Miyazaki was right

August 14, 2024 8:42 AM

The Anime Where a Man

Yes, the overview of My Life After I Became a Dummy Head Mic One Morning is accurate. No, they don't explain how a school girl got her hands on a $9K microphone. The image of a man used is This Man. You can find the uninterrupted song here.

Explanation Point is a YouTube channel about anime, mostly. Similar videos include The Anime Where Men Watch You Sleep. More serious videos include The Fascist Soccer Show.

posted by ChurchHatesTucker (9 comments total)

The title is an allusion to the infamous "Anime was a mistake" quote, which Miyazaki did not say. He was right about a lot of other things, so it still works.
posted by ChurchHatesTucker at 8:43 AM on August 14 [1 favorite]

No, they don't explain how a school girl got her hands on a $9K microphone.

Of course they do. A dead salaryman reincarnated into it. How do you get things?
posted by Naberius at 8:54 AM on August 14 [15 favorites]

Wow, I'm fascinated by this Neumann mic oddity I've never encountered before. Calling this thing a mic is like calling a piñata a candy dispenser.
posted by in_lieu_of_fiction at 1:15 PM on August 14

Episode title:"I'm going to be a Dummy Head Microphone."

Okay maybe this will be a soft anime about sound recording...

Episode title:"I'll Be Your Bicycle Saddle."

:/
posted by Ziabatsu at 1:21 PM on August 14 [3 favorites]

There was a theory floating around back in the day that when the economic downturn hit Japan in the late 90s, the sudden drop in disposable income meant that the only people who would still consistently spend money on anime were the perverts, and the market pivoted to primarily service that audience.

I think about that theory a lot.
posted by phooky at 2:06 PM on August 14 [4 favorites]

Calling this thing a mic is like calling a piñata a candy dispenser.

But nobody (I hope!) takes a bat to a Neumann mic.
posted by Greg_Ace at 2:09 PM on August 14

But nobody (I hope!) takes a bat to a Neumann mic.

If it grows a body, swing away.
posted by ChurchHatesTucker at 3:06 PM on August 14 [2 favorites]

> the economic downturn hit Japan in the late 90s

Japan also had a short, sharp postwar baby boom that ended in 1950 (suspiciously close to when they legalized abortion in ~1949).

Shifting this FRED population graph 10 years to the left puts the age 15-44 peak right at 1991.
posted by torokunai at 3:55 PM on August 14

the only people who would still consistently spend money on anime were the perverts

I'm currently watching Laid-Back Camp, which is about girls enjoying camping. OMG, camp "hot pot" sounds so good. If enjoying the night sky while eating a delicious meal makes me a "pervert," then sign me up.
posted by SPrintF at 8:31 PM on August 14 [1 favorite]