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yuiyoshida

(41,832 posts) Tue Dec 1, 2015, 01:42 AM Dec 2015

<3~PUFFY AMI YUMI^ ^~<3

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<3~*PUFFY AMI YUMI*^ ^~<3 (Original Post) yuiyoshida Dec 2015 OP

I actually have a Puffy Ami Yumi cartoon DVD Art_from_Ark Dec 2015 #1

I have their autographs! yuiyoshida Dec 2015 #2

I was introduced to their cartoons while on a trans-Pacific flight Art_from_Ark Dec 2015 #3

yup! yuiyoshida Dec 2015 #4

In the cartoon, I'm not sure who is Ami and who is Yumi Art_from_Ark Dec 2015 #5

here they are. yuiyoshida Dec 2015 #6

Ok, so Yumi is the "ditzy" one Art_from_Ark Dec 2015 #8

pretty much yuiyoshida Dec 2015 #9

I can only think of J Pop America Fun Time Now Recursion Dec 2015 #7

ugh... yuiyoshida Dec 2015 #10

In fairness, it's making fun of Americans who like J Pop, not J Pop itself... (nt) Recursion Dec 2015 #11

Yeah some Americans call themselves Otaku yuiyoshida Dec 2015 #12

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)

1. I actually have a Puffy Ami Yumi cartoon DVD

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Tue Dec 1, 2015, 03:25 AM

Dec 2015

yuiyoshida

(41,832 posts)

2. I have their autographs!

Reply to Art_from_Ark (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 1, 2015, 03:31 AM

Dec 2015

I was so lucky, a girl friend in Japan sent it to me, she got it from them back stage, and sent it to me! It even says "To Yui, love to America, from Ami and Yumi"

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)

3. I was introduced to their cartoons while on a trans-Pacific flight

Reply to yuiyoshida (Reply #2)

Tue Dec 1, 2015, 03:33 AM

Dec 2015

Their goofy manager cracks me up.

yuiyoshida

(41,832 posts)

4. yup!

Reply to Art_from_Ark (Reply #3)

Tue Dec 1, 2015, 03:37 AM

Dec 2015

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)

5. In the cartoon, I'm not sure who is Ami and who is Yumi

Reply to yuiyoshida (Reply #4)

Tue Dec 1, 2015, 03:46 AM

Dec 2015

Maybe Yumi is the one with the skull on her shirt?

yuiyoshida

(41,832 posts)

6. here they are.

Reply to Art_from_Ark (Reply #5)

Tue Dec 1, 2015, 03:57 AM

Dec 2015

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)

8. Ok, so Yumi is the "ditzy" one

Reply to yuiyoshida (Reply #6)

Tue Dec 1, 2015, 04:06 AM

Dec 2015

And Kaz is the goofy one

yuiyoshida

(41,832 posts)

9. pretty much

Reply to Art_from_Ark (Reply #8)

Tue Dec 1, 2015, 04:08 AM

Dec 2015

Recursion

(56,582 posts)

7. I can only think of J Pop America Fun Time Now

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Tue Dec 1, 2015, 04:05 AM

Dec 2015

yuiyoshida

(41,832 posts)

10. ugh...

Reply to Recursion (Reply #7)

Tue Dec 1, 2015, 04:09 AM

Dec 2015

Recursion

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11. In fairness, it's making fun of Americans who like J Pop, not J Pop itself... (nt)

Reply to yuiyoshida (Reply #10)

Tue Dec 1, 2015, 04:11 AM

Dec 2015

yuiyoshida

(41,832 posts)

12. Yeah some Americans call themselves Otaku

Reply to Recursion (Reply #11)

Tue Dec 1, 2015, 04:17 AM

Dec 2015

Which has probably baffled the Japanese, because Otaku is not a positive word. For example
Otaku no yōna kusai. (Stink like an Otaku). Otaku is the honorific word of Taku (home).

Otaku is extremely negative in meaning as it is used to refer to someone who stays at home all the time and doesn't have a life (no social life, no love life, etc)

Usually an otaku person has nothing better to do with their life so they pass the time by watching anime, playing video games, surfing the internet (otaku is also used to refer to a nerd/hacker/programmer).

In the Western culture, people confuse otaku to be something positive like "Guru". If you think about it, it's not really good to be called a guru if it means you are a total loser who can't socialize with other people except through the Internet.

example:
otaku no jinsei ha yabai na! (it sucks to live the life of an otaku!)

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