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 Post subject: Japanese pop star turns out to be computer generated
PostPosted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 11:45 pm 
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Japanese pop star turns out to be computer generated

A member of a top Japanese pop group was not actually a real human being, it has been revealed.

Eguchi Aimi was supposed to be the newest member of all-girl group AKB48, but she was actually a composite of six of her bandmates. A video has been released showing how the girls' features were blended together for the rather convincing publicity stunt – scroll down to watch it.

The band have now released an application where you can create your own fake pop star.

AKB48 formed in 2005 and have their own theatre in the Akihabara district of Tokyo. Because they perform several times a day, as well as on TV shows and adverts, they are actually divided into four separate 'teams' and, as a result, they are already in the Guinness Book Of Records as the "pop group with the greatest number of members" – currently 58 (or is that now 57?). To date they have had eight Number One singles in Japan.


http://www.nme.com/news/various-artists/57638

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PostPosted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 2:06 am 
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Not only is she not real, the music is about as bad as Asian pop can get, high rating on the 'crap meter'. :facepalm:
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 3:57 am 
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Why am I not surprised, welcome to the music INDUSTRY 2011.

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PostPosted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 4:53 pm 
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That's pretty neat. I'm amazed by the technology.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 4:58 pm 
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Max Headroom beat her by a couple of decades.

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PostPosted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 5:27 pm 
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Does she have a greatest hits comp? :D

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PostPosted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 5:37 pm 
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Max Headroom beat her by a couple of decades.


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Does Hugh know about this?
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Geff R.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 11:25 pm 
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Autotune does video now also!

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 12:37 am 
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I was going to start a "Japanese porn star turns out to be computer generated", but all the suitable pictures I found were unsuitable.

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 3:16 am 
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Brotoro wrote:
I was going to start a "Japanese porn star turns out to be computer generated", but all the suitable pictures I found were unsuitable.



He he I actually found one the other day, looked pretty real to me. Better than I had expected.

But that would be better for Im-(inappropriate)-wan. :D
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