/jp/ - Otaku Culture

I wish I could cook.

>>11588845
cook this *unzips penis)

This is the top gear of cooking shows. About 10% of an episode is dedicated to food.

The rest is guns, finding drugs, finding the red light district, and having fun in strange places. No guns or drugs in Tokyo though, so he found other things to do.

In Tokyo he was actually speaking positively about the otaku culture.

He was most critical of the Tokyo host/hostess clubs. "Loneley men pay to talk to girls. Across the street lonely women pay to talk to men. Why don't these people just get together and fuck each other?"

I met Maeda and his wife once. They were very pleasant people.

>>11588863
Does this show even purport to be about cooking? I thought it was just Anthony Bourdain Adventure Hour.

And he clearly doesn't get the idea behind host clubs.

>>11588863
> Why don't these people just get together and fuck each other?"
Because they don't want to fuck uggos.

>>11588863
"Loneley men pay to talk to girls. Across the street lonely women pay to talk to men. Why don't these people just get together and fuck each other?"

Because the women are bitches?

>>11588869
>I met Maeda and his wife once. They were very pleasant people.

You see on his website he posts a ton of photos of him joining his fans for dinner or just hanging out. He travels quite a bit to anime cons and seems really accessible to his fans.

Where can I watch this online

>>11588872
>Does this show even purport to be about cooking?

Sometimes. They will always focus on a few local dishes and famous restaurants in any city featured.

He will also find the local junk food. He will go from the most expensive resteraunt o nthe entire continent, and go down the stret to a street vendor selling some local grilled meat. And he likes that better most of the time.

In tonight's Tokyo episode he visited the local Lawson store to sample their junk food.

I watched it with my mom. The otaku part was embarassing because she asked if that's the stuff I liked, I responded yes, and then they start talking about yaoi and tentacle rape. I enjoyed it though.

>>11588863

It's not a cooking show, though. It never was really.

>>11588890
lmfao

>>11588873
>All the pretty women and the good looking men are hired by host/hostess clubs
>You can't find good looking men/women on the street anymore
>Hostesses/Hosts will never date you seriously (it's usually just to keep you coming back)
>All that's left are uggos


The Hosting indsutry made things even worse.

>>11588890

It is a "food and culture show". But he doesn't do the cooking, he watches the local experts prepare the food in this series.

>>11588890
thanks, i loled

>>11588863

Because relationships require a lot of effort that Japanese youths do not want to exert.

Also, the media portrays unrealistic images of men and women that cannot be fulfilled in real life. It isn't just a Japanese problem. We have the same issue in America.

Young Japanese people must be taught the pleasures of family life.

>>11588917
I'm going to work as hard as possible to gain the most attractive mates I can.

>>11588900

Yeah, that's true. But, at least to me, I think the cultural aspect of the show is more interesting than the food, so it's more enjoyable to have the cooking take the back burner. Or as it seems he does a lot in the show where he'll eat out with people.

>>11588878
>Where can I watch this online

The replay will be on soon. Not sure if any streaming site bothers with CNN though.

They are currently showing a replay of the south africa episode.

>>11588863
Top Gear keeps talking shit about the Subaru Impreza WRX, even though it's one of the most intelligently designed rally cars in history.

>>11588926

Found one... tested and worked (I run noscript, and didn't see any malware or anythign shady here).

CNN stream:

http://www.epctv.com/channels/CNN-Online-Watch-4758.htm

The tokyo replay will be on in 20 minutes.

>>11588936
>Top Gear keeps talking shit about the Subaru Impreza WRX

Because it is not an attractive car and Clarkson likes Evos better.

>>11588967
This year's model is set out to improve the look ten-fold.

>>11588971

Looks like something from the Tron reboot. Not sure if want.

>>11588976
That's how styles are going. Just look at the BRZ, Hyundais, new luxury brands have those aggressive lines too.

You might think it's cool that normal people are learning about and accepting your hobby, but you won't in a few years. Write this post number down and refer to it when you need a shoulder to cry on.

>>11588947

Oh fuck that burger they just made looked amazing (watching CNN stream from previous episode).

Tokyo episode replay in 3 min.

