Puffy Cartoon

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I don't know anything about this anime, but as a pop group, one of the
distinguishing marks of Puffy is that they ARE NOT an idol band or
particularly kawaii. They have rather cultivated an "alternative" image of
sorts. Certainly an anti-glamor, anti-idol look. They generally wear jeans
and T-shirts or sweatshirts and often look as if they aren't even wearing
makeup.

They don't play the "I'm so cute" game, they speak to the press fairly
directly, and all of their material is written by one very talented writer
and producer for whom they are his main vehicle (He's quite influenced by
the Beatles and alternative US pop over the last 15 years). 

Of course, the relation of the Beatles and the Jackson Five to their
cartoon properties was also pretty remote. It won't be too surprising if
the same is the case here.


On 23 Oct 2004, Aaron Gerow wrote:
> With a six-year old son, I had to learn sooner rather than later, but 
> it seems that the Japanese pop duo Puffy will have their own animated 
> TV show on Cartoon Network in the US starting on November 19. You can 
> already check out some scenes at the show's website:
> 
> http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/tv_shows/puffyamiyumi/index.html
> 
> Puffy--or Puffy AmiYumi as they're known in the US--have already 
> contributed the theme song to the CN show Teen Titans. They've somewhat 
> faded in Japan, but this may be another break. Or will they go the way 
> of Pink Lady?
> 
> More Japanese cute invading US pop culture, but the animation style 
> looks more Cartoon Network than Japanese anime.
> 
> Aaron Gerow
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