Comments on: Lucky Star Mikoshi Making the Rounds Soon

By: Montsan

Montsan — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:13:33 +0000

It brings in a ton of money and business from tourism and is generally a lighthearted (albeit pointless) affair. Aside from the slight connection to religion, I don’t see this as being any different from Tama the train stationmaster cat.

By: David Trammel

David Trammel — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:31:58 +0000

It seems they are trying to turn the cast of Lucky Star into Kami. Given the fact that almost anything can be worshiped to the point it becomes a Kami, I am not all that surprised. I liked Lucky Star too, just not that much.

I guess if I wanted to, I could turn Bugs Bunny into a Kami at my Shinto Shrine, but I don’t.

By: helical

helical — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 07:31:45 +0000

Widely ridiculed by otakus as an embarrassment and observed with a sort of horrified fascination by the public at large, yet supported by die-hard fanatics and sightseers. The most vocal complaints from observers decry the trampling of tradition and beautiful sights of the shrine by hordes of sweaty clamoring anime nerds, yet the town itself is complicit and taking an active role in catering to the fans for a revenue boost. All because an animation studio with a religious following decided to expand the story of a simple 4-panel comic into a full TV anime series and picked that shrine as the backdrop.

Truth is indeed stranger than fiction.

By: Rob A

Rob A — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 05:22:28 +0000

Reminds me of the Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei episode where they made fun of people who carry Mikoshi because they will celebrate anything.

Included in the things they carry in that episode for no apparent reason are: a blonde American girl, a girl whose hair is parted exactly in the middle, a hikikkomori(who probably loves the attention), and a girl who is spectacularly normal.