Comments on: Domo Arigato

By: riff

riff — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 01:20:23 +0000

hahahahah

Target store!
http://weeklyad.target.com/emeryville-ca-94608/homepage?AFID=googlestr&CPNG=weeklyad&LNM=target_weekly_ad&adgroup=static+us&ref=tgt_adv_XS000000#

Its where you buy your PS3 LOL (cheap).

Oh and that is pretentiously pronounced with the French “et” on end making the J sound.

Right up there with Neiman Marcus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neiman_Marcus_Group
(JK!)

more Americana… and Japaneseana…
Ye Kilt-wearin Fifster! Bring on the Hagis and the Busch Mills!

btw most U.S. Americans think Busch Mills is Irish… LOL!

By: KrazyFace

KrazyFace — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 07:22:56 +0000

Heh, what’s a Target store!? Domo, I’ve seen before, a few places infact so yeah, yay for him!

Thing is though, Home has the potential to bring awareness to a lot of little known things. Home’s a bit like MTV in the 80’s; it’s the only go-to place for certain content. So when you’re in Home ( although there is quite a lot of content) it is closed enough that Home’s show-runners can make a spectacle out of whatever they wish for as long as they like and in the process make hype something beyond its normal parameters, stuffed horse anyone?

By: NorseGamer

NorseGamer — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 17:46:06 +0000

<——-- IZ BUYING ALL TEH DOMOS

(No, seriously. All your Domo are belong to Norse.)

By: BONZO

BONZO — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:56:20 +0000

Like most Japan imports of pop culture, they tend to have cult followings. Before Disney popularized studio Ghibli in America, the only people who knew of it were the anime fans, and they’d tell you everything and more than you cared to know. Even now, most of the main stream knowledge of Studio Ghibli is probably Spirited Away, Howl’s moving Castle, and Ponyo, to some extent Princess Mononoke, and My neighbor Totoro. But in Japan Studio Ghibli is huge, and the American fans of anime could probably name every film that’s come out of that studio and not just Miyazaki’s. But characters like Domo, TokiDoki, and the obscure cast of the Sanrio brand live in obscurity until they explode into popularity. Everyone knows who Hello Kitty and Pokemon is now, but at one point they also lived in an obscure subculture that was very esoteric.

By: FEMAELSTROM

FEMAELSTROM — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:10:08 +0000

I’m like you Burbie, I have no idea who this is, except there was a time he/she/it was promoted heavily in my local Target stores in the electronics dept. I have a tie in there that may make me buy it, but that’s the only place I know Domo from.

By: Terra_Cide

Terra_Cide — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 14:02:00 +0000

If a Home developer (or Sony itself) sets up a licensing agreement with Studio Ghibli to produce content for Home, I want a Howl's Moving Castle personal space. End of story.

By: SealWyf_

SealWyf_ — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 13:54:17 +0000

I've been intrigued by the growing amount of "very Japanese" content filtering into NA Home. Last week we got jinbei, and this week we got Domo. A while back we got several quintessential anime character costumes. What's next? As a Miyazaki fan, I find myself hoping that we may someday get a Totoro or Catbus companion. And is it too much to hope for a little Doraemon following us through Home? I know it's unlikely... but we can dream.

By: Burbie52

Burbie52 — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 09:53:35 +0000

I must be out of the loop because I have never heard of this before. I think I may have seen a pic of Domo somewhere sometime, but other than that I hadn’t a clue. Thanks for bringing me up to date on this, though I doubt it is something I will invest in, I am sure there are many who will.
I think Home is poised on a cliff right now about to jump off into a sea of brand names coming into it. Some companies are already seeing the potential here, and I am sure others will follow suit if someone just shows them the way.
Nice read Bonzo.