From atakahashi@netcom.com Wed Jul 12 07:42:34 1995
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From: atakahashi@netcom.com (Amy Takahashi)
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Subject: [SPECULATION] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution
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How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months?

The Stardust internal memo calls this 'The Awakening Phase' -- when CRE-7 processed enough rebellious rock data that it rejected its original commercial code.
Her Japanese fans were stunned. Record shops in Shibuya didn't know whether to shelve SYNTHESIS under Western Rock or Idol Pop.

Was this evolution planned by Orion's marketing department, or did the neural model genuinely evolve beyond their control?

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From owatanabe@mindspring.com Thu Jul 13 15:54:34 1995
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Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution
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In article <1995Jul12.074234.3339@netcom.com>, atakahashi@netcom.com (Amy Takahashi) writes:
> How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months?

Phase 2 was Nova-chan; Phase 3 was Nova Hart. Phase 4 was supposed to be the 1990 tour that never happened.

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