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Okay, I understand why he's mad about the Infinite poster, but it makes me mad when he puts it like 'A foreign band no one's ever heard of or seen' I mean, I'm guessing Infinite's producers most likely had the producers put that poster of Hoya in this because they wanted to promote Infinite, because Infinite IS a growing band right now in Korea. They're even starting to promote in Japan. Okay, sorry for the rant. I'm a MAJOR MAJOR Infinite fan and seeing this just pissed me off. I mean, I was glad to FINALLY see something Infinite related in anime. And I know Otakus are probably mad, but Kpoppers, especially Inspirits, are really excited to see this. Especially that Infinite is actually branching out into things like anime. I'm proud that there was a poster of Hoya in this.
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@inspiritkay: Ever since the hallyu/K-pop explosion that took Japan (and the whole world) by storm, there has been anti-Korean sentiments but then again Japan has been losing to Korea on a international scale, Japan is not exporting J-dramas on a massive level, while South Korea is doing that, in other word Japan is not taking globalization and internationalization seriously like what Korea is doing. J-pop remained in Japan (only quite a few like Kyary Pamyu Pamyu and Perfume have went international and outside of Asia along with J-rock). The K-drama popularity allowed other dramas from Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Mainland China to find audiences outside of Asia, Japan export only a few and I can find more Chinese-language dramas then J-dramas on streaming sites. If Japan keeps falling behind, then mainstream people outside of Asia will remember K-dramas (and other Asian dramas), Girls Generation/SNSD, Super Junior, U-KISS, and Korean culture over EXILE, AKB48, Morning Musume, and other cool Japanese stuff.
To be honest, I always thought EXILE and AKB48 could've gotten the same level of popularity as Super Junior and Girls Generation outside of Asia if Japan had heavily promoted them the same time K-pop was getting big, anime fans are criticizing and asking Japan: Why did Japan not take advantage of the Korean Wave/K-pop explosion to give J-pop a similar breakout?? Now we're seeing more media coverage on K-pop, and that music is now mainstream in Eastern Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and now is gaining popularity/fanbases in western Europe (Germany, France, Spain, and the UK) and US/Canada (K-pop may conquer UK this year, and US/Canada next year). Even politicians and foreign policy experts acknowledge K-pop popularity. I never seen J-pop getting this same type of achievements K-pop did on a global scale. Maybe the otakus in Japan should answer these questions: why are you mad at K-pop taking over Japan, when J-pop is not getting a worldwide breakout like K-pop did? Why is Girls Generation and Super Junior are more famous worldwide then EXILE and AKB48??
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