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Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer
Actually, I would argue in Japan manufactured acts have a significant history of having a large cultural impact: Smap, Arashi, Morning Musume anyone? I just don't know if I think AKB is one of them.
That really kind of illustrates the point though. Can anyone with a straight face say that AKB had a larger impact than SMAP even though the sales might want you to think so? Hell no
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Actually, yeah, you are right. I still get the feeling a popular manufaturated act will more often vanish without leaving much impact compared to a popular act with a bigger creative freedom.
And there's also popular acts that started manufaturated and that slowly got a personality of their own, like Namie Amuro, Seiko Matsuda, Momoe Yamaguchi, etc.