Sheesh Y’all, It’s More Than Just Anime
Or so he claims, although I seriously doubt that any 3D girl would resemble Kyonko, at least not in the campus we’re in. What’s more, he has no pictures, and hence no concrete evidence. He (Don’t let the gender in his forum profile fool you!) has probably been oogling and fapping fantasizing excessively to Kyonko fanart.
Read all about the whole “Densha Otoko”-like scenario here to decide if the 3D Kyonko does exists.
The Japanese Otakus have once again proven that they are the Spartans of the consumer world.
There’s nothing named First Summer of Love, only the Summer of Love and the Second Summer of love, but what the heck, it’s the first even if it doesn’t have First in its name, since it definitely isn’t the third.
Anyway, for those curious as to why I chose this as the title, it’s First because this will be the first year I’m documenting my room for future archive usage, ever since I plunged into the never-ending spiral of anime merchandise purchasing, Summer because it’s so darn hot here in freaking Singapore, and Love because moe… Whatever. Anime references with numbers in them sure aren’t easy to find. And what’s up with this cheesiness?!
Disclaimer : The author is no music buff, but only some geek who can reference to anime that references to the real Summer of Love.
As usual, I shall begin with the typical shot from the door. Click on the pictures for a larger image.
Bah, I’m too lazy to pack my bed
There was a Kinokuniya 20% sales for members, so I decided to pop by and grab some reading materials.
I wanted to get the latest Dragon Magazine, but unfortunately, Kinokuniya doesn’t stock it. The other unfortunate thing is that the latest issue of Dragon Age doesn’t contain a new FMP Sigma chapter, so I decided to pass on it. Instead, I purchased a copy of Dengeki Bunko, since there are some nice goodies included with it.
I’ve taken up Personal Selling as an elective module, and we viewed a brief video clip regarding consumerism today. Despite the points being expressed in simple layman terms, I felt that it was something worth thinking about. As such, I’ve decided to come up with a writeup on consumerism of a group that we all know of. Otakus and anime fans.
I intend to cover on the merchandise aspect, since that’s the thing that drains the most *ka-ching* out of our poor wallets.
In order for the various companies to come up with cash milking merchandise, there’s a need to first understand the otakus behaviour. They have to realise the main source of influence as to why Otakus purchase anime merchandise. There are supposedly 5 main levels of needs that are involved in consumerism. Physiological, Safety, Social, Esteem and Self-actualisation.
