She’s the perfect distraction from the Fukushima disaster for the Japanese TV audience.
She’s Eguchi Aimi.
Fans of Japanese power pop band AKB48 were devastated to learn that the hyper-cute singer in one of their music videos was in fact a digitally created amalgamation of all of the band members’ “better” features.
In the future, synthetic and captured imagery will form the backbone of a new media reality — where what looks real isn’t at all.
