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Anime nerd to become Japan’s next prime minister
 September 14, 2007 3:00 am
From Thursday’s Wall Street Journal:
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Sounds great!
Shouldn’t the headline read “Manga nerd to become Japan’s next prime minister”? Granted, a lot of anime is based on manga, but it sounds like Mr. Aso is more of a manga fan than an anime one ;)
I do not understand. Is he a nerd or a comic fan? both things are not the same
Oh god, does this mean the Lucky Star theme tune will become the national anthem? Help us all..
Total world otakuizaton as predicted (caused?!) by Gainax is well underway.
If he does reach the pinnacles of power, I hope he does something about those weird anime walk cycles that always look like the character’s ankles are handcuffed together.
sorry, he’s losing now.. maybe someone found his hentai collection?
An Otaku Prime Minister? Great!!
He should begin construction of a new Tokio 3 Geo Front, so we can be prepared for the arrival of the angels in 2014 ;-)
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Unfortunately, there’s plenty of manga that might be a bad idea for a Japanese Prime Minister to read — Yoshinori Kobayashi’s ultra-nationalist/historical revisionist works, for instance.
But Oliver, how could the revivication of Japanese pride in its history hurt ANY…prime…min…is…Abe, we hardly knew you.
> Total world otakuizaton as predicted (caused?!) by Gainax is well underway.
It may not be too long before Tokyo Otakuland gets built! :-)
Will he have a Superdeformed Chibi Prime minister sidekick?
As an anime/manga fan, I have to be territorial and defend my hobby as a whole but, Japan needs to figure out better PR if they wanna talk to other countries. I love anime but few people in the west really care about it, and most of it is junk food anyways (this comming from an ardent fan). Aso better find better substance, or at least be very very choosy about which manga he want’s to endorse.