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NEWS: Moe Market Worth 88 Billion Yen


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Beatdigga



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 1:09 pm Reply with quote
Oh dear Lord...

This is just disturbing. 88 Billion Yen to one fetish? Shocked
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Joe Mello



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 1:23 pm Reply with quote
I'd like to know what qualifies under this topic. Well, at least the borderline stuff that qualifies for this topic.

But what can I say? It seems that the lowest common denominator always seems to prevail.
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kusanagi-sama



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 1:23 pm Reply with quote
That is strange. I guess these people are a little wierd that would enjoy this.
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michelle



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 1:32 pm Reply with quote
I didn't know you could quantify the objectification of women in such a poetic fashion =P
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The Xenos



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 1:33 pm Reply with quote
Brings new meaning to the phrase "Thank heaven for little girls", don't it? For without products with them what would loser otaku spend millions on?

*shudder*

-Xenos
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darkchibi07



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 1:36 pm Reply with quote
I feel so proud of my fandom. Crying or Very sad
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RZetlin



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 1:44 pm Reply with quote
I'm suprised time and money was spent doing this research.
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Dejiko



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 2:13 pm Reply with quote
darkchibi07 wrote:
I feel so proud of my fandom. Crying or Very sad

Have a button, comrade Wink

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Sir_Brass



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 2:15 pm Reply with quote
darkchibi07 wrote:
I feel so proud of my fandom. Crying or Very sad


THis makes me GLAD that usually a normal american otaku couldn't qualify as an otaku in Japan (because he/she's not otaku ENOUGH).
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Mekairinek



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 3:06 pm Reply with quote
To say the least.

What really got me was this:

[i]Unmarried males in their 30s account for the majority of the moe market.[/i]

GREAT SCOTT!!! O___O;

... Hide me.
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ShellBullet



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 3:17 pm Reply with quote
As if "man-faye" and the Yaoi Paddle weren't bad enough, we have to deal with this stigma as well. Rolling Eyes
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Hi no Neko



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 4:05 pm Reply with quote
"Unmarried males in their 30s account for the majority of the moe market."

I think that sums it all up right there.

And just think, somewhere in the world a 12-year old girl is putting a picture of a girl from a hentai game on her LiveJournal because she thinks it's "cute". D:>
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darkhunter



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 4:21 pm Reply with quote
Sir_Brass wrote:
darkchibi07 wrote:
I feel so proud of my fandom. Crying or Very sad


THis makes me GLAD that usually a normal american otaku couldn't qualify as an otaku in Japan (because he/she's not otaku ENOUGH).


You guys act as if 30 year old man (married or unmarried) here in the U.S. arn't watching the latest high school drama anime like Fruit basket and reading the latest shojo like Passion Fruit.They love them young girls.

Moe's:
Hentai games - 48 Billion yen
Anime and Manga - 42.8 Billion yen

Shocked


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JackBassV



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 4:52 pm Reply with quote
I'm a 40 year old married man, and most of what I read and watch is shoujo.

Chuck in some moe, and i'm in heaven:-D

Okay, so I prefer Maria-sama ga miteru to Ultimate Girls, but both are on my viewing list....

JBV^_^
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Mohawk52



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 5:01 pm Reply with quote
Beatdigga wrote:
Oh dear Lord...

This is just disturbing. 88 Billion Yen to one fetish? Shocked
Just another genre of lolicom.
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