February 11, 2006
Lee Tung-Hui… Mein Eyes!
Lee Tung-Hui was always sort of an oddball considering that he was a Taiwanese politician who openly proclaimed his pro-Japan opinions. With all the various atrocities and war crimes committed by Japan during the Second World War, this type of opinion is the exception, if not almost completely unheard of. Myself, I find myself in the pro-Japan camp as well, but I’m an American history major, and we prefer to forgive past mistakes and learn from them…
But I never knew that a retired Taiwanese president (from the Kuomintang “blue” party, no less) could be so pro-Japan that he’d engage in the most time-honored activity of anime nerds:
COSPLAY.
I know that “Heihachi Edajima” is from a Shonen Jump serial (I’ve yet to pick up an issue of that magazine) but any other details are unknown to me.
Edit: I looked it up on Wikipedia. The serial was “Sakigake Otokojuku” or something of that sort. Seems a bit like “Tenjho Tenge” where the students train in various types of martial arts… but in this series, they are actually encouraged to do so by the previously mentioned Principal Heihachi Edajima. Sounds like standard shounen fare.
Now, if we can get President Bush to cosplay, I’m sure our Pacific allies would react with utter… amusement? He’d get the American otaku vote, though.
Mwahaha, let’s put him in an Edward Elric costume!
February 16th, 2006 at 1:09 am
President Bush Cosplay
What a weird image….
October 12th, 2006 at 11:16 am
taiwanese pollies like to engage in cosplay…it’s the local cheeky culture.
former president LDH was actually educated under the Japanese system when Taiwan was a colony of Japan. He also spent time in the US pursuing a bachelor’s and his PhD. he has a diverse background, so he is extremely open minded to learning from other cultures. Also, u’ll find that the older generation in Taiwan tend to hold no grudges with the japanese - who, while subjecting taiwanese to the usual pains under colonisation, did a lot of good in building basic infrastructure, sanitation and education.
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