>>11588992

But.. but.. they can clean your ears for you. (They actually show that service in this episode).

No but seriously, I don't get host clubs. Why bother if you can't have sex with the girls ever?

>hi /a/
>tv show discussion
>discussion about cars
>'not sure if want'

Who the FUCK do these crossies think they are fucking with

Get the HECK out of The Trevor's board before I make you regret it.

>>11588994

Holy fuck it's THE trevor...

wow. ...

>>11588992
Some people actually enjoy the company of girls.

>>11588987
Normal people learning about and accepting otaku culture has already begun a while ago, and I think most people here already realize that it's mostly a bad thing. There's no use fighting it though.

>>11588999

>There's no use fighting it though.

Who sent you? The Bureau of Jewish Cultural Assimilation?

We're not going down without a fight, scale-skin.

>>11588996
I can clean my own ears thank you.

Again, no sex, no deal. I'm not spending a bunch of money for women to pretend to like me.

>>11588994

Be social and watch the episode with us. It is just starting the replay.

>>11588999
its not really bad its just like the nerd popularity thing

theyre bitter it didnt happen sooner and they got shit on instead of props

>>11589000
So don't go. Nobody is trying to convince you to visit one if you don't want to.

They are about to show the crazy robot show.

This episode probably scared more normalfags away from Japan in general.

>>11589000
have you never had your ears cleaned? its amazing and worth every yen

>>11589006

You're the one who's about to be lamenting something's bitterness, kiddo.

*whips out dick*

*shoves it in your mouth*

>>11589004
>>11589006
What I should have said is ""accepting"" instead of just "accepting", because they're never actually going to accept it, they'll just turn it into something that better suits their tastes and moral beliefs. And there really is no stopping it.

That was the most ass CNN has ever shown.

>>11589011
thats right you dont get a qt nerd gf. you missed the boat. fucking bitter nerd.

>>11589009
but does it come with dinner?

>>11588992
Normie men just being subservient, meek drones putting the pussy on the pedestal as always.

Same with maid cafes.

>>11588976
You know it's not going to look anything like that. It's going to be some abortion between a BRZ and an Impreza.

That being said, I am looking forward to it. I would gladly upgrade to one from my FR-S.

Those cat-eared maids had fake beer mugs when they did their toast with the customer.

I wonder how many businesses in Japan are run by Yakuza. Is it like the American mafia where it's a thing of the past?

>>11589041

Yea that Yakuza scene was odd. I know PRIDE (japans rival to the UFC in the past decade) was run by the Yakuza. I don't know about normal bars, but the pachinko makes sense.

>>11589046
Does Japan have something to replace PRIDE now?

>>11589024
>but does it come with dinner?

Actually I think it did. I saw customers sitting with little cardboard happy meal boxes durign the robot war/motocyle/lewd dancer/glowing tank/giant baribie stage show.

They also gave out the glow sticks that you see at idol events.

>>11589049

DREAM replaced PRIDE.

>Anthony Bourdain in Detroit
Is he trying to die or something?

>>11589055
Is it good?

>>11589055

And "One fighting championship" is another Japanese MMA promotion.

ONE (along with K1) is what cosplay fighter Yuichiro Nagashima fought for.

so the key to being a top sushi chef is knowing how to beat peoples asses

>>11588936
>>11588971
call me when you guys actually get any good at rally.

Subaru is full of shit atm.

Someone claiming to be him was at this year's Big Wow Comicfest in San Jose. No one recognized him or was at his table - he just sat there, calmly drawing hentai. Not surprised, this con was all ages.

>>11588863
His No Reservations in Japan is super-interesting, too.

>>11589070

Powerful hands, apparently.

>>11589076

Maeda?

He hit a few American cons this year, so it was probably him.

If he is not a western voice actor for a big 3 series he would be left alone at an American con, so he should be pretty accessible.

>>11588884

I want to visit a lawson store...

>>11589087
It was weird, it's a week before Fanime and I was wondering why they didn't want to take him in (besides being a perv). I know what he did, but I wasn't familiar enough to go have a chat with him.

>>11589092
lawson a shit

>>11589109

But how is their chicken?

