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NEWS: Ufotable Draws Poster for Japanese Military Recruiters


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Emerje



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 5:00 pm Reply with quote
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... Anime smallmouth + sweatdrop

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PostPosted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 6:05 pm Reply with quote
Sanrio Nukes for the first 100 applicants.
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 7:59 pm Reply with quote
Emerje wrote:
Using moe to recruit soldiers. Only in Japan.


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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PostPosted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 8:53 pm Reply with quote
Emerje wrote:
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... Anime smallmouth + sweatdrop

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.

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I hope there is tiny mini-skirts
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 9:28 pm Reply with quote
firedragon54738 wrote:
I hope there is tiny mini-skirts


And pray that you are not the one wearing it.
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 10:06 pm Reply with quote
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.

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Laughing otaku soldiers...must protect Sakura-chan!
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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... Wink
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 9:15 am Reply with quote
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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PostPosted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 11:23 am Reply with quote
Emerje wrote:
Using moe to recruit soldiers. Only in Japan.


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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PostPosted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 2:31 pm Reply with quote
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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Wait. The Japanese Ministry of Defense has a mascot called Prince Pickles?! Shocked 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. Smile
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 4:30 pm Reply with quote
Emerje wrote:

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... Anime smallmouth + sweatdrop

Emerje


I thought it was "Oo-Fought-Able"
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 5:19 pm Reply with quote
Takeyo wrote:
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.


Thanks for that. Anime catgrin

reanimator wrote:
Emerje wrote:
Using moe to recruit soldiers. Only in Japan.


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.


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.

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