[OT] Kikko-man (???)


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That was thoroughly disturbing. Made me think of soemthing my pal Fayredeth always mentions... some japanese commercial with Arnold Schwarzenneger (too tired to try and spell)... anybody have a link to that?
 


vaguey embarasing but

Saw this a few weeks ago from a friend who wanted to know whether this was a real ad.

Hadn't seen the translation so its some what dated but in case you wanted to know

> [a friend of ours opinion]'s close its like a TV commercial, but it doesn't look like its being
> hosted by a real company and its a little bit too :):):):)ed up and artsy...
> Japanese take suicide deathly serious (so they would never have somebody
> hanging themselves as a recompense for an error like the cat does). Some of
> the wording is too fast to be read. The comments about soy sauce being good
> for you while the main character is smoking are obviously facisous (I would
> have said irony but I know thats not correct). His shacking up with some
> young blond chick with a food name on her super uniform is also kinda weird.
>
> Basically the joke is this: Kikoman is a company that makes a lot of
> products including soy-sauce. Soy sause is Sho-yu in Japanese. The big
> show-me show-you refrain is basically a pun off that its in english but
> Japanese people know you're talking about soy sauce at the same time.
> So this is a commercial about a character called Kiko-man who is from a star
> of soy (like the bean). The characters he's alternatively fighting with and
> eclipsing have names like sweet (which means sugar in this case) and vinigar
> on their chests. Though he also beats up ketchup and at least one other
> condiment.
 


Trevalon Moonleirion said:
That was thoroughly disturbing. Made me think of soemthing my pal Fayredeth always mentions... some japanese commercial with Arnold Schwarzenneger (too tired to try and spell)... anybody have a link to that?

You mean this?

I love those Japanese! :D

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