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- From: dhiga@aludra.usc.edu (Darold Higa)
- Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
- Subject: Re: English language in Japanese music
- Date: 29 Dec 1992 00:16:57 -0800
- Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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- Sender: Darold "Godai" Higa of Ikkoku-kan
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- In the words of a Japanese girl I talked to recently (who is not into anime):
- "If it has English in it, it will be popular and cool..."
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- A fad. Japanese pop culture focuses a lot around "multiculturalism" and loves
- things European and American. Non anime songs are subject to the same amount
- of English. Just take a look at J-Pop titles at a CD store. Lots of romaji
- and outright English.
- (reminds me of the fad of wearing Russian on clothing...my parents bought me
- a shirt which sait "work pants" in Russian. I guess they figure most American
- consumers can't read Russian...|) (guess again!)
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- Darold "Godai" Higa of Ikkoku-kan
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