Kazekawa
Teacher/Entertainer
- 25 Oct 2015
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I'm wondering how old your students are. I asked my children (8 and 6) whether AKB48 were popular with boys and girls in their class and they weren't with either.
Mike Cash - you're absolutely right, if cartoons weren't made to sell the merchandise, there'd be far fewer of them around, though it still grates that a children's program is being used to promote the rather sordid AKB48 business, whose main audience seem to be adult men.
I teach children of all ages. From 1 year olds to high school students. The kinder/elementary school girls had a favorable opinion. Cartoons in general are made to promote a toy line. We all liked the TMNT 80s cartoon right? It only existed to market their toy line.
AKB48 was/still is to an extent popular with kids too. I teach 200 - 300 kids and when AKB48 came out everybody was humming and singing their songs. Not just adult men. That being said, I'd prefer not to get into the business ethics of jpop groups in this particular thread though. Maybe make a new thread about it? I've heard all kinds of awful things regarding Hello Project, Johnnies groups and of course the 48 franchise.