What the fuck is up with Japs and South Park?

What the fuck is up with Japs and South Park?

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Autism effects most of the population

Are they not supposed to watch it? Or what?

That does explain the declining birth rates.

>effects

Go away grammer whore.

Cute shotas. Also the appeal of cute and simplistic designs being involved with crude humor and vulgar language.

I don't know what you're talking about.

People seem to think that if there are Japanese fans of some American show then it must mean it's super popular in Japan.

It's like Crayon Shin-chan but from America.

Children + Vulgarity = Popular in Japan.

Lots of shipping potential

Eat your hamburgers, Cartman

mistakes like these are a diamond dozen

The Japanese dub is meant to be pretty good

:(

>that pic
why

you forgot cute

it believe that happy tree friends cartoon became popular for a while overseas

fujoshi

It all stems back to the rape of Don King.

South Park's got a pretty active cult following in Japan though a lot of the cultural/pop cultural references are completely lost to the audience. That's part of the charm though. I heard from a few Japanese American friends that the Japanese South Park fandom seems to think of the show as a humorous glimpse into American life.

Japs seem to slurp up anything that's even slightly surburban America.

Japan loves American things, just as we like Japanese things. They also have a better appreciation for our animation than we do ourselves.

Plus, SP fits into slice of life and that's usually the norm of story telling that they like

South Park x Osomatsu-san crossover when

Do you think Japan would like ATHF

fucking hell what is that image

The "Japan loves South Park" meme needs to die.

They cancelled it over 10 years ago. And even before then, episodes were regularly banned from broadcast and home video if they satirized Japanese culture (the Chinpokomon episode, the ladder to heaven episode, etc.).

Just because FLCL did a 2-second South Park gag doesn't mean South Park was ever popular or successful in Japan.

>be jap
>unemployed because i didnt have perfect attendance in school
>girls often confuse me with a trashcan and throw garbage at me
>cant fford to buy more clothes for my waifu miku chan because diamonds respawn every 6 hours and i dont have 50 bucks to buy 1000
>cant even pronounce my own name
>have to deal with people stupid enough to want to live here
and people still wonder why i draw wierd shit

Maybe your just not very bright.

Commit suicide.

That's Japan's immediate answer for every moment of adversity.

What the fuck is up with burgers and Naruto

I wonder how the japanese feel about the Whale Wars episode?

In general the popularity of American things there tends to be greatly overstated. Any sign of a fandom is interpreted as broad popularity. If one of the usual Gainax/Trigger suspects refers to American animation it's taken to mean that anime is taking influences from it.

>I wonder how the japanese feel about the Whale Wars episode?

It never aired in Japan. The dub was cancelled in 2004.

I think you guys are projecting. You WANT something you like to be popular in Japan because it would give you some sort of validation. Why you seek validation from faceless Japanese strangers, I'll never know, but that's your hangup.

South Park aired on a niche premium satellite network few people had (WOWOW) for only 5 years and was cancelled due to low ratings in 2004. Almost a dozen episodes were banned, as well.

Maybe there are a few people on Pixiv or Nico who like the show, but they're a microscopic fanbase. Saying South Park was big in Japan, like mainstream big, would be like saying Kill La Kill was mainstream big in America. A small handful of people liked it but it ended quickly and a long time ago.

Doesn't Matt if the dub is finished, there is still fan art coming out of there more recent seasons.

Japs love it cause the vibe can be interpreted any way they want, you look at what they draw and it ranges from cute/ shippy to hardcore or authentic.

It's not mainstream big obviously dumb ass, just like the old Godzilla movies weren't big here but they created a massive cult following

>massive cult following

If you think SP has a "massive" cult following, you're kidding yourself. A reference in FLCL 15 years ago does not equate to a "massive" cult following.

I know you desperately want the Japanese to approve of something you enjoy, but get real.

>there is still fan art coming out of there more recent seasons so clear it's big in japan.

I've seen a brazilian draw yaoi. Does that mean yaoi is super mainstream popular in brazil?

ITT: weebs trying to justify their love for new south park

>You WANT something you like to be popular in Japan because it would give you some sort of validation. Why you seek validation from faceless Japanese strangers, I'll never know, but that's your hangup.

It's an otaku thing.

Since "anime" has been defined by otaku culture as being mature and sophisticated animation for grown ups, otakus very badly want something American that they enjoy to be respected by the Japanese. Because that's the only way to validate it as being equally as mature or respected as anime.

So they furiously search 2chan and other places for even a MENTION of Steven Universe or South Park or whatever will immediately interpret that as "___ IS SUPER POPULAR IN JAPAN WITH A CULT FOLLOWING! IT'S AS GOOD AS ANIME!"

Japanese idol worship. I don't get it either.

Yep cause they're fags.

>"A Japanese person likes it! That means it's okay for ME to like it, now! Hooray!"

That's pretty pathetic, Sup Forums.

RWBY from Rooster Teeth has a sizeable Japanese fanbase, from what I understand.

