Oh my! It's time for the last media observation. I originally planned on posting this one on the Finnish Independence Day but I was too busy stuffing my face with food I ended up not doing it. I liked the idea though so I'm blogging about it now!
☆ Finland in Japanese popculture! ☆
Finland is generally a very liked country in Japan, with a reputation of being a clean and beautiful place. You can actually find so many things with Finnish texts on Japanese products (like clothes, names of stores and brands, household items etc.) that the Finns who visit Japan have begun to use the hashtag #PäivänSuomi (= Finnish thing of the day, roughly) whenever they find something related to Finland.
You can find quite many characters of Finnish origin or with Finnish names in Japanese popculture and I'd like to list a few.
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| Eila Ilmatar Juutilainen from the anime Strike Witches. |
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| Timo Salminen from the dating sim Love Tangle. Yes, I've played his route, I'd rate it 3/5 for too little romance. |
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| Mikko, Aki and Mika from Girls und Panzer: Der Film. They go to Jatkosota High School and drive a Finnish tank while apparently playing Säkkijärven Polkka with kantele. So very Finnish. |
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| Kati Räikkönen from the game Akiba's Trip 2. She's a Finnish student who came to Japan because she loves the popculture. |
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| Tsumugi Kotobuki from K-ON!: She's not Finnish but her family owns a villa in Finland. |
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| Probably the most known Finnish character: Tino Väinämöinen from Hetalia: Axis Powers. He's practically Finland made into a character. |
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| The manga "Shiroi majo", which tells the story of the Finnish sniper Simo Häyhä. Except that he's portrayed as a woman. This comic has been translated to Finnish as well as "Valkoinen noita - Talvisota". |
As you can see, for some reason a lot of the Finnish characters have something to do with war and the stereotypical design for a Finnish character is either blonde or silver hair with blue eyes. There's probably more Finnish characters out there but these are the ones I decided to list.
And of course we can't forget the once-so-memetic Ievan Polkka/leekspin! It's just Orihime from Bleach spinning a leek while Loituma's Ievan Polkka is playing in the background. This meme was super popular at the time, influencing even Miku Hatsune.
And of course we can't forget the once-so-memetic Ievan Polkka/leekspin! It's just Orihime from Bleach spinning a leek while Loituma's Ievan Polkka is playing in the background. This meme was super popular at the time, influencing even Miku Hatsune.
So!!! This was my last media observation. Thanks for tuning in, I'll continue talking about nerdy stuff elsewhere, like school corridors.
♥♥♥ Super extra happy thoughts!!!♥♥♥
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