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Wrangler
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Wow, that's big flame. Hope Trump doesn't put legal attacks at the anime.
I think it is funny parody of him, frankly i can see him on a roll saying something similar to it if he trying to do his never-ending election bid for his next 4 years. |
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Lord Oink
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I just treat it like the Purge or something. Hey, if you had 24 hours to live, who wouldnt do tons of illegal stuff since there'd be no consequences. Since Trump is supposed to be the everyman candidate, he'd know what the people were gonna do anyway. Harrowing? Nah, more like honest. Still think it's weak examp!e of 'unflattering Trump portrayal' |
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yuna49
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American Presidents and administrations have been targeted in other manga and anime. In particular, George W. Bush appears as an ineffectual doofus in The Legend of Koizumi, sleeping with the shoe thrown at him in Iraq.
In Blood+ his Administration is seen collaborating with monsters. Stand-ins for Condolezza Rice and Donald Rumsfeld appear in a couple of scenes. That show in particular has a large dose of anti-Americanism because of its setting in Okinawa. |
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hissatsu01
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If the only thing keeping you from acting like a monster is the fear of consequences, it says a lot about your character, or lack thereof. |
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zrnzle500
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See spoiler or the episode in qustion if you haven't already.
But the leader of the country is expected to at the very least not encourage acts of violence and crime, even if those acts are likely to occur anyways, especially one who wants to be considered the law and order candidate. Would you still think it wasn't an unflattering portrayal if it were, say, the previous president saying it? |
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ZeArNkN
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What constitutes trolling on ANN if I may ask? I think some people were just giving their honest opinion, and if they were being respectful about it they shouldn't be banned for their unpopular views.
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relyat08
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I'm sad that that's how many people think, to be honest. If I had 24 hours to live I would take the most expensive trip I could and enjoy my last hours on Earth in peace. I think it's incredibly nihilistic and misanthropic to think that everyone would just do terrible things to each other. Maybe that would happen, but I refuse to believe that humans are so gross. |
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Bonham
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Yeah, and your observations are hilariously wrong (and also uninformed at best or grossly misleading at worst re:the rationale for the Japanese people protesting Obama's visit). Polling data in Japan shows that it has had a severe collapse with trust in and support from the United States, with its lowest in nine years (2008). This Japan Times article covers the numbers, with this one in particular cutting directly against your claims:
As for your claims that there has always been a consistent anti-American sentiment produced with all American presidents, I'm also gonna cast skepticism against that, given the generally passive or positive portrayals of Obama in things like Air Gear, Yokai Watch, etc. The Trump cameos, on the other hand, have been consistently negative in their characterizations of him, which is largely reflective of how Japan and the world at large view him.
Something like this wouldn't even fly on his radar. And even if it did, political parody is, like, so obscenely common and protected in the U.S. that nothing would happen. |
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Mr. sickVisionz
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To be fair, this guy's real life cameos aren't very flattering.
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Stuart Smith
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Polls are merely one avenue. And given how the election went down, one would think people would have become more skeptical of polls.
If all you know comes from what ANN reports, than I could forgive you for thinking that. Trump has also had a number of passive or positive portayals in manga and anime, like Time Boukan 24 or PriPara. They just never get reported here, for obvious reasons. -Stuart Smith |
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Terrible90sDub
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^ The majority of respected polling data from the presidential election was either right on the money or within the margin of error of the popular vote. They can't as easily poll for the electoral college. Before anyone mentions prediction odds, that's different from polling and varied widely from site to site.
Trump actively attacked Japan during the primary, so it shouldn't be too shocking that he's not well liked there. Although, Trump is easily manipulated with a fragile ego, so he eased up on that "Japan is ripping us off!" rhetoric after Japanese PM Abe gave him a golden golf club and praised him a little. |
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Bonham
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Seriously. You're dismissing a poll based on clearly partisan and intellectually dishonest grounds. That's so lazy, and indicative of an inability to properly assess and interpret the data. On top of that, polling data throughout Japan and the rest of the world show that Trump and the U.S. are largely viewed in a negative light compared to the previous eight years. You can support him and/or your own identity politics without denying facts, y'know.
Exceptions do not disprove a trend. |
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Stuart Smith
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You can stand solely by polls if you want. I prefer putting faces and experiences to views. I'll stand by the first hand experience I've seen and heard in Japan, and what my collegues say. It's just very telling when the anti-Trump protest in Japan was made up of Americans. If you want to see anti-American sentiment first hand, I suggust staying in Okinawa for your next visit. A poll of a general view of America can't reflect how a person feels about Americans in Japan, or if they want to visit America.
When the 'exceptions' outweigh a trend, then they become the new trend, as it turns out. I merely named two examples off the top of my head. There are plenty others, but I suspect it will always be the 'exception' in your eyes no matter how many I list. -Stuart Smith |
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Top Gun
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Anecdotes are not evidence. |
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Tuor_of_Gondolin
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"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics" -- Mark Twain, et al.
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