LDP in Evangelion Cosplay Appeal
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Jun 7, 2010 07:58 JST
- Tags: Cosplay, Evangelion, LDP, Marketing, Mass Media, Politics
The LDP has become so desperate they are now fielding a candidate willing to engage in on stage Evangelion cosplay (on the left), saying “With this cosplay, I’d like you to think the LDP has changed.”
Interestingly, the wording of his statement could also be read as “I’d like you to think the LDP is strange…”
Takaaki Mitsuhashi, an obscure 40-year-old economics writer and admitted 2ch denizen, is running for office amidst the remains of the LDP, the web of political dynasties which has run Japan in the post-war period.
In a publicity stunt to attract attention to his campaign, he recently held a “cosplay party” in which 200 cosplayers had a jolly time indulging in karaoke, headed up by himself – whether this strategy will have any effect remains to be seen, but ridicule and raillery on his native 2ch were instantaneous.
It seems he managed 5 lines in a sports tabloid – not the most useful of media splashes.
Unfortunately, it has been the LDP pressing the hardest for censorship of anime and manga, ironically enough proposing legislation which could see Evangelion condemned as hardcore child pornography for its treatment of sexual themes – running some eccentric as a fancy dress candidate seems unlikely to fool anyone actually likely to take any form of cosplay seriously.
Previously the LDP dug up a former idol noted for her nude posing as a candidate, so it seems anything is now possible with the ruined party.
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I think cosplaying as Gendo isn't the best choice to promote a party. He could just cosplay Hitler...
Evangelion hardcore child pornography?
Did they see kiss x sis ?_?;
Sorry... Loli > Evangelion.
The guy in the Gendo outfit looks old. And I meen die-of-heart-atttack-any-second-now old.
Old? By LDP standards this guy is a young kid...
If one of my countrys politicians would dress up as Gendo I would vote for him no matter what.
Wow. This is reaching.
Ah so this is why there are no black people in NERV or "Evangelion" - or is it there are no blacks in the future?
It's that there are no black people in Japan.
You miscounted. There's Azrael [http://gaijinchronicles.com/].
If we're lucky...
WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAA!
moe on everything :) i would love to see a moe minister in japan :D
Attract Otakus votes now!
Blame them later!
It's Gendo!!! Dunana...Dunana...Dunana...Oh baby!!!!
this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RsepQh342g
NO. These governments are like Angels, they want to destroy are lively hood with censoring our anime and manga. We must DESTROY THEM, everyone of them.
Please tell me the LDP is one of those small-but-loud parties and not actually a major political player.
They really ARE getting desperate aren't they? They just haven't got anyone that's otaku-friendly besides Rozen Aso.
Speaking of Japanese politicians, the new Prime Minister Kan Naoto might have a better chance of connecting with those genre-savvy otakus than his "alien" predecessor Hatoyama Yukio or the desperate LDP NERV commander above, starting with his name:
"The Wrath of Kan".
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gt6ng02-VO8/TAai399tm9I/AAAAAAAAASk/ULq0LTUbrf0/s1600/wrath-of-kan.jpg
Mitsuhashi actually has a good shot of being elected to the upper house next month on the LDP list, since he’s running for one of the proportional representation seats and doesn’t need the geographical concentration of support in some particular district (that winning in a prefectural district would require).
Instead, by pandering to the NEET/Otaku/2ch crowd (seriously, he should’ve cosplayed Air King from Higashi no Eden), which is large but fairly dispersed – they don’t all reside in akiba!! – he could bring in enough votes for the party list to merit a seat.
This made me lol.
The left guy doens't look very happy with this. ^^
Naoto Kan BITCHES!!!!
I didn't think that "kawaru" could mean "strange", but it is kind of amusing that the same kanji is used for "weird" or "odd", considering the subject at hand.
Yeah, not too sure I'd vote for a man cosplaying Gendou, of all things.
it'd b hard for the next person who steps in. and with the string of resignations im beginning to think the people who get elected have no idea for what they're really in for.
Rei should liquify him into LCL.
If only the GOP would do this instead of those boring tea parties.
I would HATE to see a retarded redneck try to be moe!!
Stuff like this is fun to see but it still doesn't better my opinion of their party.
True. It just makes them look more pathetic.
No amount of moe will ever save the LDP's asses at the polls.
Throwing those religious fundamentalists out of the party might help through. Well, at least if they were the part of LDP party that proposed those censorship laws.
but with this theyre getting rid of moe.
Epic vukken phail, LDP...
I wonder if the irony of his choice of character to cosplay was lost on him.
Don't you see, hes Gendou Ikari!
Politician are really desperate Loser
They are willing to sell out for votes now that they are in tatters. Quick! Make a list of demands ;)
Japanese politics are serious business!
Okay, LDP. Go build a functional Eva unit and I will vote for you.
Are you crazy? Do you really want to vote for Gendo Ikari? You know how he is going to screw us all up.
So The LDP is Planning to Destroy Humanity.....?
DONT VOTE FOR THEM! OMG
So the LDP is really SEELE? Makes sense that Third Impact is all part of their keikaku...
Translators note: Keikaku means plan
Englsh is Dieing...
I think I'd interpret it along the lines of your second translation.
had a feeling they were hurting
mean of course guy LDP got into the seat up and got up and leaved.
Activate the Dummy System!
Too late for that.
See that guy in the picture dressed as Gendou Ikari? Yup.... that's the test model right there.
Heh...Now they're just bristling with hypocrisy~
Japan needs some serious help now. I live in a good environment, a good country and I really pity them. Why are their people always surrounded by unnecessary nonsenses?
Each time I look at that guy I can't help but laugh my ass off! He's just too ridiculous!