Japanta

10 Responses to Japanta

1. Evan says:

   August 22, 2008 at 12:40 pm

   I must not understand the school system over there but those kids look super old for third grade. But like everything else about Fanta the commercial is totes better than it’s US counterpart!

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2. Brad in Ohio says:

   August 23, 2008 at 3:23 am

   Brilliantly edited.

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3. Cormac says:

   August 23, 2008 at 3:51 pm

   The bit where DJ-sensei says “違います” is amazo.

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4. Jo says:

   August 23, 2008 at 8:58 pm

   I mean, what the hell?

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5. HoneyBee says:

   August 24, 2008 at 8:16 am

   to Evan:

   Third grade in Japan (or in Asia) is equivalent of 9th grade (Junior High) or 12th grade (High School).

   We graduate from Elementary School after 6th grade.
   Junior High lasts for 3 years (7th — 9th grade)
   High School lasts for another 3 years (10th — 12th grade)

   So when ppl are asking, “What grade are you?” you might answer, “I’m still in third grade of junior high / high school.”

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6. TZ says:

   August 24, 2008 at 9:40 am

   Funny, yet disturbing.…

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7. Evan says:

   August 25, 2008 at 10:13 am

   HoneyBee:

   Thank you for clearing up the Japanese School System! Now the ad makes more sense!

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8. Walter A. Las says:

   August 26, 2008 at 2:46 pm

   I think I like the creepy, color-coded ladies more.

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9. Dyna says:

   October 1, 2008 at 7:08 pm

   Japan has loads of color-coded ladies… Sailor Moon, for example.

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10. eliza says:

    October 1, 2008 at 8:57 pm

    Unlike the US Fanta commercials (“Wanna fanta! Doncha wanna, wanna Fanta?”), this Fanta commercial does not. It’s not the color-coding I have a problem with, it’s the overall creepiness.

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