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If japanese see something printed out in English, it looks cooler to many japanese people.So, there are many Japanese products which have funny English. I went to a supermarket and took some pictures... Pocky ( see wiki) and Pocari Sweat ( see wiki)   Quote:
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05-28-2007, 01:29 PM
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05-30-2007, 05:59 AM
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hum...very interesting.... Maybe, one reason why western people feel more funny to this video is that Western people consider more rude or taboo about expression about things related to human body than Japanese. Note Shimajiro (that youtube video character) is a famous character of Benesse Corporation(a company which make correspondence education material). Shimajiro appears not only child education material but also TV animation. I guess that this video is made seriously for child education. This is a link for Shimajiro page of Benesse corp. http://www.shimajiro.co.jp/hiroba/enjoy.html |
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05-30-2007, 06:41 AM
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tsukino warutu / A waltz of the Moon
tsukino warutu / A waltz of the Moon
konnani tsukiga aoi yoruha / The night when the moon is so blue hushigina kotoga okiruyo / mysterious things occur dokoka hukai morino nakade / somewhere in the deep forest samayou watashi / I'm wandering there takishi-do sugatano usagiga kite / A Rabbit in a tuxedo came wainha ikaga to te-buruhe / Won't you have a drink? Invite to the table makkana kinokono kasano shitade / under the scarlet mushroom cap odoriga hajimaru / dance begin anataha dokoni iruno? / where are you? jikanno kunino maigo / I stray off in the land of Time kaerimitiga wakaranaino / I lost my way back matte matte irunoni / I'm waiting you for a long time nemurenu kono tamashiiha / my soul that cannot sleep anatawo sagashi morinonaka / looking for you in the forest Chandra Mahal no ooji samaga / A prince of Chandra Mahal hizamazuite warutuni sasou / kneeled and invite me to the waltz Note Chandra Mahal (the Moon Palace), The City Palace, Jaipur, India |
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05-30-2007, 07:10 PM
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The Major Grubert.
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Funny != prudish. |
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06-01-2007, 01:28 PM
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By no rocket’s blue shade am no shells dead down there, Gave no proof all day long that the flag was unwhere! No say does am spar-strangled shroud hang limply! Under land of no free! Am us home coward-leeee! ~Excerpt from the Bizarro Anthem |
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06-05-2007, 10:50 AM
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"The old standby, that never got old in the first place. We come back to them weekly, nightly, for hours at a time--and they always deliver. They are pure, timeless, and often taken for granted." - Nick Breckon - Shacknews My gamesale list *updated 26.8.2007* Hey, dear people please buy my games, I need money to conquer Europe! Or do something similar. |
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06-05-2007, 08:50 PM
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06-06-2007, 04:55 PM
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platform: laptop, iPhone 3Gs | gaming: x360, PS3, psp, iPhone, wii | blog: a space alien | book: the moral landscape: how science can determine human values by sam harris | games: l.a.noire, portal 2, brink, dragon age 2, heavy rain | sites: NPR, skeptoid, gaygamer | music: ray lamontagne, adele, washed out, james blake | twitter: a_space_alien |
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06-06-2007, 05:19 PM
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merely human
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvTU0rlhBVw
 My favourites are the salmon commercial and the one with the pigeon and the parked car.
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06-06-2007, 05:27 PM
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merely human
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Banned Micorsoft ad.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QLywtTCy2c LOL! It's actually pretty cute. Why ban it?  Tight assed oversensitive public.
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06-06-2007, 08:17 PM
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The Major Grubert.
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06-07-2007, 11:29 PM
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06-08-2007, 02:22 AM
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My favourite ad for a long time was the nando fix gum stripper:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yChInvz8gIg But its finally been surpassed by the Fling bar by masterfoods: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZ6wv5mPNu8 The prince's face is priceless. (I apologise if these are posted I haven't watched everything in this thread yet) |
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06-08-2007, 08:15 AM
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It's probably on Youtube somewhere, as well....but this is the weirdest television ad I've ever seen. For the PS3, no less. Uncensored.
http://www.gamersquad.com/category/G...-(Uncensored)/
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06-09-2007, 02:23 PM
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Ale! And keep 'em coming!
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Did I ever mention that Disney's "Mulan" is one of my favourite movies ever? And it is my motivation movie. Whenever I feel down or feel that everything is pointless, I watch Mulan. And specifically the song "I'll make a man out of you".
Well, since I have the special edition DVD, with an extra DVD, I have some different versions of the song too. Like the Cantonese and Mandarin music videos, which are sung by no one else but Jackie Chan. I absolutely love those videos: Jackie Chan singing Cantonese (this music video was with clips from the movie) Jackie Chan singing in Mandarin Chinese (without clips) Jackie Chan also did the voice of Shang, the guy who sings the song, in the Mandarin version of the movie. And if you're interested, here's the whole thing in English, in case you don't know the lyrics (and the whole thing always brings me to happy tears at the end, so watch it anyway. As for understanding the lyrics...I know them by heart, so I can watch the Chinese versions and still know what they're singing, just by the sound of the music.): English version And the German version for comparison, which actually has the intro sequence of the song with the pole: German - 
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06-10-2007, 10:41 AM
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Ale! And keep 'em coming!
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One of my favourite adverts ever is this one.
Of course, that one is even more funny if you live in the US and know this one. -
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