Comics and blog by Evangeline Neo, Singapore comic artist.
English in Japan and Japanese elsewhere
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It's funny how Japanese brands try to use as much English as possible, but non-Japanese brands try to use as much Japanese as possible to look Japanese
PS. Apologies that I made it sound like I'm stupid, but of course, I know why they do that. It was ironic so I was making fun of the phenomena.
It just economic ideas. It just trying to earn more money & convincing consumers to buy their products. Gimmicks that kind of stuff. You could asked your friends or relatives who study business economic or Global Marketing
INteresting enough is that all kids in Japan are taught english at school...but virtually no one would dare and speak english with you on the streets. Reminded me that I had a paperbag and went into a shop. I told the register girl "This is rubbish, garbish, trash" and pointed to the trash can "please throw it for me"...she smiled and placed it under her desk...lol
Haha she must be traumatised by this gaijin who suddenly demanded her to dispose off his trash XD The smile was a default expression to any customers under any situation.
Because my photo of the markers received so many shares, I realised that many artists are interested about the markers and perhaps want to know where to buy them from. Hence I wrote this guide for artists to shop in COPIC heaven aka Tokyo. ★ UPDATE NOV 2017: Please refer to my new article for latest updates on COPIC marker shopping! >>> Ultimate Guide to Copic marker shopping in Tokyo, Japan
Because my previous guide "Where to buy COPIC markers in Tokyo", was an all-time hit with 30,000 page views, I decided to do an updated version for all illustrators who are planning to buy COPIC markers in Tokyo.
Work began in April after persistent requests from fans to do LINE stickers. I first did a focus group on Patreon to gather feedback and Kurone Shizuhi, a very hardcore LINE user, suggested the most changes (Thank you Shizuhi, Reventon and Jerome!) After finalising the chosen 40 stickers, I inked it and sent it to my assistant to colour. Then it was returned to me a week later and I continued to clean up the lines and tweak the colours for another week or so (on and off). I finally submitted on 18th May excitedly and announced on my Instagram:
It just economic ideas. It just trying to earn more money & convincing consumers to buy their products. Gimmicks that kind of stuff. You could asked your friends or relatives who study business economic or Global Marketing
ReplyDeleteWell… I know that… I was trying to make fun of it...
DeletePocky, pocky, pocky ... and ocha too ... I am hungry.
ReplyDeleteHey, I like pocky! Don't make fun from those! :P
ewww...
Oops… you noticed XD
DeleteINteresting enough is that all kids in Japan are taught english at school...but virtually no one would dare and speak english with you on the streets. Reminded me that I had a paperbag and went into a shop. I told the register girl "This is rubbish, garbish, trash" and pointed to the trash can "please throw it for me"...she smiled and placed it under her desk...lol
ReplyDeleteHaha she must be traumatised by this gaijin who suddenly demanded her to dispose off his trash XD
DeleteThe smile was a default expression to any customers under any situation.
You were evil!