Sup y'all,
I'm an otaku who has been looking into affiliate marketing as a side job, and although I've been doing advertising for foreign language courses, it's really not rakin' in the money, and so I'm wondering... why not work in a growing industry which is a hobby of mine as well?
So I ask: does anyone have any experience with working in marketing/advertising/distribution of anime, manga, and hentai? What are some good programs and resources?
Any help would be appreciated!!!
(NOTE TO MODS: This isn't a sales or promotion post, I'm just asking if anyone else has experience in the anime industry).
I wish people would stop calling it "hentai". It really makes me feel bad every time they call it that.
>>2
Well then what WOULD you call anime erotica/porn? Well, actually, that's beside the point...
Anyone out there have experience?
That's just it. It is hentai. I mean come on. La Blue Girl? Urotsukodoji? That's messed up stuff. There's movies about rape and bondage and bowel/bladder movements and chicks with dude parts and everything in between. Even the straight stuff's not right. Every one of them have a guy bricks comical quantities of man yogurt. It doesn't matter if it was inside, the chick'll still be covered in it. Point is, this stuff is perverted, thus, it's called hentai.
>...man yoghurt.
Tee hee...
What's wrong with "EroManga" or "EroAnime" or maybe "Eronime"?
Use the original terms, no? The fanbase does so for almost everything else.
>>6 Seconded
Why not just "anime" and "manga"... People are always discriminating against shows just because they have a little pussy in them. You should stop judging things based on narrow-minded cultural assumptions (Nick.)
There are still kids who like this stuff... You saying all anime and manga should be grouped together regardless of content is the same as saying that all movies, whether they be kids' cartoons or porn should be grouped together... It doesn't work! Some anime is made for children. I wouldn't want Totoro and La Blue Girl on the same shelf!
Hentai = Western term for sexualised anime/manga.
In linguistic terms we would say that the term has been "bleached" - it has lost any pejorative meaning. Hentai to the Westerner means animated or drawn characters engaging in sexual activity, not "pervert" as it does in Japanese.
Stop being so touchy.
God damn I hate when people get on their high horse about these things. "Don't call it hentai, call it eronime. Don't call me otaku, call me fanboy." They're loan words from another language and as such their meanings undergo transmogrification to adapt to our needs.
Jesus fucking Christ.
Yeah, maybe, but it sounds weird. Since it's a foreign word either way, so why not use the correct term?
It has not been "bleached" or lost any meaning. It never meant anything to do with anime or manga in Japanese in the first place. It is a completely non-sensical borrowing. Japanese otaku burst into giggle fits when westerners use it.
Also, here's what to call it: "porn anime", "porn manga", "porn games". That's what "ero" means. No need to make up words when English has perfectly workable ones that describe the subject exactly already.
>>12
Sort of like how Americans think it's funny when the japanese use "heart" as an adjective?
Face it, it's a loan word. Loan words can have their meaning changed. That's just the way things happen. If you're speaking Japanese, it means one thing, if you're speaking English, it means another.
ero = Energy Regulatory Office.
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=ero
No results found for "eroi".
"ero"/"eroi" is not an English word, it's a bastardization of an English word. Japanese use messed English loanwords all the time. Also, it's not "ero(i)", it's エロ(い). Not the same alphabet.
As for "HENTAI" (all caps, written in Roman letters) it has gone back into Japanese with another meaning. It now means "This is what the Westerners call erotic, lol lol lol". Language is a living thing, it evolves.
>Americans think it's funny when the japanese use "heart" as an adjective?
Like an adjective, like what? " I walked into the old, hearting store, where an elderly man heartingly cares for his wears?" you mean like that? Heh, that is pretty silly. I'd laugh if that's what I heard.
>>14
Actually, "ero" or "eros" is actually of a Greek origin, so even then it's not even English.
> Actually, "ero" or "eros" is actually of a Greek origin, so even then it's not even English.
Presumably it was borrowed from the English term "erotic", not the original Greek.
Agreed. Who'd have thought there'd be otaku "propriety to terminology" approach to hentai anyways. I always figured hentai was the one area of the whole of anime that nobody'd get all passionate about. I guess I just "misunderestimated" hentai fandom.
I "missed your point" because I don't agree with you? I understood it perfectly, I am saying that this is a different kind of situation. Please, some respect for the intelligence of your fellow men and don't act like a stuck-up ass.
Nothing to do with "hentai fandom", merely with promoting international understanding within anime fandom. If you say "hentai" to a Japanese person, they will either be completely bewildered, or giggle at you.
>If you say "I like anime" to a Japanese person, they will either be completely bewildered, or giggle at you.
Fixed.
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There aren't a lot of people who fundamentally dislike animation.
>>21
Could be that it was a veiled commentary on anime obsession. I mean, yeah, you walk up to somebody, any random non otaku-type, doesn't matter where, and you tell them you're an otaku... you're...you're gonna get some odd looks.
Yeah. In Japan only the kids (or the otaku) watch anime. The only acceptable anime for grown-ups is in movie theaters.
Now, saying you like animated Japanese porn to a Japanese adult? You're going to get the exact same look that if you said "I like hentai!"
This is why I usually omit any anime from my list of hobbies during self-introduction. It's far easier to say you read manga and play games, and if you're in the right company then admit to watching anime later. If the company is particularly good, then you can
>>9, how a stores lays out its shelves are another matter entirely. They group things which are similar together, generally. Sort of like how when you go into a DVD store, the action movies are all in one place. In this case all the "action" (LOL) anime will all be in one place.
Look, the point was that if you say "hentai" even to the biggest Japanese otaku on the planet (don't dwell too long on that mental image), he will still giggle at you for being a clueless gaijin.
That's because the Japanese are in denial of their own language.
Girl slaps boy in anime or manga for looking inadvertently at her underwear, what does she say? "Hentai!"
Isn't it strange that no Japanese can come up with the origin of the word "H"(h-manga, h-anime)?
I think the bigger issue is finding out just who is seeking out Japanese otaku to say "hentai" to. I say we nab those culprits, and make them watch American programming until they remember that they speak English.
バカ。
>>28
Case in point. Quick, grab some rope and the first 3 seasons of Lost!
Unlikely to be a real Japanese, "baka" has been out of style for ages. Make him watch 3 seasons of Survivor instead!