Forum - View topicInternet Explorer: The Anime.
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Julliant
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This came out a few hours ago and it is legit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHTUlF7NA2o Probably nothing more than a short animation but this new marketing approach from Microsoft is totally out of left field. https://www.facebook.com/internetexplorertan The voice actor is Valerie from Asian Pop Collective, she was a member of Sea*A and she's MC for AFA's WOW JAPAN show on YouTube. |
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Gatherum
 Posts: 773 Location: Aurora CO |
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Oh god, this is retarded.
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DuskyPredator
 Posts: 15576 Location: Brisbane, Australia |
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And yet not the most random anime related thing I have seen. I recently watched Neptune which had game consoles having yuri time, and I unlike most geeks have no problem with IE.
I might guess by the names in the credits that the staff were not Japanese. I had a problem with the character model being a bit inconsistent in a few shots, but in general it looked pretty nice. |
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MrTerrorist
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I'm not surprise. This isn't the first official Microsoft tan character.
There was Aizawa Hikaru, aka Silverlight-tan from Microsoft Taiwan. And Madobe Nanami, aka Windows 7-tan voiced by Nana Mizuki and made from Microsoft Japan. |
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Raftina
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I spy a picture of Nanami Madobe on the ruined building in the first few seconds.
I don't know about the design of IE-tan. The blue colors used seemed too vibrant and have too much of a translucent/reflective effect to them. This is inconsistent with the more subdued and opaque color scheme of Windos 8/8.1 and more in line with the Aero themes of Vista/7. I would've thought the former is what they'd be promoting. |
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Julliant
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Yea I do think this is entirely produced in Singapore, but I could be wrong. Also the voice actress is a Singaporean who picked up Japanese. I've actually seen her in RL as she was my junior in college. |
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EricJ
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And not that we're accusing you of being anime-illiterate, MS, but could you copy Sailor Moon's power-up scene a little more closely? 
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Polycell
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Spotlesseden
Posts: 3514 Location: earth |
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forget Windows Azure tan, Claudia. |
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TsunaReborn!
 Posts: 4713 Location: Cheltenham UK |
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Is this Microsofts attempt at trying to win over the East?
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