Tell me about awesome stuff from Japan.

[Sight Unseen]

the world's shortest escalator is in Japan (go figure )

 

[Beffudled Sheep_v1legacy]

Does xenophobia, harassment of tourists, and racial segregation policies that even the US abandoned back in the 20th century count?

Just doing my part to shatter wapanese illusions about that assbackwards island, citizen, just doing my part.

Well come on now give these people some credit. I doubt there are that many people here that believe Japan is the best country on Earth or whatever. But we can enjoy the awesome stuff about Japan while acknowledging and criticizing its (numerous) faults! This is a happy thread about awesome things! Light-hearted and fluffy! Surely the country's social issues relating to foreigners, women and their historical atrocities deserve a thread of their own!

 

[Helmholtz Watson]

Does xenophobia, harassment of tourists, and racial segregation policies that even the US abandoned back in the 20th century count?

Just doing my part to shatter wapanese illusions about that assbackwards island, citizen, just doing my part.

That's nice, nobody claimed to illusions about Japan other than it has some nice things, but you know, feel free to insult all of us because we have the audacity to not be as negative as you.

 

[Beffudled Sheep_v1legacy]

Does xenophobia, harassment of tourists, and racial segregation policies that even the US abandoned back in the 20th century count?

Just doing my part to shatter wapanese illusions about that assbackwards island, citizen, just doing my part.

Well come on now give these people some credit. I doubt there are that many people here that believe Japan is the best country on Earth or whatever. But we can enjoy the awesome stuff about Japan while acknowledging and criticizing its (numerous) faults! This is a happy thread about awesome things! Light-hearted and fluffy! Surely the country's social issues relating to foreigners, women and their historical atrocities deserve a thread of their own!

Ehh, good point. After all, for all of their disdain and nihonjinron penor waving, they sure do love Western pop culture despite it.

There we go
So do you have anything you think is awesome that comes from Japan? A book or anime or perhaps a game?

 

[The Madman]

Does xenophobia, harassment of tourists, and racial segregation policies that even the US abandoned back in the 20th century count?

Worst I got while visiting was being given the cold shoulder and being studiously ignored from time to time. There are certainly far worse places to travel, Rome for example while beautiful is full of cons and thieves preying on tourists. Paris also stinks and the French fully live up to their reputation of often being rude, plus there are beggars everywhere.

You could do worse than Japan to visit. Could also do better though.

Anyway, best part of Japan? The gardens and temples are beautiful. Often crowded as hell, especially in Tokyo, but extremely beautiful nonetheless. Easily my favourite part of Japan actually.

Samurai have some of the best weapons of the middle ages. Sorry knight fans.

Now if someone could inform me what the corresponding period in Japan was that was Concurrent with the middle ages.

Oy... don't get me started on how many ways I could refute you. And for reference the era of Japanese history often portrayed in popular culture, aka samurai ninja and all that, was from around 13-14thish century to the early Edo period between 1603 to 1868 AD, ending with the Meiji revolution. Samurai were around before that but its from around then that most pop culture portrayals reference from. The European middle ages stretched from the 5th to 15th century, aka 500 to 1500 AD.

Knights as they're popularly portrayed however are usually from around the 100 year war period, between 1337 to 1453 AD. Like Samurai, Knights were around long before that but it's from around this period that the romanticized version comes from.

 

[bluepotatosack]

Ehh, good point. After all, for all of their disdain and nihonjinron penor waving, they sure do love Western pop culture despite it. I guess a bit of hypocrisy on our part is justified.

Hell, some of the bands I posted are critical of their native culture. Especially The Stalin. Stalin is a reviled figure in Japan, and they chose the name just to piss everybody off. Also, they had an album titled "Stop Jap".

 

[Beffudled Sheep_v1legacy]

Does xenophobia, harassment of tourists, and racial segregation policies that even the US abandoned back in the 20th century count?

