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Ricardo Silva

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I'm not a huge Padme fan but I really liked the Naboo guards outfits. So I had Ricardo Silva do a commission of her like the beginning of Attack of the Clones.

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Ángeles fuimos...🤍🌻🌌

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Howard Vernon, Ricardo Valle, and María Silva in Gritos en la noche (1962)

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Yo creía hasta ahora que todas las cosas del universo eran, inevitablemente, padres o hijos. Pero he aquí que mi dolor de hoy no es padre ni es hijo. Le falta espalda para anochecer, tanto como le sobra pecho para amanecer y si lo pusiesen en la estancia oscura, no daría luz y si lo pusiesen en una estancia luminosa, no echaría sombra. Hoy sufro suceda lo que suceda. Hoy sufro solamente.

—César Vallejo, «Voy a hablar de la esperanza» en Poemas 1923-1938, compilado en Poesías completas. Edición de Ricardo Silva-Santisteban.

A propósito del aniversario de nacimiento de César Vallejo, quien nació el 16 de marzo de 1892 en Perú.

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Presidente Lula

Foto: Ricardo Stuckert

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Last year, in my country (Argentina) there was a statement sent to Cartoon Network (the company in charge of distributing the series on tv, essentially a channel meant for children) by the Women, Gender and Diversity Ministry complaining about some of Master Roshi's scenes in DB and Z. The statement demanded that they had to be cut bc they were inappropriate and normalized problematic behaviors like sexual harassment. It is my understanding the company actually agreed and said they would cut those, but I don't know whether they carried through with it.

Anyways, the situation caused quite an enthusiastic debate on the "adult" side of the fandom: lots of people agreed with CN's decision whereas some said that this was a mistake, for it took away the show's authenticity and that the matter wasn't that serious anyways.

I guess my question is, has some discussion like this ever happened in the japanese community/fandom? I know the "perv" character archetype is very common in anime, so I am curious about whether there are different takes/opinions on this matter.

And thank you for this blog!! It is really interesting :)

Ouah that letter took its sweet time arriving to CN!! XD

The Ministry is not wrong I believe, but gotta give it some context: DB Roshi (anime version) dates from 1986 and the "old teacher is very skilled in his craft but is also a pervert that we have to deal with" trope is so important and ubiquitous...

I might go on a tangent but systemic issues require systemic explanations :') My apologies in advance for the length!

If anything, Roshi (Kame Sennin; old turtle hermit) gets punished for his misdeeds (shot, punched, bullied by blonde Lauch, Bulma and Chichi)... Happosai (Ranma 1/2) is another example of punishing such behaviors (while Jiraiya and Kakashi in Naruto aren't really called out on their different instances of lewdness, for instance, and neither is Tsunade's focus on keeping a youthful appearance).

Nudity in DB is usually played for laughs and gag (the invisible man fight, the kids fighting Goku in the bath, Goku removing Bulma's panties and being traumatized by the absence of balls and her believing he's talking about the dragon balls...). Since nudity in and out of itself isn't really a problem in Japanese culture either.

The old man's perversity is also present in other characters in DB and Z. Bulma's father's hidden sexy magazine (she took the wrong capsule and both her parents request of Bulma to wish them each a nice young lady/young manr (canon swinger couple lmao)), Elder Kaioshin who won't help Goku unless he gets a cute girl to kiss him (and volunteers Bulma when Gohan refuses Videl, while arguing with Vegeta that "Chichi is not cute/not to his taste". ...), and Grandpa Gohan who doesn't want to come back to life because "Heaven is full of babes"...

There are, however, problematic elements concerning Roshi that aren't addressed: how Roshi asks Krillin and Goku to bring him a girl, and they just.. do it, and then (blue) Launch just.. accepts staying there?? Also no police is involved and Roshi groping around people that aren't named isn't addressed much either.

Hell over time it’s become “worse” in a sense that now girls just scream instead of beating the hell out of Roshi?

Chichi going from a fighter and martial artist to housewife and mom (and the anime really really hurts her into tiger mom trope), Videl going mom too, the situation with Ranfan in the tournament is played for laughs but if you scratch the surface, there's no girls in any of the tournaments (and when they do, they get wrecked :(.. apart from 18 and Pan at the very end). Bulma also gets mommified and goes from badass (and shallow when the world isn't in danger) to using the DBs for cosmetic wishes when the world is in danger :-/

There's a societal problem about the role of (married) women in Japan for sure, and I could write a whole sociological essay, but if anything in the 80s, Bulma was an alien: Non Love Interest to the MC, badass and having her own personality, had a lot of agency.

And she's the one who refused marriage!

I think deciding if the censorship was a good idea or not really depends on a lot of factors; I'd personally say DB shows Roshi's pervert side as a character flaw that's being criticized (and in DBS Roshi actually fights that part of himself and becomes stronger by renouncing that side of him, somehow!).

I also personally think it sparks a discussion about it and could be good content to bounce off and talk to children about appropriate behavior (and afaik DB goes to great lengths to show it as a bad thing, but I also recognize some kids will completely miss the point <_<).

