Otaku Busted for “Criminally Cute” IdolMaster Credit Card
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Dec 10, 2013 23:16 JST
- Tags: Anime Goods, Crime, IdolM@ster, Money, Otaku, Police, Shopping, USA
Americans confronted with an unfamiliar IdolMaster credit card apparently found it so cute they could not believe it genuine and instead arrested the owner for fraud, causing some consternation amongst Japanese Aimasu fans.
The IdolMaster credit card was issued by the Mitsui Sumitomo Bank (which, like most Japanese banks, is relatively exacting in who it grants the privilege of bilking to), and is one of the many anime-themed cards available in Japan.
When its Japanese owner attempted to use it overseas in the US however, its cute girls apparently proved too much for American staff, who did not believe it a genuine card and reported the incident to police, who promptly arrested the owner for suspected credit card fraud.
Mitsui Sumitomo reportedly intervened and subsequently apologised to the man for getting him arrested, promising compensation for ignominy.
As might be expected the incident attracted much attention in Japan:
“So cute it’s criminal.”
“Arresting him over this, it couldn’t be helped!”
“The yanks really are about as stupid and ignorant as they come, aren’t they?”
“Watching cartoons at that age!”
“So creepy they arrested him, I suppose that is fitting.”
“Idiots, nobody would pick such a creepy illustration for a fake card!”
“What kind of man goes abroad with his IdolMaster credit card…”
“I didn’t think anyone would dare use these in a shop.”
“You’d think they’d have checked with the card company before calling the cops on him?”
“As suspicious as it might be it is hard to believe they’d arrest him.”
“What kind of police would even arrest you for this without checking first that the card was OK?”
“Pretty bad – what’ll happen to all these novelty cards after news of this gets around? No more character cards?”
“He can probably sue someone hard, this being America.”
“It could be worse…”
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ok... was the guy that called the cops retarded?
Nearly EVERY bank in America allows you to order your credit card with a custom printed face. And there are a number of websites dedicated to creating custom credit cards, all of which existed before the banking industry got into it.
The guy was arrested on identity mixup unrelated to how the card looks. The bank was to flag a card issued to someone else who was an identity theft victim, but it instead it went onto his account. So yes, they should apologize, as the whole thing is their fault.
As usual, Sancom quality news = incomplete rumors picked up on 2ch.
Inaginary plus +
Not that I don't believe you, but as always, source please.
Yellow journalism at its finest, if you can even call this journalism.
Isn't this just a blog?
That doesn't mean it's not journalism. Although to be fair, yellow journalism really isn't.
Maybe it was a woman who felt the card was misogynistic? Or perhaps one of those crazies still seeking retribution for Pearl Harbor? Or maybe someone upset that Japan beat their team in sports?
There're lots of possible and stupid motives.
Or maybe it's the fact that it looks like a toy?
Or maybe you could stop using that m-word like it's cool to think you know how to use big words now?
9:32 - isn't that kind of point of having words the describe specific things....to you know...use them...chill out
Nah, there's not any sport that Japanese has beat us in that anyone cares about. No one in the States that doesn't either work in sports media or speak exclusively Spanish gives a shit about soccer (apparently our team is pretty good now, anyway), and that World Baseball thing is just a glorified All-Star Game...
Maybe someone in the porn industry is upset that Japan is unbeaten in bukkake... Did this happen in California?
You have to remember that US cops are criminally stupid because they reject applicants who score too high on the entry exams.
apparently the yank never thought to call visa and verify if the card was legit? wow... brilliant.
The yank never called because it never happened. This is bullshit no matter how you slice it. Any retailer would have seen enough credit cards to know they have all sorts of weird shit on them. And a cop would have no legal grounds to arrest someone for a credit card that was not reported stolen. It is simply not possible for not one but 2 people to think that was a fake card.
Its a poor attempt at trolling.
The gist of your argument seems to be "An idiot couldn't have ended up behind a cash register, because reasons."
I wish that were true.
They probably got a bonus and promotion for saving the world from economic terrorism.
