ninjas and catgirls annual invasion
starting tomorrow you will once again be seeing kids walking around dressed like purple-haired princesses and intergalactic ninja robots. do not panic. you have been warned.
posted by johnny dollar | 8:48 AM
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Wednesday, July 18, 2007
starting tomorrow you will once again be seeing kids walking around dressed like purple-haired princesses and intergalactic ninja robots. do not panic. you have been warned.
4 Comments:
This is the big anime convention, right? Or comic book convention? Oh I don't know. But I've seen much stranger things than what you describe. How about: a professional drag queen in a burqa, riding a fake camel, singing about her "lovely lady lumps"? In a pseudo-Middle Eastern techno style? (Ah Varla Jean Merman. I hope she comes back to the Hippo soon).
I used to work with someone who goes to those all the time. She is one of the few females who goes to those events. She is very big into manga and draws quite well. She also said that some of those guys there smell like they have never, ever washed, and I think she said a lot of those guys are real sexists, too. Not all in either case, but many.
my understanding it that it is a convention for all permutations of japanese manga/pop culture, including comic books, animation, toys, food, etc. etc. etc.
actually i understand that currently the fan base is about 50/50 male female, since much of the manga stuff appeals to the princess/female warrior sort of thing. this is a fairly recent development.
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This is a fascinating sociocultural phenomenon, the sudden surge in female interest in the genre! Somebody better sick an anthropologist on this issue stat! I'd do it, but I'm kinda busy.
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