Japan has very strict views on gender roles and on what's allowed and accepted in terms of societal expectations (the country is very conservative too...); younger generations are more vocal about it, but considering the median age of those in charge of making decisions (including what gets serialized in magazines and what gets an anime adaptation), change is slow. Very slow :(

I've talked to a few people and they've told me something in these lines in terms of the role of women (because basically Roshi's behavior is also linked to that...) :

The "mommification" of Chichi, Videl, 18 (arguably) and Bulma is also Toei/Shueisha taking control over "what we want to portray, politically". As an IP, Dragon Ball "now" needs to fit a certain role model and represent society in a certain way to reinforce such roles. The IP isn't just an artistic creation anymore, it's a brand that has "societal obligations" (in a way; there's still a few subversive moments here and there but...).

In DBGT, Pan had to be the damsel in distress, this was her role in the whole series... Toriyama (when he said he didn't know how to design a female saiyan) and Toei staff couldn't even figure out how to SSJ her at the time. This was thankfully changed in DBS through Caulifla and Kale, as well as Kefla, but they still lose (differently in the manga and in the anime but still noteworthy).

Bulma is now a supporting wife to her husband (so they did end up getting married). Chichi remains the tiger-mom archetype, if anything. Videl was more or less fridged for Gohan's benefit in the Buu saga, and didn't even show up in the latest movie (!); they say she's a martial arts teacher but she has almost no agency or involvement (how cool would it have been for Pan to have been saved by the Great Saiyaman duo?). Videl just so happens to be a womb for the next generation? As in, literally for the SSJG transformation.

(Adult) Pan is often "Nadeshiko'd" in doujinshis because people rely on tropes to know what they're buying and what to expect. Mai became this too; a proper stern polite formal beauty with bangs and a princess (hime) haircut.

And then there's Bra and the long forgotten Marron.

So yeah. A lot of "Mondays suck" approach to this issue (Modays suck = it is what it is and we must endure it), but DB (at least the 42 initial volumes) wasn't outrageously glorifying the perversion and doesn't feel like like the message is "this is ok behavior". I don't think anyone reading/watching any DB considers Roshi to be a good role model or even someone to look up to or was ever described as "cool" (except by Goku who honestly doesn't know any better), including in DBS.

But then again, deep down, I believe the problem is how people aren't educated to have some media analysis minds anymore (re: people who completely miss the point of Fight Club and American History X, for instance).

I will do another check in with my pals (especially those who are less involved with the Western fandom/ideas) ^^

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Adorable 🥰

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Os melhores discos nacionais de 2022

Estas foram as nossas escolhas nacionais para 2022, num ano marcado pelo jazz e belas belas vozes femininas.

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Por onde andam os jogadores do Brasil que conquistaram o tetra em 94

Há exatos 30 anos, o Brasil conquistava o tetracampeonato mundial após bater a Itália nos pênaltis, na Copa de 94, realizada nos Estados Unidos. A conquista naquele 17 de julho de 1994 no Rose Bowl, em Los Angeles, tirou o Brasil de uma fila de 24 anos sem título mundial, e colocou 22 jogadores na história do futebol brasileiro. O tetra nos EUA coroou um baixinho bom de bola, apresentou a bomba…

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Sobre aviso no hay engaño

Sobre aviso no hay engaño #Opinión de Juan José Rodríguez en #LABRECHA

Son conductas de alto contraste, como bipolares. Mientras que por un lado todo es opacidad, secrecía, mentiras, ocultamiento, disimulo, chapuzas y engaños, por el otro hay una transparencia a nivel de striptease. Mientras que con este gobernador es prácticamente imposible saber cuánto cuesta una obra, cuándo y cómo se licitó y cómo se adjudicó; quién es el contratista, de qué manera y con qué…

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Another Mara Jade piece done by artist Ricardo Silva

An then a Princess Leia by Ricardo Silva

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Grand Tour, Miguel Gomes (2024)

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Lembrança: presídio federal de Porto Velho teve plano para fuga de Marcola

A fuga de dois criminosos acreanos de alta periculosidade do presídio federal de Mossoró, no Rio Grande do Norte, na madrugada da última quarta-feira, 14, se tornou um dos principais assuntos da imprensa nacional em razão de a ocorrência ser histórica, pois desde a sua criação, em 2006, jamais alguém havia conseguido fugir de uma das cinco unidades existentes no país. Contudo, há registros de…

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No es que uno u otro elemento se desvíe, con ventaja, hacia una integridad que triunfa separada, en calidad de concierto mudo si no se articula, enunciador, con el poema: por su comunidad y nuevo temple, ilumina la instrumentación hasta la evidencia bajo el velo, como la elocución desciende en la noche de sonoridades. El moderno de los meteoros, la sinfonía, a gusto del músico o sin que lo sepa, se acerca al pensamiento; que ya no necesita únicamente de la expresión corriente. 

— Stéphane Mallarmé, «Crisis de verso» en Divagaciones. Seguido de Prosa diversa. Traducción de Ricardo Silva-Santisteban.

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Exclusivo | Confira os dubladores de Kamen Rider Build

Divulgada a lista de dubladores dos 03 episódios iniciais de Kamen Rider Build. Os episódios serão exibidos durante uma premiére, no 19/11. Confira aqui: #KamenRiderBuild #SatoCompany

Como anunciado anteriormente, a Sato Company está dublando novamente séries Kamen Rider. E a primeira escolhida para essa iniciativa foi Kamen Rider Build e aqui está a lista de dubladores confirmados para os 03 episódios iniciais. Na última semana foi noticiado em toda a tokunet e por nós, confira aqui, que a série Kamen Rider Build estava sendo dublada. Isso acontece, após, longos 28 anos…