AKB48 and Japan’s infatuation with teenage girls as sex symbols
There’s a really good debate sparking on Google Plus talking about AKB48… CNN interviewed the founder of the group, Yasushi Akimoto, and there’s some debate about the issue over on Livedoor. Read on after the break, and follow the linkage if you wanna get in on the discussion!!
CNN.com – TranscriptsInteresting, this is the full transcript of the CNN interview with AKB48 founder Yasushi Akimoto: http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1201/13/ta.01.html And here is some Japanese reaction to the question about exploitation and sexualization of underage girls that he is promoting (J) http://blog.livedoor.jp/dqnplus/archives/1690535.html
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Jan 17, 2012 @ 06:34:26
They consider AKB48 being exploited …. wait till they bring the interviewer to the anime comic complex in Akihabara. (yours and Lizzi Lahoz favorite join!) I won’t say a name.. but to me, AKB48 was just transformed from anime to the reality. But the element is the same, that’s why you see girls with uniforms and surprisingly I haven’t seen bloomers! LOL
Jan 17, 2012 @ 16:26:34
Hmm good call there. Its a chicken vs egg thing with me. Did anime start the schoolgirl meme or did schoolgirls start the anime super schoolgirl trend? Good question indeed.