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stepho_chan 12th March 2008 07:39 PM

Its not terribly popular where i am, but i go to an art school and everyone there is really into anime (its kind of ridiculous....they run around weariong Naruto headbands as an everyday accessory....we call them Narutards.) When it comes to J-music though, the people there are more into Jrock than Jpop. I'm one of the few Jpop fans there XD (the most Jpop people get there are the ones that watch Pokemon all day and listen to Mini moni *HATES MINI MONI*)

BUt yeah, theres this place called Mitsuwa Market place that they all go to and they have a big area thats all jpop and jrock CDs, magazines, you name it and its ALL authentic :D Made in Japan, Avex trax labels and all XD It's wonderful. But pricey....BUT WONDERFUL XD

stepho_chan 12th March 2008 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by riozz (Post 1360670)
me too.. i dun like chinese musci.. just angela chang i like :D


hahaha.. quite popular..
when i asked ppl here,almost all teenagers now who is ayu.but they dun like:rolleyes

ANGELA!!! lol shes adorable XD my friend Karen is really really into C-pop XD She got me listening to Angela, Andy Lau (sp?) and Kelly Chen XD

ayumisrael 12th March 2008 08:09 PM

Erm, it's populer mainly among anime lovers here but still just a few XD
I'm myself not an anime fan.

AyumiBest 20th March 2008 08:18 AM

well in my neighborhood just me. On the island...a few people (not including the japanese tourists.)

dddaiyamondo 20th March 2008 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by AyumiBest (Post 1380662)
well in my neighborhood just me. On the island...a few people (not including the japanese tourists.)

Hawaii? :laugh Me too! Except I know a TON of people who are into J-Pop. It's actually pretty accepted here.

AyumiBest 3rd April 2008 09:53 AM

^ I'm from Guam XD there are tons of japanese tourists here. (Of course they're gathered in one area so not sure if its considered TONS.

dddaiyamondo 3rd April 2008 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by AyumiBest (Post 1399980)
^ I'm from Guam XD there are tons of japanese tourists here. (Of course they're gathered in one area so not sure if its considered TONS.

Haha, wow, Guam. I live on O'ahu, and it is full of J-Pop lovers. When I look at people's iTunes libraries they almost always have some Utada or Ayumi. It's so accepted here, almost expected :D And don't you just love all the Japanese tourists? lol Except I always come really close to running them over because they dart out into the street all the time :tipsy

~.:*:.YaSuMi.:*:.~ 3rd April 2008 07:01 PM

Here in my country I know that maybe there are 10..20 JPop fans hidden somewhere.. In my city I only know one guy who likes it.

I'm always talking to my friends about JPop and ayumi, and I always show them the most cool songs I know and even that, they don't like it. They always says: "It's cool, but I don't like music I don't understand" or "It's nice, but I don't like music from chinese people", "It's cool, but I don't like music from chinese people that sings hoo-chee-chaw-chin-chong"

Arrrrgggggg.... I hate those racists people from here!!!!!!

Thay always says too: "and who is that Beyonce?", "that ayumi wants to be Britney"............................ T___________________T

Don't they understand that music is universal??? Some of them listen to English music and even can't understand English.....

Rael Lockhart 4th April 2008 04:04 AM

I live in an Asian country, Vietnam. JPop is a little popular here, but less than anime, but as least I have my best friends listen to JPop. Teenage magazines here have a lot of KPop, CPop and Korean & Chinese actresses and actors articles :D.

When I went to high school, I show some of my classmates some JPop songs, they don't like them but they understand my love. And now I'm on my 3rd year of university, everyone here like vietnamese or western music, but dress like chinese and korean idols, it's funny. So I don't tell anyone but my close friends and my friends from high school about my love for JPop and anime.

Kilyk 4th April 2008 04:23 AM

Not popular at all except with the anime people and stuff & my friends who I bug all the time about it.

dddaiyamondo 4th April 2008 05:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Kilyk (Post 1401094)
Not popular at all except with the anime people and stuff & my friends who I bug all the time about it.

And me when I lived there :D

CoriKaru 4th April 2008 06:49 PM

Before I even got into Japanese Music I knew this one girl who I was friends with in High School who liked it. I'm in college now and have yet to meet anyone who I know is into Japanese Music as well. So yeah......as far as I know.....it's just me. Kind of sucks. No one to talk to about stuff but this is a big university so I'm sure there's some others out there.......somewhere who must like it.

pommy48 12th April 2008 12:15 AM

umm...no one....i'm like the only at my school, i know 1 or 2 that like ayu and hikki, but they're not a fan

Melon Panda 12th April 2008 01:29 AM

Popular enough so that people don't bat an eyelash when browsing through my iPod. Not everyone listens to it, but most people are aware of it.

che0173 12th April 2008 10:59 PM

ummm jpop ain't that popular in my area
well actually i can't really say that because i guess my friend's to listen to jpop
but jrock as well
i could say less than 20%?
because my area has a high population of asians...
ok mayb 20-45% =D
(iunno where the 5% came from lols just an addition to 0) =D


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