Comments on: Kawaii Catastrophe: Japanese insurance brochure depicts adorable disasters that can befall your home http://boingboing.net/2012/09/26/kawaii-catastrophe-japanese-i.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 23:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: benher http://boingboing.net/2012/09/26/kawaii-catastrophe-japanese-i.html#comment-1543191 benher Thu, 27 Sep 2012 15:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=183810#comment-1543191 Thank you! This is the most succinct rebuttal I've seen to these "Japan so Kuh-Ray-Zee" posts.  The North-American-Centric view of comics, animation, and humor gave us the prudish Comics Code Authority and a think-of-the-children mindset that does nothing but punish would-be creators and consumers of culture. Thank you! This is the most succinct rebuttal I’ve seen to these “Japan so Kuh-Ray-Zee” posts. 

The North-American-Centric view of comics, animation, and humor gave us the prudish Comics Code Authority and a think-of-the-children mindset that does nothing but punish would-be creators and consumers of culture.

]]> By: Daemonworks http://boingboing.net/2012/09/26/kawaii-catastrophe-japanese-i.html#comment-1542944 Daemonworks Thu, 27 Sep 2012 07:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=183810#comment-1542944 The official mascot of the Japanese Military, Prince Pickles http://www.letsjapan.markmode.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/prince-pickles-japan-diplomacy-manga-salute.jpg The official mascot of the Japanese Military, Prince Pickles
http://www.letsjapan.markmode.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/prince-pickles-japan-diplomacy-manga-salute.jpg

]]> By: nachoproblem http://boingboing.net/2012/09/26/kawaii-catastrophe-japanese-i.html#comment-1542715 nachoproblem Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=183810#comment-1542715 This is exactly how I imagine Lego houses being destroyed. This is exactly how I imagine Lego houses being destroyed.

]]> By: MattAlt http://boingboing.net/2012/09/26/kawaii-catastrophe-japanese-i.html#comment-1542702 MattAlt Wed, 26 Sep 2012 23:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=183810#comment-1542702 That's the funny thing -- it ISN'T really infantile, though I can imagine why someone un-used to kawaii might think so. No Japanese in their right mind thinks tsunami are cute and cuddly. Soft, approachable illustrations like this are simply a form of visual shorthand that makes people pay attention where it needs to be paid.  That’s the funny thing — it ISN’T really infantile, though I can imagine why someone un-used to kawaii might think so. No Japanese in their right mind thinks tsunami are cute and cuddly. Soft, approachable illustrations like this are simply a form of visual shorthand that makes people pay attention where it needs to be paid. 

]]> By: bloopeeriod http://boingboing.net/2012/09/26/kawaii-catastrophe-japanese-i.html#comment-1542628 bloopeeriod Wed, 26 Sep 2012 21:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=183810#comment-1542628 How to infantize a culture:101 How to infantize a culture:101

]]> By: Robert Cruickshank http://boingboing.net/2012/09/26/kawaii-catastrophe-japanese-i.html#comment-1542533 Robert Cruickshank Wed, 26 Sep 2012 19:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=183810#comment-1542533 I would like information about sewer backup coverage, please. I would like information about sewer backup coverage, please.

]]> By: Sekino http://boingboing.net/2012/09/26/kawaii-catastrophe-japanese-i.html#comment-1542501 Sekino Wed, 26 Sep 2012 19:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=183810#comment-1542501 What's more puzzling, this or the North American belief that cartoons, animation and comics are art forms only good for children?  I wish our pamphlets had fun characters instead of douchey stock people grinning. What’s more puzzling, this or the North American belief that cartoons, animation and comics are art forms only good for children? 

I wish our pamphlets had fun characters instead of douchey stock people grinning.

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