NHK: Kantai Collection “More Popular Than Obama”
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Apr 26, 2014 02:37 JST
- Tags: DMM, Kantai Collection, NHK, Obama, Otaku, Social Games, Twitter
The NHK has been highlighting the surprising news that Kantai Collection eclipsed Obama’s visit to Japan in popularity amongst the Twitter populace, going so far as to air an introduction to the game for those who have been stuck on the seabed this last year.
The NHK – lately reduced to NTT counts of tweet keywords for its news analysis it would seem – aired the findings in its daily 11:30PM “News Web” slot.
Despite the main news supposedly being Obama’s gracious decision to grant his vassal Abe a visit, the most tweeted topic was actually “KanKore” and not Obama at all.
As if this were not enough, newly launched Kantai Collection battleship maidens Akashi and Amatsukaze and a raft of KanKore jargon filled out the rest of the top ten tweeted topics – along with the all important news that Kantai Collection is now a year in service.
For the benefit of under-rock dwellers (and the annoucer covering the piece it would seem), the NHK also helpfully aired a quick outline of just what Kantai Collection is and why Shimakaze and company enjoy so much more popularity than the USA’s Nobel Prize winning wiretapper-in-chief:
Online the news has been greeted with some perplexed enthusiasm:
“I love how bewildered the announcer is having to explain the game for viewers.”
“What do you expect from the NHK, when their headlines aren’t about Korea or AKB…”
“Pure stealth marketing, I thought the NHK wasn’t supposed to do this?”
“This says more about what morons Twitter users are than anything else.”
“When they aren’t bashing Japan the NHK sure airs some trash.”
“They just want to push the idea that Japan’s youth are being brainwashed into WWII glorifying nationalists with this coverage.”
“Come on, it’s a variety news show, not the serious stuff!”
“This is more a question of how uninterested everyone is in Obama than the popularity of KanKore.”
“Personally I just love how NicoNico has people complaining about their searches for Akatsuki bringing up random Naruto stuff instead of the KanKore vids they are after.”
“This is at least more interesting than some fluff nonsense about Obama’s choice of sushi.”
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In other news, Shimakaze is more popular than Justin Bieber.
Shimakaze for US president!
Shimazake #2016
Shimakaze* derp.
Wow Anime and game stuff is more popular then a person? Who would of guest that. :P
Beside why would anyone besides people in the United States care? Meh.
Hey I am in the U.S and I am laughing so hard this is funny stuff. My beloved thong clad destroyer is more popular than my crappy president!
It's "would have guessed" you retard
Anything is more interesting than Obongo.
Japans just awesome would totally trade that for some boring news here
It's a shame they can't differentiate between positive and negative usage when they track these things.
Shimakaze for president!
ﾌｧｯｸ・ﾐｽﾀｰ・ｵﾊﾞﾏ。
conglaturation, yu have rearned the basics of the japanese ranguage
nice job my furendo, yu have impressed absorutery nobody with yur rame katakana
INTERNET FIGHT???
ﾕｰ･ﾏｯﾄﾞ､ﾐｽﾀｰ･ｵﾊﾞﾏ?
awww... the Obama fangirl's mad
ｙｕｕ ｍａｄｄｏ， ｍａｉ ｆｕｒｅｎｄｏ？
RUN!!!!! OBAMAFANGIRL's HERE!!!!
arent u gonna accuse him of usin google translate? pathetic
In order to play the game the first time you have to enter in a lottery that happens once a day with only a limited number of slots. I was going to try it out but this just put me off.
If it was Natalia, then things might have been different. Obama is not kawaii-moe enough for the Japanese to make a fuss about.
dat ASS IGN ahahah
Seriously? That's like saying "Porn helps virgins masturbate."
Fuck, at this point I could kill twelve toddlers while using one as a flail and I'd be more popular than that piece of trash President.
Demographic plz.
Of course the three- mile long line of Waifu-addicts don't care that Obama is in the country.
Thanks Obama...for showing how popular kancolle is
Japan is lucky.
I prefer this kind of news to Beiber drivel.
Who's Obama?
you don't know? watch an anime called "Witch Craft Works" < Obama-kun is there
Is she Kawaii(japanese for cute)?
>not knowing Omaha [Steaks]
we we can [export USDA beef]!
I knew it was insanely popular, but never expected to reach this level. GJ.
Will KanColle be as popular as Shingeki no Kyojin one day?
You probably meant touhou.
It has been over a decade and we still do not have an official Touhou anime.
John, Zun said there won't be one while he's alive. After all, freedom of character interpretation is what makes Touhou Touhou, and anime will need to make one linear canon, jossing a lot of fan theories.
Anon, ZUN is just unwilling or incapable of overseeing such a project - it is NOT, in any way, "impossible". The likes of One Piece (heck - ANY filler) prove there doesn't "have to" be an ending, and the likes of Yosuga no Sora prove you don't "have to" pick one route and give up on others.
Who the hell cares if this piece of garbage (that no one will remeber after two years) is more popular than the muslim leftist-fascist president of U.S. in a godforsaken/insignifficant country like japan? besides those egocentric japanese idiots (specially at the nhk)
Yes nhk, we know the japanese things are "better" than those of the hairy barbarians, have poorer english than mine and are soooooooooooooooooo!???...popular around the world. We know they win over crappy manufactured things like avil lavigne or lady gaga. We got the message, are satisfied now? japanese monkeys.
If KanColle is this popular, then I am more eager to see its upcoming anime.
The anime will be quite boring since it is based on the novel versions of the game, the one they took is basicly about a farmer girl going to war.
I'm eager to see an international launch of the game, but it's not in sight... :(
STFU gaytard
While Obama is a chill motherfuck, and a p. cool guy, and a relatively good president; he still can't compete with lolis, lolis will always win in rankings of best to whatever. Still a cool president though, we need a loli for president, we'd have Japan and the rest of the world by the balls.
Hoshimiya Kate for U.S. President, she's en route right now anyway.
More popular than Obama? You certainly bet. Anything which is not connected with the FED directly is more popular.
Why is this even surprising?
Not too surprising considering how much of a walking turd Obama is!
I'm laughing my ass off right now. I dislike Obama too.
Crotch Rot is more popular than Obama...
In other news, Bubonic Plague is also more popular than Obama.
Speaking of plague. Giant mutant super rats are being heavily hyped by the Daily Mail here in the UK, they seem very popular among the staff of that newspaper. Its bullshit but hey, they say 80 million rising to 120 million could sweep across the UK. I've lived here all my life and haven't seen one anywhere lool
They're in your sewers training your turtles to be their ninja assassins. Cowabunga!!
If you defeat the Giant Mutant Super Rat Vanguard, you can join the Giant Mutant Super Rat King's Covenant!
Do it!
Where the white ring and troll others while you do it.