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Emerje
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Using moe to recruit soldiers. Only in Japan.
Nice poster, though. Kinda looks like Minori from Toradora! with brown hair. On a side note: How the heck do you pronounce Ufotable? I usually just call them "UFO Table", but is it maybe "oof-ot-able"? This one has been stumping me for a while... 
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Tomibiki
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Sanrio Nukes for the first 100 applicants.
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Bored_Ming
 Posts: 242 Location: The Edge of ...... |
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Strike Witches? I'm a butcher of the Japanese language, so I just run with UFO Table until I get yelled at. |
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Takeyo
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That's a good question. The Japanese pronounce UFO as, "yuufoo," so, um, yeah. Now I want to know. EDIT: Checked after dinner. According to both English and Japanese Wikipedia, it's, "ユーフォーテーブル," so, yes, it's, "Yū-Fō Table." I'm sure, "U.F.O. Table," is also fine. Last edited by Takeyo on Mon Apr 19, 2010 9:34 pm; edited 2 times in total |
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firedragon54738
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I hope there is tiny mini-skirts
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Pedestrian A
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And pray that you are not the one wearing it. |
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taster of pork
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Taiwan has used Anime to recruit for they're army also.
http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/06/07/haruhi-wants-you/ WARNING: Site contains some adult material. Last edited by taster of pork on Tue Apr 20, 2010 12:47 am; edited 1 time in total |
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ZakuAce
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 otaku soldiers...must protect Sakura-chan!
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JohnnySake
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It's a cool poster, I wouldn't mind having one up on my wall. I wonder if they ship overseas...
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Veers
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Er, so anyone better at me with Japanese have any thoughts on how to translate what it says? Had to look up the top-left kanji (誇), but without running a ton of google searches to check while I'm at work, I'm thinking it says something like "The more you know, the more pride you can take in the job!" or something like that?
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reanimator
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You know, using popular cartoon character format to recruit new military personnel isn't new. We did that same thing during WW2. We used Warner, Disney, and other studio characters. Even though we don't use cartoon characters now, the military is using popular youth entertainment like video games to recruit young people. |
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-Wang-
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Hm, sounds like a symptom of the SDF getting desperate for recruits and willing going to a more innovative route. I doubt this flashy advertising will do anything significant.
A labor shortage (less enlistees), short term concerns over North Korea, and long term concerns over China will do that. |
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Number Six
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Wait. The Japanese Ministry of Defense has a mascot called Prince Pickles?!
 What is that about? Is this supposed to make people feel good about joining the military? Somebody have a picture of this? If I was a Japanese citizen, maybe it would soften the image of the fact they have a military, but I don't know how much confidence it would give me about the SDF's ability to actually defend the country. Geez, no wonder they are having trouble getting recruits. 
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nynextew
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I thought it was "Oo-Fought-Able" |
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Emerje
Posts: 7413 Location: Maine |
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Thanks for that. 
Well sure, but a lot of that was propaganda and civilian rallying for contributions (rationing, collections, war bonds) using established characters. There's something a little more unique about creating a new character of a young girl to attract guys to the military. Emerje |
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