BlueMax Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 (edited) Saotome Taichi. Heh... wonder if Kawamori and Co have based Alto on this guy... haha Official homepage Wikipedia entry If you guys have watched Takeshi Kitano's Zatoichi, he played the younger version of the guy who crossed dressed as a geisha. Edited August 8, 2008 by BlueMax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whispo Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 There were moments where I thought he was a girl too .... it's hime-sama!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RF-26AAC Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 There were moments where I thought he was a girl too .... it's hime-sama!!! When I watched ep 1 with no sound, for a while I thought he was a chick, too!! I know better now but man, he's femmy and so is this other 18 year old Saotome kid, he's SUUUUPER femmy, but my okinawan girlfriend tells me that most japanese guys (in japan) are pretty femmy these days. Best, RF-26AAC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whispo Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 When I watched ep 1 with no sound, for a while I thought he was a chick, too!! I know better now but man, he's femmy and so is this other 18 year old Saotome kid, he's SUUUUPER femmy, but my okinawan girlfriend tells me that most japanese guys (in japan) are pretty femmy these days. Best, RF-26AAC Well I was referin to the real life guy in my previous post , i figured a girl woulnd't be named Alto and they aren't bold enough to form a 3-girl lesbian love triangle in macross ^^. But yeah the Real life guy seems like a .... half-half dude O.o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gubaba Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 Well I was referin to the real life guy in my previous post , i figured a girl woulnd't be named Alto and they aren't bold enough to form a 3-girl lesbian love triangle in macross ^^. But yeah the Real life guy seems like a .... half-half dude O.o But...but...an alto is a woman who sings with a low voice...LOTS of women are "Altos." As for this guy...Kabuki families are old, very traditional, unafraid to be typecast, and they adopt. So Alto is probably in the same Kabuki family (BTW, "Saotome" means "Young Girl") as this guy...just fifty years later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamweaver13 Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 haha. now imagine if he cosplays alto. "OMFG, it's HIM! He's REAL!!!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 This is just like the time I found the real life Exedor http://macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?show...4&hl=exedor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whispo Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 This is just like the time I found the real life Exedor http://macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?show...4&hl=exedor That is just plain creepy :"S!!!! Run for the shelters everyone or search for a crash landed, apocalypse causing, alien ship!! The Zentradi are here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_s_6 Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 Saotome Taichi. Heh... wonder if Kawamori and Co have based Alto on this guy... haha Oh man he's pretty. I have an officemate who's also that pretty, also lanky, and he gets teased as "gay" a lot. He's prettier than me and I'm a girl! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renato Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 I was watching TV a few months ago (on a cheesy NHK talk programme called "Studio Park", I guess a few of you know it), and Saotome was being interviewed, so I was thinking of making this thread, but never did. I remember thinking that's probably who they based Alto on, in terms of background, not personality of course. The interviewer was having a hard time cos he doesn't talk much. She was like, "so umm... what is the best role you've played?" And he was like "...Dunno, all of 'em". Hmm. Maybe he is a bit like Alto (as in, a git)! Anyway, the interviewer woman was really struggling to drag this interview out to the allocated time, always pausing and going "O....kay... Erm... right... what about..?". Funny thing is, next time I watched that programme she was interviewing Sakana-kun, this over-enthusiastic hyperactive fish and sea-creature geek (who I believe is an actual marine biologist). She could hardly get a word in between all his ranting and screaming! Jesus. And I've always thought of Exedore from Macross and the one from Mork and Mindy as one and the same from day one, anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_breetai Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 I'm jealous... I really am. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gubaba Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 I was watching TV a few months ago (on a cheesy NHK talk programme called "Studio Park", I guess a few of you know it), and Saotome was being interviewed, so I was thinking of making this thread, but never did. I remember thinking that's probably who they based Alto on, in terms of background, not personality of course. The interviewer was having a hard time cos he doesn't talk much. She was like, "so umm... what is the best role you've played?" And he was like "...Dunno, all of 'em". Hmm. Maybe he is a bit like Alto (as in, a git)! Anyway, the interviewer woman was really struggling to drag this interview out to the allocated time, always pausing and going "O....kay... Erm... right... what about..?". Funny thing is, next time I watched that programme she was interviewing Sakana-kun, this over-enthusiastic hyperactive fish and sea-creature geek (who I believe is an actual marine biologist). She could hardly get a word in between all his ranting and screaming! Jesus. And I've always thought of Exedore from Macross and the one from Mork and Mindy as one and the same from day one, anyway. It's a bit off-topic (okay, VERY off topic), but this reminds me of the woman who interviewed Matsuda Seiko (Japanese superstar and real-life model for Minmay...see, it DOES tie in!) when Seiko was trying to break into the western market. The interviewer said it was a terrible session, because everytime she would ask Seiko a question ("What kind of clothes do you like to wear on stage?"), Seiko would toss the question back to her ("I don't know...what kind of clothes would YOU like to wear if you were on stage?"). In the end, the interview tape had very little Seiko, and A LOT of the interviewer rambling on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VFTF1 Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 That's cool! VFTF1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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