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Advertising in Japan is crazy. Everything looks so dramatic.

I have no idea what's for sale here but it seems like it's of the utmost importance.

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It's a 300 million yen lottery....
 
Lawson's ATMs are kinda crappy. I have taken money off a 7-11 ATM at like 3am before, so some work at least.

If only there was a 7-11 nearby. I mean, it is getting better, but still not good enough. There's bank ATMs (not convience store ones) within walking distance I can use until 9PM.

It amazes me when I tell old people that you don't have to go into a tiny booth to take money out back home that they ask how you don't get robbed.
 
So someone explain what is up with Japan's facination with moe, genki and kawaii girls?
...and furthermore what's with the high school settings for just about any anime or video game series?
 
So someone explain what is up with Japan's facination with moe, genki and kawaii girls?

Cuteness (as opposed to say, sexiness or hotness) is considered attractive here.

...and furthermore what's with the high school settings for just about any anime or video game series?

Target audiences?

Focus on youth in media being the 'future' after the "failure" of the older generation during WWII?

Something.
 
NOZU NOZU NOZUMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

KAMUN TO KYAN KYAN KYAN YAN YAN FU YANNNN

lotte no fitsu fits!

DAAAAKE DAAAAKE DAKERUUUUUUUUUUUU

http://youtu.be/x_z1Icyu5gI

this commercial has been stuck in my head forever since it was first aired

something about japanese advertising
 
7-11 ATM's are like 23:50 hours/day. Dunno how well Japanese banks support them though.
7-11 Japan puts the USA ones to shame as it truly is a convenient store.

You can pay your bills there, buy tickets for the bus/train, refill your prepaid cell phone, buy iPods, eat really delicious and cheap oden, and do a whole lot more than the states. Here we just have junk food store with some gas stations.
I like the Softbank (Cell company for those who don't know) commercials.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm1MyVoPR0M&list=PL510831DA1ADB7FE7

Ah yes the talking dog. This one is about the grandma wanting to remarry, and then the man surprises everyone since he looks young.

What's weird is that Softbank wants to buy out Sprint. Why would an outside billionaire select Sprint out of all the other US phone carriers?

I don't see the connection, but OK whatever.
 
7-11 Japan puts the USA ones to shame as it truly is a convenient store.

You can pay your bills there, buy tickets for the bus/train, refill your prepaid cell phone, buy iPods, eat really delicious and cheap oden, and do a whole lot more than the states. Here we just have junk food store with some gas stations.

Didn't 7-11 Japan buy the US company and then turn the old Dallas headquarters into an Asian art museum? Or am I imagining things?

Anyway, most large convenience store chains here are ridiculous in the services they offer.
 
Didn't 7-11 Japan buy the US company and then turn the old Dallas headquarters into an Asian art museum? Or am I imagining things?

Anyway, most large convenience store chains here are ridiculous in the services they offer.

Which stores are you talking about for the states?
 
McDonald's fries are pretty fucking great. Still, that seems so excessive that even Americans would be ashamed to have that many fries in front of us.
 
You learn something new every day. I read online somewhere that 7-11 in japan has pretty much every service you need for your daily life. Now that's what I call a convenience store.

Off the top of my head:
You can buy pre-pared meals (Japanese-style, pasta, slads etc), vegetables/fruit, bread, ice cream, drinks (milk, juice, soda, beer, wine, sake, whiskey, scotch, premixed drinks, and sometimes vodka), cigarettes, snacks (chips, chocolate, gum, deserts, cookies), coffee, fried foods (chicken, kebobs, fries, dumplings, 'oden'), daily goods, cup soup/ramen, video games, movies, magazines (including porn), comics, umbrellas, batteries, sometimes novels, shirts, make-up, soap, pens, & socks. They usually have photocopiers, atms, and a bathroom, plus the ability to buy concert, train, bus, and plane tickets. And pay bills, as well as pay for and pick up Amazon orders.

You could basically survive off of one. You might get very fat, but you could survive.

Nobody has brought up Japanese porn yet?

Pixelated genitals FTW!
 
why do characters in japanese cartoons or even cartoons like Pokemon, grunt and make cooing sounds all the time? Or they'll make a fist and they'll make a squinty arrow eye and exclaim "right!" or other affirming grunt. I find it so odd.
 
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