Britney Spears and Anime Turn To Dust In My Mouth
Posted at 9:00 AM Mar 12, 2008
The Sun is reporting that Britney Spears' new video for "Break the Ice" will be animated. Why the hell do you care, you ask? Well, because many of the several billion news sites that picked up the news have used the phrase "Britney goes anime," and I can't tell if they've done legitimate research and a real Japanese studio has done the work or if the press is just tossing around the term willy-nilly.
I'll admit I'm stumped; the pic above looks like it could be anime—note the lower-lidless eyes and lack of nostrils—but it's also mediocre enough that it could be a reasonably good imitation. But this picture...
...seems to point to an actual Japanese studio. The character design looks familiar, but I'm having trouble placing it. I welcome all help from the peanut gallery.
Oh—of course, it goes with out saying that the reason the Britney's video was animated at all is because Britney herself was too crazy/fat/retarded to star in a live-action one.
Comments
when i first glanced at the bottom face, i thought it was a Minowa Yutaka design. i'm probably way off, but the mouth reminded me of one of the chicks in Ninja Scroll.
Posted 03/12/2008 at 08:43:27 AMHoly Shit, Britney Spears is Zoltar!
Posted 03/12/2008 at 12:31:15 PMI'm probably way off, but it kind of reminds me of "ghost sweeper mikami"
Posted 03/12/2008 at 07:03:07 PMThe second picture reminds me of Ai Yazawa's style in a way. Hmmm...
Posted 03/13/2008 at 12:31:42 PMhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yM22S673uE
Here is the video, i suggest that you mute it or else you ears will bleed!
Posted 03/17/2008 at 12:20:17 PMI seriously hope this is in no way affiliated with any sort of anime. It almost looks like she wants to be Nana or Amane Misa from Death Note. I'm happy to say it looks like all the other anime rip-offs out there nowadays... I hope so anyway! >.
Posted 03/22/2008 at 09:38:51 PM