tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post4627017437252667879..comments2024-03-14T07:32:30.141+09:00Comments on Marketing Japan: AKB48 - Japan's Lolita Soft Pornography Fetishism Goes Top 40mike in tokyo rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04977446676243085409noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-89988639826820883172013-01-10T06:30:56.093+09:002013-01-10T06:30:56.093+09:00Of course I'm a hater! I hate all Top Selling ...Of course I'm a hater! I hate all Top Selling Popular schlock and crap. I hate the popular TV shows, the popular music, I hate McDonald's.<br /><br />It's a fair bet that if most people like it, it's shit. It's called targeting the lowest common denominator.<br /><br />Pretty basic stuff, really. mike in tokyo rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04977446676243085409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-78804929209659388412013-01-10T05:18:02.391+09:002013-01-10T05:18:02.391+09:00you're just a hater :(you're just a hater :(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-12383640408441377562013-01-10T05:16:50.917+09:002013-01-10T05:16:50.917+09:00you're just a hater :(you're just a hater :(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-74429395966654886062012-06-02T10:28:10.862+09:002012-06-02T10:28:10.862+09:00Haters >.<
I'm a brand-new fan and it...Haters >.<<br />I'm a brand-new fan and it's a matter of taste!<br />At least now most of the top members got a lot of commercials, product endorsement deals, act in tv series, i.e. they got popular to the point where they can branch out and start a probably-short but interesting career in entertainment business. For the other 40+ members who's not that much popular yet... well.. be popular! That's how it works.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-36684477801606182512011-06-14T16:44:57.079+09:002011-06-14T16:44:57.079+09:00Yep! In most cases amateur bands must pay to play....Yep! In most cases amateur bands must pay to play.mike in tokyo rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04977446676243085409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-68548527191460068432011-06-14T15:06:35.824+09:002011-06-14T15:06:35.824+09:00It surprised me how little many musicians make in ...It surprised me how little many musicians make in Japan, mainly because the idea of free agency doesn't exist in the industry here. I heard from someone that bands playing at clubs or venues have to actually pay to play there! Is this true?Sarandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01587851906352229074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-582223781131808502011-06-14T07:04:31.173+09:002011-06-14T07:04:31.173+09:00Problem is that these girls aren't really cash...Problem is that these girls aren't really cashing in all that much. Many would say that they'd be better off finishing Jr. High school at least. Most are dropouts and come from broken families. That being said, maybe you are right, considering that they can't control their family circumstances.mike in tokyo rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04977446676243085409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-42114843464958496992011-06-14T06:36:08.824+09:002011-06-14T06:36:08.824+09:00Roninf5 has it right.
The Inner Party has identif...Roninf5 has it right.<br /><br />The Inner Party has identified certain genetically pre-set receptors in the human brain/psyche. All you have to do is keep banging those with: juvenile female body/face images; high fructose corn syrup; love story movie plots (Female Fantasy Syndrome); fire/explosion/car/gun movie plots (Male Fantasy Syndrome); etc. then sit back and rake in the $.<br /><br />Point is that these preset receptors have now been specifically identified and are being fully exploited.See Otterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09686240417165337266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-91220422531025997602011-06-14T00:17:10.402+09:002011-06-14T00:17:10.402+09:00Its interesting. These Mega-Corporations create, ...Its interesting. These Mega-Corporations create, market and sell their talentless, faux musicians to the gullible public exactly the same way they create, market, and sell their talentless, faux politicians to the gullible public. Its a formula they use like the Colonels secret fried chicken recipe and it works almost every time. They must use MSG or something.roninf5https://www.blogger.com/profile/04889573672396304251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-52565358885679304902011-06-13T21:00:16.115+09:002011-06-13T21:00:16.115+09:00Fundamentally speaking, not so different from The ...Fundamentally speaking, not so different from The Beatles, the first band ever to be created by the marketing department.boohttp://blogger.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-8368271088025927472011-06-13T20:28:03.260+09:002011-06-13T20:28:03.260+09:00*I rub you*
Admittedly, the music quality isn'...*I rub you*<br /><br />Admittedly, the music quality isn't very good, but the video was fun to watch. I liked it a lot.<br /><br />These cutie girls are cashing in on their good looks during their princess years and as long as they realize this isn't going to be a long term career, what's wrong with that?<br /><br />Would they be better off working behind the counter at Lawson's?Andy "In Japan"https://www.blogger.com/profile/04505038501136945817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-3798701690652492272011-06-13T19:36:46.738+09:002011-06-13T19:36:46.738+09:00Thanks Anonymous... Oh, no.., I didn't miss it...Thanks Anonymous... Oh, no.., I didn't miss it at all. In fact, I was way too close to Morning Musume for my own liking. TV tokyo bought InterFM (of which I became general manager).... Then the president of TV Tokyo music publishing became the president of InterFM.... TV Tokyo publishing owns Morning Musume. I was ordered to start playing that schlock at InterFM... I refused.... and then resigned my post a few weeks later (they would have fired me anyway for not playing Morning Musume and getting involved with their political BS!) <br /><br />I'm glad I resigned. After I left the station started losing $100,000 dollars a month again. The president who came in, by the way, was fired 3 weeks ago.... How the hell he lasted that long (3 years) is a mystery to me. Idiot!mike in tokyo rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04977446676243085409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-22531618459512191932011-06-13T16:04:03.029+09:002011-06-13T16:04:03.029+09:00First,I'm surprised that you could write an ar...First,I'm surprised that you could write an article like this without touching on Morning Musume, the 30 or so members they have had, or the half dozen offshoot groups it has spawned. AKB48 is nothing new, just the perfection or extension of something that was already established. <br /><br />Like Nazism following Fascism. <br /><br />There's a lot more to all this than crap music performed by puppets for Akihabara dorks...too bad you missed it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-61680891739110520212011-06-13T13:18:19.759+09:002011-06-13T13:18:19.759+09:00I know someone who'd love this and he isn'...I know someone who'd love this and he isn't Japanese. I'm going to give him the link. lolMurasaki Shikibuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10956944811391367016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-46625734856939027642011-06-13T12:42:18.081+09:002011-06-13T12:42:18.081+09:00But, but, but, but..... 39,000,000 people can'...But, but, but, but..... 39,000,000 people can't be wrong?!?!?!?!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-5808801683716732662011-06-13T08:21:32.889+09:002011-06-13T08:21:32.889+09:00Wait is that AKB48 or Morning Musume? Can't te...Wait is that AKB48 or Morning Musume? Can't tell these Lolicon groups apart.Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05440498056114382825noreply@blogger.com