RWBY is also fucking terrible, I have no idea why this shit is still allowed.

Every season (or "Volume" as its officially referred to) has made huge strides in upping the overall quality. I think a lot of people admit that the first season was the worst, and the third season is where things finally started to get good.

American cartoons, outside of perhaps big budget Disney films, are universally disliked by the Japanese. To even say that some have a "cult following" is an overstatement; only marginal handfuls of Japanese animation enthusiasts enjoy Western shows.

Avatar the Last Airbender was received so poorly it got cancelled a couple episodes into Book Two.

The recent TMNT cartoon was a complete and utter bomb, getting cancelled after the first 26-episode season. The 2003 cartoon didn't fair much better and got canned after season 2.

Even Transformers, which used to be a standby of successful Western cartoons in Japan, has been flopping hard. Prime got cancelled after season 2 and they didn't even finish it.

The horsey show we're not allowed to address by name on this board also got canned after 2 seasons despite a humongous marketing push.

The Japanese just DO NOT LIKE American cartoons. Everything we send to them gets cancelled after a couple seasons, tops. They really can't stand our stuff.

South Park is pretty popular in Japan though. Hell even Adventure Time and Gravity Falls are easily recognized.

>South Park is pretty popular in Japan though

>Cancelled in 2004
>pretty popular in Japan

lol no.

It's definitely the most popular of the cartoons. It's the only Murrican cartoon I've ever found that has a dedicated subbing community that pushes subtitles fairly quickly after release. (It was like two months after a season aired up till S18, but S19/20 were done within days, and multiple sub groups even did S20)

Since all the episodes that were on Himawari got purged, most eps are uploaded on Nico under a special tag now

Someone has too much sand in there vagina.

Your really desperate to make it seem like South Park isn't popular in Japan, you even used the same FLCL argument twice. You should chill out and enjoy a good thread braw.

>Hell even Adventure Time and Gravity Falls are easily recognized.
This seems profoundly unlikely.

Pony gets fansubbed on Nico, usually within 24 hours of the US broadcast. Episodes got purged but they're now hidden under a special tag.

All of Futurama got fansubbed, too.

#NOTALLGOOKS

Technically accurate, since autism is genetic.

>Adventure Time and Gravity Falls are easily recognized.

They're relegated to Cartoon Network Japan and Disney Channel Japan which are high end satellite stations.

Unlike in the US, very few people in Japan have satellite (and cable doesn't exist). It's too expensive for most Japanese people even with the basic package, so foreign channels like CN Japan and Disney Japan are purchased by few. Nickelodeon had a Japanese satellite network for a little while but it failed for this reason.

Nearly all American cartoons are on one of those two premium satellite networks so they make little impact and next to no children actually get to see the shows. Broadcast networks RARELY air dubbed American cartoons because they need to save their limited timeslots to support domestic productions. TV Tokyo and their subdivision TV Aichi are the only broadcast networks that infrequently air dubbed Western cartoons and all of their broadcasts have failed in recent years (the aforementioned CG TMNT, Transformers Prime and MLP).

Just because the show exists in Japan doesn't make it popular or recognizable. You have to actually take into account WHERE they're shown and what the audience size truly is.

Got more my man?

>Just because the show exists in Japan doesn't make it popular or recognizable.

I think a lot of weebs believe that if they see a piece of fanart on Pixiv then it means that the show is popular in Japan.

Weebs think a lot of stupid shit.

>I think a lot of weebs believe that if they see a piece of fanart on Pixiv then it means that the show is popular in Japan.

Most of that westaboo fanart they see on Pixiv and attribute to the Japanese is actually drawn by Koreans.

Can you sauce me? I wanted to see a dubbed episode of South Park for a while now

use the ヤマシタパーク tag on nico

>team "you're a weeb, literally no one ever knows this show"
>team "japan goes fucking nuts for south park"
holy shit ya'll

south park in japan is pretty much as popular as any non-toonami anime is here. it only reaches the 'net crowd, but it does have a pretty good cult following

やりぃ~

>lol the truth lies somewhere in the middle!

Go to bed, Matt.

>All those examples but left out "SHOCK!!!"

Truly a grade A fag.

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X-men cartoon and comics inspired a lot of Japanese comics during it's run, even if you don't acknowledge it's popularity, go look up series writers and artist who took up inspiration from the series.

That opening is from the TV Tokyo dub of the series, which was cancelled after 42 episodes. It didn't do very well.

It was redubbed for Toon Disney in the early 2000s (featuring the US opening), but it also didn't finish the series and only made it to 65 episodes.

X-Men was never a mainstream hit in Japan, unless you consider multiple mid-series cancellations to be a "hit".

I can find plenty of Shipping fuel art but were is this authentic work you speak of?

I'd love to see good South park art that keeps the autonomy of the characters.

Got it's own Japanese series plus helped get one of the best fighting games off the ground.

Cry harder faggot.

>Got it's own Japanese series

You mean the Madhouse shows that were done 20 years later?

