K-On! has proved a big hit for Kyoto Animation, but it also seems to be turning into a hit for Fender, who make the prominently featured bass guitar Mio Akiyama wields.
In fact, even the Fender staff are watching with approval…
Their informal blog post runs along these lines:
Wow! “K-ON!” is awesome.
Sakurakou Keionbu looks like hot stuff.
What’s more, the bass player Mio-chan is using quite a vintage jazz bass (the 62 JAZZ BASS), and she’s a lefty as well… it’s so moe.
I predict a break [?].
Adios!
Could this presage a Mio-Fender tie-in at some point? This would be sure to have a crushing impact on the finances of those otaku obsessively hankering after the show’s instruments for use as trophies or display pieces…
Via the Fender Staff Blog.
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Can you say "limited edition Mio Fender bass"?
INEVITABLE
DO WANT.
Although I'd have to hide lest my peeps find out I'm a weabo.
NOT A TRUE WEEABO
NOT A TRUE WEEABO
NOT A TRUE WEEABOU
Silly anons.
Is anyone going to spell the word right?
Who's bringing the paddles?
How about WEABOO, stupid anon is stupid.
I don't want to make a correction because I won't be making one.
You guys are fail, you for hiding your weeaboo-ness, and for all the anons that misspelled "Weeaboo"
GOD, this is why Im considered a otaku, and your all not...
Oh, sureeeeeeeeee.
NOT A TRuE CARIBOU
A true Otaku would use it to play the ED.
Or learn Freebird in Japanese and just annoy and confuse the hell out of EVERYONE FOREVER.
Wabbidy-bloo!
weaboo fags..
stupid american is stupid
Ita-Guitar!
MUST HAVE
I won't be surprised if ever Fender makes one
Mio related news is good news.
AGREED
AGREED BY AUTHORITY (FENDER!)
XD
The rest of the band appears to be a little envious of Mio's moe success:
http://www.dannychoo.com/detail/mac/eng/image/17787/Akiyama+Mio+Tease.html [http://www.dannychoo.com/detail/mac/eng/image/17787/Akiyama Mio Tease.html]
Is this spam? It certainly seems like it.
Looks like Mio's epic moe skills left the other girls a little envious: http://www.dannychoo.com/detail/mac/eng/image/17787/Akiyama+Mio+Tease.html [http://www.dannychoo.com/detail/mac/eng/image/17787/Akiyama Mio Tease.html]
But only Yui related news is great news!
agreed!
You mean like this????
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye-iHgPUZGM
It's ALL about Mio
My Yui plays Gibson... GIBSON LES PAUL I said!.. T_T
... but... OH SHI-, even I can't resist shimapan! XD
Why the hell do they buy lefty bass guitars? They should just buy ordinary models and learn the damn instrument instead! ;_;
They could always just pull a reverse Jimi Hendrix.
Thats kind of a good news for lefty like myself, when the otakus got fed up with the guitar I bet people like me can get them in a quite good price. =D
Oh yeahh! Shimapan! And it's even teal-colored, like Miku's.
My fav~ *drool*
sounds like a marketing ploy to me
Mio Madness keeps on striking... and striking.. and striking..
*Saimoe 2009 winner predicted*
Yeah, that's what we said last year about many other people.... Then Lucky Star Happened >_<
I normally don't buy this kind of merchandise, but since I'm a bassist I wouldn't think twice about buying a Mio-edition Fender Jazz Bass.
How come for the last few weeks I keep hearing closet bassist coming out in the light
>.>
I swear, I suddenly got some peoples around me says that they play bass.
I dont even think they can play castanet.
Are you implying that Internet people lie? Am shocked.
I can Imagine a "Tsumugi-chan keyboard"!...with dirty blonde colored keys that look like giant eye-brows- lol. Where does it end?
When do we get a LIVE action "K-On!"- this show is taking off like Wild-Fire!!!
Sometimes it still manages to catch me off guard just how much you exaggerate everything.
Sometimes the inability of people to check who the author of a piece is catches me off-guard.
How is a translated blog post from Fender exaggerated, pray?
Owned. (@Kaioshin)
I don't know what made you think I referring to the Fender article translation or you Artefact, but sure whatever. Then again I have come to expect this from you so at least that much makes sense. Also it doesn't matter who wrote it, to me the Sankaku Complex site as a whole falls under the banner of exaggeration when it comes to the faux news articles. Finally if you or linkinstreet absolutely can't figure out which part I was referring to, try checking the first and last sentences of the article proper.
lol, and people who jump out and shout "owned" when they have no idea what is going on and can't even handle doing any owning themselves need to find a better hobby. Preferrably one that doesn't make them look like a lacky.
If you have criticisms, come out and make them directly, instead of trying to deflect attention back onto the targets of your baseless criticism. Otherwise cease your tiresome insinuations and weaseling.
Your comments made no sense and it sounds as if you just wants to get into a flaming session. But remembering you from Random Curiosity's blog comments (yes, I know you and your ways) I am not really suprised. But then again, the internet does not revolve around you does it?
Oh geez, alright fine if you are going to keep getting all defensive (which is weird since I wasn't making any criticisms to begin with) then that's something I'm not interested in seeing. Next time though I recommend not reading into people's statements more then necessary though, lest you imagine that they are criticizing you.
Pot calling the kettles black, Kaioshin?
The link is there, you can check the original blog :3
wah mio..