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INTEREST: Japanese Prime Minister Cosplays as Mario at the Olympics


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3ngag3



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PostPosted: Mon Aug 22, 2016 12:34 am Reply with quote
They ruined a perfectly good opportunity to promote the Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games series by not including Sonic. Still, gotta hand it to the PM to hype Tokyo four years from now.
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Top Gun



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PostPosted: Mon Aug 22, 2016 1:02 am Reply with quote
This was the most Japanese thing ever, and it cracked me the hell up. Now give us a walking Gundam in 2020!
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jdnation



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PostPosted: Mon Aug 22, 2016 1:44 am Reply with quote
SOON



I hope the Olympic flame is basically Goku holding up the spirit bomb.

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leafy sea dragon



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PostPosted: Mon Aug 22, 2016 2:23 am Reply with quote
EricJ2 wrote:
Aw, I was expecting Doraemon! Sad


Well, Doraemon was in it, as part of a video on a buildingside (along with Nobita, Shizuka, Suneo, and Gian), and he provided Mario with the Warp Pipe needed to get to Rio.

jutsuri wrote:
I thought the most entertaining part of the entire closing ceremony was the announcer saying: 'Wow, all this time I never realized Abe Shinzo was Super Mario.'


Yeah, too bad the announcers couldn't keep quiet during the rest of the closing ceremony.
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AnimeLordLuis



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PostPosted: Mon Aug 22, 2016 2:26 am Reply with quote
Well as fun as that was to watch I'm sure that when the Tokyo 2020 Olympics start we haven't seen anything yet . In other words that was just a small drop in an Olympic size swimming pool for what to come. Very Happy
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Heishi



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PostPosted: Mon Aug 22, 2016 2:30 am Reply with quote
Now that right there is awesome!
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ParaChomp



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PostPosted: Mon Aug 22, 2016 3:09 am Reply with quote
Best part of the entire closing ceremony.
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Fenrin



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PostPosted: Mon Aug 22, 2016 3:52 am Reply with quote
I was hoping for some recognizable people like AKB members #bringbackacchan Laughing

Well maybe at the real thing, AkiP is on the olympic ceremony panel IIRC
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Mogtaki



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PostPosted: Mon Aug 22, 2016 5:09 am Reply with quote
This would had been pretty cool if he was a liked Prime Minister.

But...he really isn't. He's awful. Two examples: he's the reason it's incredibly hard to migrate to Japan and has tried to downplay the atrocities Japan conducted in WW2 by having textbooks changed.
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MrTerrorist



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PostPosted: Mon Aug 22, 2016 5:51 am Reply with quote
As a fan of Doraemon, it was awesome to see him and the gang.
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Moroboshi-san



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PostPosted: Mon Aug 22, 2016 7:04 am Reply with quote
GuruBuckaroo wrote:
...reminiscent of Chant from GitS...

At least the jump at 34s mark on the video is reference to the famous opening scene of the first movie. Unfortunately we did not have naked Motoko doing it now...
Mogtaki wrote:
...This would had been pretty cool if he was a liked Prime Minister. But...he really isn't. He's awful....

Considering election results last couple of years he seems pretty well liked in Japan.
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Wandering Samurai



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PostPosted: Mon Aug 22, 2016 7:37 am Reply with quote
Mogtaki wrote:
This would had been pretty cool if he was a liked Prime Minister.

But...he really isn't. He's awful. Two examples: he's the reason it's incredibly hard to migrate to Japan and has tried to downplay the atrocities Japan conducted in WW2 by having textbooks changed.

I have to wonder how the LDP stays in power then.
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Rederoin



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PostPosted: Mon Aug 22, 2016 7:59 am Reply with quote
EricJ2 wrote:
Aw, I was expecting Doraemon! Sad

Mario is a lot more well known/.
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TG72



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PostPosted: Mon Aug 22, 2016 8:00 am Reply with quote
Afezeria wrote:
That's great! In the meantime, can't wait to see Miku on Olympic 2020.


Unless the public has completely turned on them, some Vocaloids have got to be in the opening ceremony. Maybe some toga-clad versions...
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 22, 2016 8:15 am Reply with quote
Wow I loved that they included Mario in there when I watched and hope they're able to included other franchise characters in 2020
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