Yah they even have ones with Nascar drivers faces on them.
http://daviddino.com/gt5/jeffgordonmeme05.jpg
Americans prefer men to put other men faces on their card so that they can look at them often like lovers. I really don't know son... turns out the Americans are trying to turn each other gay. I am a grown man damn it, and i am interested in women (well, even it is 2D only). Why do I have to look at another hairy middle age man's face on my damn card. What am I suppose to do with this?
There goes my idea of a Hentai themed Mastercard.
If I win the lottery, and my credit is as good as it is now, I will order a no-limits small business card and order it with a picture of tits. I will then see what happens. Probably keep it bikini'd just because I do know indecency can trigger arrest, but whatever.
Trails in the Sky?
Wouldn't that then be a GoshujinsamaCard?
those staff members are so stupid! there's custom credit cards of course! how would they not know that?
Sometimes it's a privilege just to have a card, let alone be able to customize it.
congrats on being a gullible idiot
they did know that, everybody knows that, this story is just bullshit
“The yanks really are about as stupid and ignorant as they come, aren’t they?”
This, coming from a jap? WTF, boy. WTF. Being a bitch has its limits.
There are stupid and ignorant people everywhere, but they tend to amass most in places where people believe they are the best.
So that explains those soft rapeable kids in japan :)
While I could care less about your "jap" comment, this still applies to the quote.
There's also a thing where different stores have different policies for handling things, maybe that store's policy is when encountering credit card fraud.
Saying the entire country is stupid when it comes down to one employee or even one companies policy seems a bit much.
Here's my otaku credit card, from apple federal credit union!
http://lago-m-orph.tumblr.com/image/64605768636
inb4 obligatory "did the bank make u sign a contract to get this card" statement XD
I wish there was a better source for this than some guy's Twitter. It sounds like something purposely made up to scare/troll otaku. But I wouldn't be surprised if this was true. LAPD is notoriously corrupt and stupid.
Indeed it seems like something written to scare/troll otaku, if the clerk jumped from thinking it might be a fake card to calling the police and directly to an arrest. It seems like they didn't even go thru the normal procedure of checking a photo ID and matching the name on card, sliding the card and wait for the transaction to be authorized, or as last resort call the bank or visa/MC if it's declined or suspicion that it's fake...
And it's already been mentioned that various banks all around the world offer cards with your custom image.
The original source is here
http://japanese.china.org.cn/life/2013-12/10/content_30852863.htm
"china.org.cn" is the fomal news website of Chinese Communist Party. The source is Chinese Gov.
Eh, I don't think LAPD are that stupid.
I bet you this happened in Florida. All sorts of stupid crap happen in that state, so it wouldn't be a surprise if it happened there.
I have a custom debit card with Shinobu-chan (Bakemonogatari) on it. :3
The bank I'm using offers custom debit/credit card that you can design the card anyway you want (with some restriction like can't use nude pic, words, trademark) after you finish with your photo you can just login and submit the photo on their website to issue the card and wait about 1 week for the card, cost me just $15 for the card.
I tried to get this picture on my Visa Electron but my bank declined due to copyright (Finland)
http://i.imgur.com/kqgKHnS.jpg
Damn, that´s an horrible drawing, you should be thankfull it was rejected.
No offense Dia, I have to agree with Anon here too.
@Megas Kanon wasn't out on BluRay when I took that. I figured the card was so small that it wouldn't matter.
That was just an old (?) anime. Heck, the anime is not even 15 years old.
that pic is stupid funny.... i would put it on my card too
Hell, Dia rip the pic off the blu-ray plz. I know it's the newer style but it looks a trillion times better.
You people are idiots. If it's not the newest and best art style it's bad? KEY animation style is perfectly fine for anyone who is over the age of 14 and appreciates diverse art forms.
Here is proof that half of this site is under age and doesn't belong here.
What? and I just thought about ordering custome card (Finland, nordea. Which bank you are using)
It was POP
I would like to see how it looks like.Can you make a pic?
My bank offered something similar but I didn't think it's worth it...
The idea is nice, I would pay 15$ to design my own credit card. Well, it's just a little misunderstanding and thing can be arranged between both parties, this's no longer my business.
Isn't Shinobu under copyright? Didn't you technically commit fraud by claiming otherwise?