BREAKING: Philippine Television copies anime, sailor fuku, and video games!

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Lupin live action (yes you're hearing that right), A Super Twins live action (with Sailormoon-like costumes), and Asian Treasures (homage to adventure series)… JUST WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO THE PHILIPPINES WHILE I WASN'T AROUND!?!?!

Lupin
Super Twins
Asian Treasures

How low can it get? I really love Philippine… piracy. They copy all great ideas from all around the world and turn it either into a load of junk… or a freaking huge load of junk.

Now we start with the official and longest bastardization of the Lupin (not just an anime, it's a French novel serial) character ever made to live action. You know it's gonna suck, but I also know people are gonna dig it like wildfire. Lupin III as an anime is pretty popular over there, and that actor is a a sure box-office hit even if he really doesn't know how to act.

And then we go to the Sailormoon piracy, where we see two little lolis transform into magical girls in sailor suits. I wouldn't want to guess the great impact this show will have to our fashion industry… will it FINALLY succumb to the Japanese fetish? Will I finally see meido cafes in the Philippines? (Apparently there is one already) Will sailor fuku be the new fashion? I don't wanna look. I really don't.

And the least interesting to me is the National Treasure spoof with Indiana Jones and Lara Croft. It's really that obvious.

See folks, this is the "best" our local television can do… copy stuff. The next time maybe little Harry Potter won't be safe any longer… or maybe we would start acquiring manga/anime licenses from Japan and make them into live action (like Chinese and Taiwanese do). I personally want to dare them try Cardcaptor Sakura. I dare them. A new costume every episode please. Or maybe Naruto, after all we are a country of Narutards, us. We are Taekwondo experts, maybe we can delve on ninja too right?

Ahh, I want to let off steam with all the crazy television, please let me just stay here in Japan for some more years.

I'm so ashamed of our entertainment industry.


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