Just doing my part to shatter wapanese illusions about that assbackwards island, citizen, just doing my part.

That's nice, nobody claimed to illusions about Japan other than it has some nice things, but you know, feel free to insult all of us because we have the audacity to not be as negative as you.

I honestly can't believe how seriously you're taking this! I am deeply insulted by your attitude!
To be fair to Gunsmith the internet does seem to be populated by a large number of very vocal "japanophiles". After much time cruisin around the net I think it is somewhat understandable to see such people whenever a thread like this pops up. Though through all of my time on this site I haven't seen many people like that.

Lets all chill and talk smack about apples instead of debating on a happy thread

 

[Beffudled Sheep_v1legacy]

Does xenophobia, harassment of tourists, and racial segregation policies that even the US abandoned back in the 20th century count?

Just doing my part to shatter wapanese illusions about that assbackwards island, citizen, just doing my part.

Well come on now give these people some credit. I doubt there are that many people here that believe Japan is the best country on Earth or whatever. But we can enjoy the awesome stuff about Japan while acknowledging and criticizing its (numerous) faults! This is a happy thread about awesome things! Light-hearted and fluffy! Surely the country's social issues relating to foreigners, women and their historical atrocities deserve a thread of their own!

Ehh, good point. After all, for all of their disdain and nihonjinron penor waving, they sure do love Western pop culture despite it.

There we go
So do you have anything you think is awesome that comes from Japan? A book or anime or perhaps a game?

Won't go for the usual stuff, soo....it did give me the Blueseed RPG, the absolute bestest RPG I never got to fully play and regret to this day...

Why not pick it up now?

 

[Overusedname]

Someone had to post it eventually.

And I know the xenophobia thing was brought but...that's certainly changing. Most legendary JRPGs have subtext about the horrors of racism and racial divides determining who you should fall in love with. Tales of Symphonia, Final fantasy 4, 6, 9 and ESPECIALLY 10, almost every Zelda, Xenoblade Chronicles...all have subtext about racial wars or discrimination. Anime, shows and music is starting to do the same thing very frequently.

The society is changing, and it's artists are leading the way. That's my favorite part of the culture.

 

[SlaveNumber23]

This is all you need.


These are also all you need.

 

[Beffudled Sheep_v1legacy]

Does xenophobia, harassment of tourists, and racial segregation policies that even the US abandoned back in the 20th century count?

Just doing my part to shatter wapanese illusions about that assbackwards island, citizen, just doing my part.

Well come on now give these people some credit. I doubt there are that many people here that believe Japan is the best country on Earth or whatever. But we can enjoy the awesome stuff about Japan while acknowledging and criticizing its (numerous) faults! This is a happy thread about awesome things! Light-hearted and fluffy! Surely the country's social issues relating to foreigners, women and their historical atrocities deserve a thread of their own!

Ehh, good point. After all, for all of their disdain and nihonjinron penor waving, they sure do love Western pop culture despite it.

There we go
So do you have anything you think is awesome that comes from Japan? A book or anime or perhaps a game?

Won't go for the usual stuff, soo....it did give me the Blueseed RPG, the absolute bestest RPG I never got to fully play and regret to this day...

Why not pick it up now?

Not a whole lot of info about it, hell, I don't even remember anymore what actual platform it was on (I THINK It was on the Saturn, but unsure). If I knew, yes, I would hunt it down, even if I couldn't read the shit

Was it this?

 

[Beffudled Sheep_v1legacy]

Does xenophobia, harassment of tourists, and racial segregation policies that even the US abandoned back in the 20th century count?

Just doing my part to shatter wapanese illusions about that assbackwards island, citizen, just doing my part.

Well come on now give these people some credit. I doubt there are that many people here that believe Japan is the best country on Earth or whatever. But we can enjoy the awesome stuff about Japan while acknowledging and criticizing its (numerous) faults! This is a happy thread about awesome things! Light-hearted and fluffy! Surely the country's social issues relating to foreigners, women and their historical atrocities deserve a thread of their own!

