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Sakanaction’s Ichiro Yamaguchi pushed back on Nippon Broadcasting’s “All Night Nippon” against a listener email claiming the conversation was “too old-man, nothing’s getting across.” On the show, Yamaguchi had been reminiscing about nostalgic items from his youth like Korokoro Comic, Comic BomBom, and Sea-Monkeys, when another listener chimed in with “that’s what you’d call a generation gap.” On the 5ch Entertainment/Sports News Flash+ board, users debated the article covering this exchange, split over whether the facts even held up — since shrink-plastic crafts and Sea-Monkeys are apparently still sold today — and over whether there’s really a generational divide in enjoying an older guy’s nostalgic stories.
On the September 1 broadcast of “Sakanaction’s Ichiro Yamaguchi All Night Nippon” (Nippon Broadcasting), Sakanaction’s Ichiro Yamaguchi pushed back against an email calling the conversation “too old-man.”
Earlier in the show, prompted by an email from a junior-high-age listener, Yamaguchi had rattled off one nostalgic topic after another from his own childhood — things like Korokoro Comic, Comic BomBom, and Sea-Monkeys.
Then another listener wrote in: “The conversation is way too old-man. Nothing’s getting through. Sorry, but this is what they call a generation gap.”
Source: sirabee.com / Read the original article here
What people said
Just shut up, listen to the music, and dance.
That sums it up.
You could just laugh it off like "lol, what an old man" — why say it straight to his face?
Guess they thought it'd be funny.
The generation raised on YouTubers and Niconico Live streams
just assumes content gets tailored to them as a given.
No way.
I'm in my late 40s and know it easily.
Both Sea-Monkeys and shrink-plastic sheets are still sold today.
The generation below that grew up with the triops kits from Gakken's "Kagaku" science magazine.
I used to enjoy listening to old guys' stories.
I guess for kids these days, if it's not tailored to them,
nothing's good enough.
There's no way kids back then understood Tunnels' raunchy fart-joke bit either.
Yo-yos, Gundam models, Rubik's Cubes, Kinnikuman erasers,
Bikkuriman chocolate, Transformers, Choro-Q, Donjara,
Game & Watch, Famicom,
Chogokin toys, Monchhichi, Sylvanian Families, Mini 4WD, Zoids, Namennayo cats
Sonosheet flexi-discs, Dakko-chan dolls,
Clackers, hula hoops, pogo sticks,
Space Invaders, hanging chin-up bars
That list's way too mainstream, lol
Throw in something more obscure or nobody's gonna bite.
Throw in Dokidoki Gakuen and Carddass too.
…They still sell all kinds of kits for that at the 100-yen shop these days.
He's actually way more into Koji Kato than Konatsu Kato, you know?
If you've got rice paddies nearby, you can go out at night with a flashlight and might actually spot some in the wild.
I remember being kind of moved the first time I saw one.
Don't start a whole thread over one moment from a radio show.
Isn't it the Beyblade era now?
The comedy duo Ogiyahagi were just talking about this on their radio show — "Nothing's more cringe than a middle-aged guy talking about or copying young people's trends."
They went on: "The second a middle-aged guy takes interest in what young people are into, the trend dies on the spot! Once an old guy gets close, the boom is over! Maybe we should just get into everything you kids are into and kill it for you!" — that was a pretty funny take.
Born in '79, and he didn't break out until around age 30. The UVERworld guys look young too, but they're around the same age.
Guess that makes you more of a grandpa then.
I'd love to know what bands you DO know.
Background and Points of Contention
Sea-Monkeys and shrink-plastic crafts (plastic sheets shaped and shrunk in a microwave) were popular items in the 1980s and ’90s, and the criticism in the article centers on a generational divide — the so-called “jenegya” (generation gap). But several replies pointed out that both Sea-Monkeys and shrink-plastic sheets are still ordinary products sold today, suggesting the topic may not be as dated as the critical listener assumed. Opinion in the thread split between those who see it as natural to build up generational knowledge by listening to older people reminisce, and those who argue the streaming generation has come to expect content tailored to them — a divide that could reflect the gap between one-way radio and the two-way, on-demand online broadcasts younger listeners grew up with. For the details of exactly how Yamaguchi responded on air, see the original article.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Entertainment/Sports News Flash+) thread “Ichiro Yamaguchi Pushes Back After Listener Calls His Radio Talk “Too Old-Man”: “Shut up. I have no idea what you’re talking about with your Puku-Puku Stickers or whatever”.”
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