I am back from Japan! And my sis and I did caramelldansen on tv...?
It is confirmed. My sister and I were, in some capacity, on Japanese television on a not-just-local channel.
We were wandering around Akihabara (for those of you who do not speak weeaboo, this is Tokyo's Nerd Haven. Icon somewhat related because I did a fair search for that comic while in Akiba) and a crew with a camera stopped us on the street to interview us about Jpop. They could not have known we haven't actively searched out anything Jpop since our adolescence.
We answered some questions awkwardly and they didn't seem too enthused, and then when they asked us about jpop dances we knew, all I could think of were old things and Caramelldansen. Goddamn Caramelldansen. The tv crew did not know what this was, but they were fascinated by it. Fascinated. The man with the mic asked me several times to repeat what I said.
TV Man: Caramel? Caramel??
Me: Caramelldansen.
TV Man: Caramelldansen?! What is it??!
Me: uh it's this silly dance I dunno
TV Man: Could you do it?
Me: *does a little, feels stupid* There you go very simple.
Then they asked us some more questions and didn't seem to like our answers still. At the end of the interview, they would not let go of fucking Caramelldansen.
TV Man: That dance...caramelldansen...could you two do it together?
My sis and I: ....................................yes all right
*we both do the stupidest dance in the history of internet*
Me: Chotto hazukashii desu ne (It's a little embarrassing, huh?)
*tv crew laughs. The entire interview had been in English before I said that, even though my sister is a fluent speaker and I am not.*
So, just now I was talking to my sister on the phone, and she says that a friend of hers in an entirely different part of Japan saw us dancing on tv. There you go. No idea what the channel was or if we'll ever be able to find it, but my sister and I did Caramelldansen on Japanese television.
So yes I am back from Japan and will do the mailies soon. Standing in my way at the moment are Daunting Credential Program Tasks. But I will not forget! A Snark never forgets promised porn.
We were wandering around Akihabara (for those of you who do not speak weeaboo, this is Tokyo's Nerd Haven. Icon somewhat related because I did a fair search for that comic while in Akiba) and a crew with a camera stopped us on the street to interview us about Jpop. They could not have known we haven't actively searched out anything Jpop since our adolescence.
We answered some questions awkwardly and they didn't seem too enthused, and then when they asked us about jpop dances we knew, all I could think of were old things and Caramelldansen. Goddamn Caramelldansen. The tv crew did not know what this was, but they were fascinated by it. Fascinated. The man with the mic asked me several times to repeat what I said.
TV Man: Caramel? Caramel??
Me: Caramelldansen.
TV Man: Caramelldansen?! What is it??!
Me: uh it's this silly dance I dunno
TV Man: Could you do it?
Me: *does a little, feels stupid* There you go very simple.
Then they asked us some more questions and didn't seem to like our answers still. At the end of the interview, they would not let go of fucking Caramelldansen.
TV Man: That dance...caramelldansen...could you two do it together?
My sis and I: ....................................yes all right
*we both do the stupidest dance in the history of internet*
Me: Chotto hazukashii desu ne (It's a little embarrassing, huh?)
*tv crew laughs. The entire interview had been in English before I said that, even though my sister is a fluent speaker and I am not.*
So, just now I was talking to my sister on the phone, and she says that a friend of hers in an entirely different part of Japan saw us dancing on tv. There you go. No idea what the channel was or if we'll ever be able to find it, but my sister and I did Caramelldansen on Japanese television.
So yes I am back from Japan and will do the mailies soon. Standing in my way at the moment are Daunting Credential Program Tasks. But I will not forget! A Snark never forgets promised porn.