Ehh, good point. After all, for all of their disdain and nihonjinron penor waving, they sure do love Western pop culture despite it.

There we go
So do you have anything you think is awesome that comes from Japan? A book or anime or perhaps a game?

Won't go for the usual stuff, soo....it did give me the Blueseed RPG, the absolute bestest RPG I never got to fully play and regret to this day...

Why not pick it up now?

I think it was, but have to actually see some footage before I can confirm it.

Not a whole lot of info about it, hell, I don't even remember anymore what actual platform it was on (I THINK It was on the Saturn, but unsure). If I knew, yes, I would hunt it down, even if I couldn't read the shit

Was it this?

Card based RPG? Man this game is obscure. It only has a couple videos demonsr=trating gameplay on youtube and a one sentence mention in the wikipedia article on the manga/anime it was based on! Well if this is the game then it's available for cheap on ebay and amazon used. If you want new then be prepared to shell out 130 USD cheapest. And it also doesn't come in english as it was import only. And it was indeed for the Saturn.

 

[uchytjes]

Well, I'm actually a little surprised this has yet to be posted.
I love this video because it can be a little mindfucky at times, but still can be followed.

edit: Also anime. Can NOT forget the anime. That and JRPGs. Can NOT forget about JRPGs. Oh, and bullet hells. Bullet hells can be fun late at night.

 

[Helmholtz Watson]

Lets all chill and talk smack about apples instead of debating on a happy thread

Haha, ok.

But instead of apples, lets talk about how weird Japanese watermelon are.

Spoiler: Seriously, look at this stuff

 

[Beffudled Sheep_v1legacy]

Lets all chill and talk smack about apples instead of debating on a happy thread

Haha, ok.

But instead of apples, lets talk about how weird Japanese watermelon are.

Spoiler: Seriously, look at this stuff

Those are some weird AWESOME watermelon! How come they get all of the cube shaped watermelon!? Damn greedy Japanese people... grumble...

Does xenophobia, harassment of tourists, and racial segregation policies that even the US abandoned back in the 20th century count?

Just doing my part to shatter wapanese illusions about that assbackwards island, citizen, just doing my part.

Well come on now give these people some credit. I doubt there are that many people here that believe Japan is the best country on Earth or whatever. But we can enjoy the awesome stuff about Japan while acknowledging and criticizing its (numerous) faults! This is a happy thread about awesome things! Light-hearted and fluffy! Surely the country's social issues relating to foreigners, women and their historical atrocities deserve a thread of their own!

Ehh, good point. After all, for all of their disdain and nihonjinron penor waving, they sure do love Western pop culture despite it.

There we go
So do you have anything you think is awesome that comes from Japan? A book or anime or perhaps a game?

Won't go for the usual stuff, soo....it did give me the Blueseed RPG, the absolute bestest RPG I never got to fully play and regret to this day...

Why not pick it up now?

I think it was, but have to actually see some footage before I can confirm it.

Not a whole lot of info about it, hell, I don't even remember anymore what actual platform it was on (I THINK It was on the Saturn, but unsure). If I knew, yes, I would hunt it down, even if I couldn't read the shit

Was it this?

Card based RPG? Man this game is obscure. It only has a couple videos demonsr=trating gameplay on youtube and a one sentence mention in the wikipedia article on the manga/anime it was based on! Well if this is the game then it's available for cheap on ebay and amazon used. If you want new then be prepared to shell out 130 USD cheapest. And it also doesn't come in english as it was import only. And it was indeed for the Saturn.

Yes, YES, that is indeed it.

Like I said, even if I can't read it, I'll find a way. Maybe that crazy old international converter guy in Johnson City is still open, he seemed to be able to do when I toyed with his copy in the store...

Well go take a look! Not like you have anything to lose!
You could probably torrent an english version too if you're cool with that. Though the translation will probably suck because fans aren't language masters.