired. If you draw attention to something no one knew existed before, curiosity will take over.
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zanarkand princess
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I thought it was funny..and cute too. I don't see how this has started more trouble than Strike Witches but whatever.. It short and it's cute so I hope it gets released stateside. Looks like a little short that iatv wouldn't mind playing.
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Horitsuba
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Well...I'm a history major too and I thought it was funny. Everyone's tastes are different. ^^ Even if it is directed towards children, it can be entertaining to adults too. On another note, I'm amused at the statistics. XD;; |
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kazenoyume
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...It's not aimed at younger kids at all. I can't imagine a little kid finding the parody/satirical nature of it that amusing. It's really something that's aimed toward at an older audience. Plus it's based on a webcomic (not something young children would read) and has A LOT of really risque humor in it. It's not intended to be something like... Schoolhouse Rock or something. |
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enurtsol
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There aren't as many people who care about this in Italy! S'all. 
(If an American animation has done something like this, trust me, Italy will care.) |
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pparker
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Yep. We are the monsters. We aren't allowed to make fun of anyone, including half our own population. But which brings us back to the point that Korean radicals protested this because it is made in Japan, not because of content. Obviously, since Korea doesn't even appear in the anime version. And I second the notion that this is not made for kids. None of the parody would work for children, or even many of today's teenagers lacking sufficient historical references. WW II is still the most significant historical incident of the 20th century, but it's a full three generations back now--Boomers were the first generation not alive at all during WW II, and they are starting to retire. It would take some effort for a modern teenager to learn the full cultural context necessary to recognize all the references. |
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enurtsol
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Simply because Italy cares how it's perceived in the US (and by extension --thru the US entertainment's global reach-- the world). Not as much with Japan's corner of the world.
And like Italy with the US, Korea cares how it's perceived in Japan, its close ambivalent neighbor rival. |
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pparker
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Um, no. While I agree that some Italians might respond based on this somewhat sophisticated thought process when protesting parody, the more common motivation would be a generally poor view of the U.S. internationally due to its supposed military and cultural imperialism and its history of discrimination. In short, the bully isn't allowed to make fun of his perceived victims, which in our case is apparently all persons past, present and future except white males. That perception has a chance to change now...
This is certainly painting the outhouse blue. The coverage on this incident focused almost exclusively on the animosity of a fanatical faction of Koreans toward the Japanese for historical violence against their ancestors, not that Koreans want to be thought highly of by the Japanese. If they cared how they were perceived, the government wouldn't have supported the fanatics. |
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