Comments on: Anyone Who Doesn’t Appreciate Tokyo Tower

By: Epic Win Anime Blog » A Testament to Courage » Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 – Episode 10

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 06:54:59 +0000

[...] fondly remembers better times, when the family was whole. To him the memories of Odaiba Bridge and Tokyo Tower serve as a link to those happier days. His desire to go back there with everyone echoes his hopes [...]

By: The Deathseeker » Blog Archive » Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 04 - Tokyo Tower Collapse

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:15:40 +0000

[...] responds to usagijen’s rant by expressing his thoughts about the Tokyo Tower – “you certainly can’t deny its major cultural [...]

By: Harlequin Valentine

Harlequin Valentine — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 04:23:13 +0000

@ Brutain

I think the French hated the Eiffel Tower because they realized what no one wants to say: it’s just a giant phallic symbol lighting up their skyline with wanton abandon. The two reasons to like the tower now are:
1) Tourist money
2) The fact that tourists flock from everywhere to take a picture with a venerated phallic symbol. Who doesn’t seem the humour in that?

All that being said, the view from the Tower is actually rather beautiful and I hope one day I will have a chance to ascend Tokyo Tower as well.

By: Epic Win Blog » Moe Tokyo Tower-tan?

Epic Win Blog » Moe Tokyo Tower-tan? — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 02:01:13 +0000

[...] from a couple days ago about Tokyo Tower inspired ghostlightning to comment that the tower somehow possessed some kind of moe quality to it: “I find it interesting, within the context of usagijen’s post and the comment that [...]

By: Martin

Martin — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:06:34 +0000

I found it was great to take a shot of the landscape from the observation deck without any sort of flash or extra lens…that way you retain the contrast between the dim light and the streetlights, which also restricts the quality of the picture to what the naked eye sees from there. I have to say that the sunset looks gorgous from that standpoint. Either way, my next trip will involve a considerably better camera! As for the obsolete moe thing, I still wanted an ‘analogue’ SLR over a digital one until very recently, but the convenience of the latter will eventually sway me I think.

As for the episode…download is in progress. Will make a more informative and relevant post after watching that and getting a good night’s kip.

By: usagijen

usagijen — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:16:50 +0000

Stunningly beautiful picture of Tokyo Tower. Mori Tower, you are so on my places-to-visit when I get the chance to go to Japan again.

The idea of Tokyo Tower being moe tickled my fancy, though from the said vantage point, I still see it as GAR. Now if I had the Tokyo Tower scale model on the palm of my hands, that’d definitely be moe~

By: Kairu

Kairu — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 09:57:43 +0000

I never thought that you can call any kind of landmarks to be ‘overrated’…

By: 0rion

0rion — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 08:39:45 +0000

OK, I found it! It was in episode 19, where Chii’s boss tells the story of how he bought an outdated model of Persocom even though there were much better, newer ones available, and how he eventually proposed to and married her / it.

If that’s not what you would call obsolete moe then I don’t know what would be.

By: 0rion

0rion — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 08:30:44 +0000

@ ghostlightning

There is, actually. The outdated Persocoms from Chobits fit that description, and there was even a side story that briefly explored that issue. It’s been a while since I’ve seen that series, but it might be worth some consideration if you really want to develop this “obsolete moe” thing.

By: ghostlightning

ghostlightning — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 08:17:33 +0000

Obssolescence moe… seems… so fascinating to me. I wonder if there are examples in actual shows or manga.