That wasn't awkward to watch, at all.

So the dominatrix they just showed was a switch. /d/ would be tard raging right now over that.

>>11589129
>That wasn't awkward to watch, at all.

But near as I can tell it was the first time CNN ever aired a segment where a girl wearing only panties was bound and suspended by ropes for sexual purposes.

>>11589116
No thanks, I just need day old donuts and hot dogs that have been cooking all day

Otaku section just started. Maeda is up next after the yaoi portion of the episode.

>reading in the aisle
I guess I shouldn't be surprised they have that over there too

Anyone have another stream? The epctv isn't working for me at all, first video loads nonstop and second video I think is just an ad.

I am surprised they are showing whole pages of Urotsukidōji manga on CNN, with just a bit of blur over the nipples.

>There are 4 tentacle dripping with goo and they are rammed up inside her every orifice, but good thing they blurred those nipples. Someone could have been offended.

I want to see the letters they are going to get.

>>11589160
Never mind, it finally fucking loaded.

GOD ANTHONY.

MAAAANGA.

MAH
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GAH

SAY IT RIGHT

>>11589170
Can non-Japanese and non-weeaboo just call it 'comic books' jesus fuck.

>>11589170
he's laughing at you

>>11589177
but then /a/ will get angry~

>>11589170
stop

Jesus fuck how can you murricans watch this shit, 90% of this are adds.

As far as western media goes, that was not unkind as far as otaku coverage goes.

>>11589211
I browse /jp/ while the ads are playing.

>>11589211
>Jesus fuck how can you murricans watch this shit, 90% of this are adds.

I have DVR.. I start watching 15 minutes later and skip all commercials.

>>11589217
Well fuk you rich boy, I have to stick with streams.

>>11589170

I forgive him. He is the opposite of piers morgan in every way.

>>11589227
What'd he do?

Why can't I have this food in my mouth right now?

>>11589227

>he writes of his experience in a trendy SoHo restaurant in 1981: "We were high all the time, sneaking off to the walk-in refrigerator at every opportunity to 'conceptualize.' Hardly a decision was made without drugs. Cannabis, methaqualone, cocaine, LSD, psilocybin mushrooms soaked in honey and used to sweeten tea, secobarbital, tuinal, amphetamine, codeine and, increasingly, heroin, which we'd send a Spanish-speaking busboy over to Alphabet City to get."

He reminds me of Hunter S. Thompson, if HST was a chef.

>>11588839
Oh shit. I've seen a few episodes of this and they were superb. I should see this one.

>>11589235

Japanese have some magic way of making their food look tasty.

>>11589231
>What'd he do?

Piers or Bourdain?

Piers is the useless cunt who hates england, America, guns, freedom and happiness. (Jeremy calrkson from Top Gear actually punched him out once, true story). He took over for Larry king on CNN and nearly ruined it.

CNN would be unwatchable if not for Bourdain's show.

>>11589242
He was also extreme drunk as fuck 24/7, he's part of the reason why chefs joke about cooking with wine (read: drink it all)

was that katsuo tataki (i think that's what i heard) they showed at one point? it looked pretty good

>>11589259
celebrity gossip is taking it a little too far imo

>>11589289

Sorry I am a /k/ person. Piers really gets us going over there, especially after the attempt to have him deported failed.

>>11589264
>it looked pretty good

Everything looks so good on this series.

Is this the crossboarding thread?

I made some anime posts in /v/ and they seemed someone receptive, anyone know what animes /v/ likes this season?

>>11589299
their tastes are pretty much the same as /a/

>>11589116
holy shit is that chicken floating

oh man i was waiting for this all week
that beginning thing with that robot show was weird but really awesome, i wanna see that one day
over all this episode was decent, covered pretty much most of it, even if it was a little awkward at times
I prefer the adventures of bourdain the most. Another alright cooking adventure show is Eddie Huangs fresh off the boat on vice... he's an amerifat though

>>11588863
His shows, at least Parts Unknown, aren't about food. They're more about travel and humanity.

>>11589041
No, the Yakuza never really went away, because they're just a bit smarter than the Mafia in that they're a part of the government as well as the businesses.