Seriously? I can understand one on this show (didn't surprise me too much really), but I'm suprised to hear that people aren't giving a second thought to putting pornstars on kids shows.
The complaints would be based on fallacies, sure, but that would cause mass outrage in the states. People had issues when Katy Perry showed up on Sesame Street of all things.
OK as pointed out above there have only been three in the official series. But consider the number of gravure idols who are still releasing photobooks while acting in Sentai and tell me they weren't hoping a few otaku would be paying up for them :drool:
Also, without wanting to offend anyone or go off on any kind of rambling lecture, generally countries/cultures with a long association with the Abrahamic religions tend to be waaay more stressed out about sex than other parts of the world. :confused2
If you ever get the chance, see if you can track down a British documentary series called "Japanarama". It's a weird, slightly awkward look at Japanese culture (and especially cinema) that's quite outdated now, but they devote an entire episode to explaining that the Japanese movie industry tends to see AV films in a similar way to how Hollywood looked at all those "counter culture" films in the 60s like Easy Rider (no pun intended). The companies that fund those films don't care about the content as long as it has sex in somewhere, so the directors basically just make these experimental think pieces that show off their skills so they can get work in the more mainstream/luctrative areas. In return, the mainstream see it as another way somebody can get experience of actually being on a set, working with the camera etc rather than just turning up having no clue at all.
When the S.H.Figuarts Akibarangers gets released, I wonder if they'll make a big deal about on the show?
They'd probably save it for the final episode as a way of having them acomplish their mission lol. But it would be very cool to see.