Those were co-founded and primarily made for the American market, not because there was any massive clamoring among the Japanese for X-Men content.

The Capcom fighting games were primarily popular in the US where the Marvel IPs had resonance. They were only lukewarmly received in Japan because they recognized few of the characters. The SNK and Tatsunoko VS games were more popularly received by Japanese gamers because they knew who the characters were.

Again, you need to learn that just because someone was released in Japan does not mean it was popular or even widely known in Japan.

hahahaha nigga those games were basically a form of outsourcing. Marvel contracted Capcom to make them some comic book fighting games, that's it.

They're practically unknown in Japan and those who are aware of them don't give a shit hahaha

>tfw Marvel Disk Wars was never officially brought over because it had prominently had the X-men and Deadpool early in the series
Stupid licensing dispute with Fox

I just came to this thread to post South Park art, fuck these pointless discussions.

>Japanese idol worship. I don't get it either.

It's the "Sempai noticed me!" effect.

Japanese people are sempai. Japanese people liking American cartoons or at least acknowledging them in the "notice" part.

I love the tweek craig, stan kyle shota they make

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America is catching up on that front now, of course it's mostly played for lulz.

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>girls often confuse me with a trashcan and throw garbage at me
>move to america
>antifas set me on fire

There is even a manga

Cant wait till the new game comes out so they keep rubbing it in. Or they'll kiss.

Super hero stories are mostly just a bros' soap Oprah, I hope they take a lot of shots at the current state of Marvels comic industry and not just it's movies.

>Austism
>effects
Pottery

>Shauku-Sama
>foraiyuroku
>meyutuwadu-chan

It would be Sheiku and Mitowadu

They got a massive girl boner for cute boy shit.

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You guys sure are intent on being wrong.

South Park is huge among fujoshi. It's not wishful thinking at all; there's no pride in associating with fujos. The show's popularity is just a fact.

There were at least 100-200 Gravity Falls cosplayers at the annual Tokyo Disneyland cosplay event, actually a few of them running, so there must be an anime here type cult following at least. I also noticed the Disney Japan advertising was all Frozen, Gravity Falls, and I think some Lilo & Stitch stuff while it was airing. I just figured that was because Disney is popular in general there though. The TV channel might not be mainstream like the cinema but enough aficionados that some shell out for the station.

>South Park is huge among fujoshi.

And fujoshi is so miniscule it means nothing.

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...Why is it so vital to you that the Japanese enjoy something you enjoy? Can you not take pleasure in something unless it has the seal of approval from complete strangers half a world away?

That's psychotic, Sup Forumsnon.

Japan actually has a serious beta male issue.
They have no idea how to interact and talk to women.
Betas are literally going to end Japanese civilization.

>Popularity = amount of gay porn fans produce
This is a good thing to you?

The effect seems to go both ways. Japan and the U.S have a weird relationship like that. I think the bombs did something screwy to their heads.

They're in negative population growth for the first time in centuries, yeah, but they were also suffering from severe overpopulation for decades. So a thinning of the population would actually be beneficial to their quality of life.

An island nation cannot sustain endless exponential growth.

I love when the boy characters in their briefs.

>This is a good thing to you?

Yes

>beta male
No it's because the younger generation is more focused on having careers than starting families because the benefits outweigh the benefits of being a family and despite the issue being very obvious, few people are willing to make the changes they know they need. When it was proposed to incentivize marriage by granting pregnant women work concessions, they were ignored.

stop

The same can be said on how hard your trying to show others that Japan doesn't care. Can't you take pleasure in what you believe you know with out trying to convince a bunch of Anons?

Did you not see the numbers I just posted

There's more South Park art on Pixiv than there is of Batman and Spider-Man. Fucking Spider-Man.

>implying I'm Sup Forums
Nigga, I don't care about South Park and I don't care about whatever anime-of-the-season Sup Forums watches these days.

Did you miss the part where I said "there's no pride in associating with fujos"? Where did I imply it was a good thing? I don't have a horse in this race, but people are denying reality and it's kind of weird to me.

I'd say the audience size is quite large, seeing as how dubbed episodes are floating around the internet free of charge.

>but people are denying reality and it's kind of weird to me.

Yeah. The reality is that South Park is not popular or even widely known in Japan, even among animation circles.

Don't know why people are having such a hard time coming to terms with that.

>Batman and Spider-Man

Japan used to notoriously not like American superheroes though compared to most places we export our pop culture too although there are cult followings no doubt, I'm not sure that's that hard to do.

Also Pixiv is used by non-Japanese artists too so it's hard to tell from that.

Nahhhh

I think what people ITT are failing to understand is that THIS is the current attitude toward foreigners and foreign culture in Japan:

youtu.be/5uC4AUyju7k

Ever since Shinzo Abe and the Ultra-Nationalist party came into power, there has been a huge surge to eliminate all outside influences. Most American media is violently rejected.

So to say that something like South Park is "popular" in that sort of environment is willfully ignorant.